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Place of Birth: New Delhi, India
Date of Birth: 25 January, 1974
Ethnicity: English, German, Irish, Scottish, distant Dutch
Emily Haines is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She has also performed as Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton. She is the lead singer, keyboardist, and songwriter for Canadian indie rock band Metric, and is also a member of indie rock band/musical collective Broken Social Scene. Feist is also a member of Broken Social Scene.
Emily was born in New Delhi, India, and raised in Ontario, Canada. Her father is American poet Paul Haines. Her mother is Jo Haines. Her siblings are Tim and Avery Haines.
Emily holds both Canadian and U.S. citizenship.
Emily’s paternal grandfather was Clarence H. Haines (the son of Roy William Haines and Emma J. Holzhei). Clarence was born in Michigan. Roy was the son of Squire Reuben Haines, who was Canadian, and of Susan A. Holden, who was from Lincolnshire, England. Emma was the daughter of Leonard Holzhei, whose parents were German, and of Margaret Z. “Maggie” Heinlein, whose own parents were also German.
Emily’s paternal grandmother was Gretchen R. Van Wormer (the daughter of Russell Van Wormer and Emma Frederica Grainger). Gretchen was born in Michigan. Russell was the son of Ethmer VanWormer and Julia Docherty, whose own father, Thomas Docherty, was born on the Isle of Man, of Irish descent, and whose own mother, Mary Racknor, was from Bavaria, Germany. Emma was the daughter of David Arnold Grainger/Granger, whose father was English, and of Elnora Haines.
Emily’s maternal grandfather was Bertrand Williams Hayward (the son of Edgar Williams Hayward and Annie Coombs Hackett). Bertrand was born in Massachusetts. Edgar was born in Massachusetts, the son of George Perkins Hayward and Mary D. Williams. Annie was born in Massachusetts, the daughter of Peleg Bertrand Hackett and Mary Edith Hathaway.
Emily’s maternal grandmother was Martha Johnston (the daughter of Arthur Edward Johnston and Blanche Moody). Martha was born in Maine. Arthur was born in Maine, the son of James Alfred Johnston and Martha MacDowell. Blanche was born in Maine, the daughter of William H. Moody and Abbie S. Jellison.
Sources: http://www.last.fm http://www.theglobeandmail.com
Emily’s father on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogies of Emily’s paternal grandparents, Clarence H. Haines and Gretchen R. Van Wormer – https://findagrave.com
Genealogies of Emily’s maternal grandparents, Bertrand Williams Hayward and Martha Johnston – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Emily’s maternal grandmother, Martha (Johnston) Hayward – https://www.newspapers.com