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Stone in 2007, photo by s_bukley /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Jocelyn Eve Stoker
Place of Birth: Dover, Kent, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 11 April, 1987
Ethnicity: English, small amount of Irish
Joss Stone is an English singer, songwriter, and actress. She is also known as Jossie and Joo.
She is married to Cody DaLuz, with whom she has two children.
Joss’s paternal grandfather is Richard Stoker (the son of Richard Stoker and Margaret Ann Hopes). Joss’s great-grandfather Richard was the son of George Stoker and Dorothy Brown. Margaret was the daughter of Robert Hopes and Margaret Bryson.
Joss’s paternal grandmother is named Priscilla Bainbridge.
Joss’s maternal grandfather is Edwin/Edward H. Skillin (the son of William Henry Skillin and Eva Doris Trevett). Edwin was born in Eastry, Kent, England. William was the son of James Henry Skillin, who was Irish, and of Sarah Leatherbarrow, who was English. Eva was the daughter of George Claude Trevett and Ana Constance Daly Clogger.
Joss’s maternal grandmother is Janet E. Stenning (the daughter of Walter Frederick Stenning and Winifred F. James). Janet was born in Billericay, Essex, England. Walter was the son of Alfred Ernest Stenning and Elizabeth Fuller.
Joss has sometimes been said to be of Jewish heritage. This is not accurate.