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Birth Name: Elizabeth Camille Langley
Place of Birth: Hope Hull, Alabama, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 3, 1999
Ethnicity: English, one eighth Italian Sicilian, German, Scottish, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, French, 1/32 Bohemian Czech
Ella Langley is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is known for the songs “You Look Like You Love Me” and “Weren’t for the Wind.”
She was raised Baptist.
Ella’s paternal grandfather was Roy E. Langley (the son of Guy Franklin Langley and Mamie Prescott). Guy was the son of Benjamin Franklin Langley and Fannie Stewart. Mamie was the daughter of George P. Prescott and Francies Bowden.
Ella’s paternal grandmother was Greta/Gretta Garbo (the daughter of Camille Garbo and Minnie Grace Abercrombie). Greta was born in Mississippi. Camille was born in Tabadan, Louisiana, the son of Italian parents, Samuel John Garbo and Carmella Annette Liberto, and had roots in Palermo, Sicily. Ella’s great-grandmother Minnie was born in Mississippi, the daughter of Hezekiah Franklin Abercrombie and Annie Grace Williams.
Ella’s maternal grandfather is the son of Richard Lee Leslie and Anita Meta Stuart. He was born in Michigan. Richard was born in Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio, the son of Hubert Lee Leslie, whose mother was Bohemian Czech; and of Alice Beatrice Merchant. Ella’s great-grandmother Anita was born in Brooklyn, Kings, New York. Her father, James Penry Stuart, was born at sea, to a father from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, who was of Scottish descent, and to a mother who appears to have been born on Mauritius, with Irish roots. Anita’s mother, Ella’s great-great-grandmother Anna Meta Catherine Vasoll, was the daughter of Prussian German parents.
Ella’s maternal grandmother is the daughter of Wesley Amos Johnston and Elizabeth Friend Cooper. She was born in Michigan. Wesley was born in Buffalo, Erie, New York, the son of William Hamilton Johnston and Ruth Ida Amos, whose parents were from Nottinghamshire, England. Ella’s great-grandmother Elizabeth was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of James Medford Cooper and Ada Elizabeth Powell.
Sources: Genealogies of Ella’s paternal grandparents, Roy E. Langley and Greta/Gretta (Garbo) Langley – https://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Ella’s paternal grandfather, Roy E. Langley – https://www.dignitymemorial.com
Obituary of Ella’s paternal grandmother, Greta/Gretta (Garbo) Langley – https://www.dignitymemorial.com
Death record of Ella’s paternal great-grandfather, Camille Garbo – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Ella’s maternal great-grandfather, Wesley Amos Johnston – https://www.dignitymemorial.com