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Cave in 2012, photo by Denis Makarenko /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Nicholas Edward Cave
Place of Birth: Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia
Date of Birth: 22 September, 1957
Ethnicity: *78.125% English *18.75% German *3.125% Scottish
Nick Cave is an Australian singer, songwriter, musician, poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, composer, and actor. He is the frontman of rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. He is known for his baritone voice and emotional intensity, many influences, including lyrical obsessions with death, love, violence, and religion; and ambient and electronic threads. His songs include “The Mercy Seat,” “Loverman,” “Red Right Hand,” the duet “Where the Wild Roses Grow,” and “Into My Arms.” He co-wrote the films Ghosts… of the Civil Dead and 20,000 Days on Earth , both of which he also starred in, wrote the film The Proposition (2005), and has worked on movie soundtracks. He was also a member of post-punk band the Birthday Party, which helped inspire gothic rock, and has been a member of garage rock side project Grinderman, with frequent collaborator Warren Ellis.
Nick is the son of Dawn (Treadwell), a librarian, and Colin Frank Cave, who taught English and mathematics. His mother was English. He was raised in Warracknabeal, then Wangaratta, in rural Victoria, and the suburb Murrumbeena, Melbourne.
Nick is married to British model Susie Bick. He has had a son with his former partner Beau Lazenby; a son with his former wife, Brazilian journalist Viviane Carneiro; and two children, including actor Earl Cave, with Susie.
Nick’s paternal grandfather was Frank Jason Landvoigt (the son of Alfred Ernest Landvoigt and Georgina Cave). Frank was born in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Alfred was the son of German parents, Friedrich August Landvoigt, who was born in Wörlitz, Dessau, Anhalt, and Frederica Wilhemina Deinhardt, who was born in Jena, Thuringia. Georgina was the daughter of George Cave, who was English; and of Catherine Susannah Milburn, whose parents were also English.
Nick’s paternal grandmother was Imogen Elaine Chambers (the daughter of William Thomas Chambers and Eliza Florence Newman). Imogen was born in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. William was the son of William Chambers, who was born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England; and of Mary Anne Wright, whose paternal grandparents were English, and whose maternal grandparents were Scottish. Nick’s great-grandmother Eliza was the daughter of Carl Friedrich Neumann, who was born in Hamburg, Germany; and of Mary Ann Maria Bales, whose parents were from Devon, England.
Nick’s maternal grandfather was Edward Cooper Treadwell (the son of John Cooper Treadwell and Ellen Dean). Edward was born in Maldon, Victoria, Australia. John was an English emigrant, from Hartley, Kent, the son of William Bookham Treadwell and Mary Cooper. Ellen was the daughter of English parents, from Yorkshire, Jabez Dean, from Gisburn, and Ann Swift, from Halifax.
Nick’s maternal grandmother was Florence Emily Kench (the daughter of John Thomas Kench and Mary Ann Dyke). Florence was an English emigrant, from Charlbury, Oxfordshire. John was the son of Edwin Kench and Hannah Padbury. Mary was the daughter of Edward Dyke and Mary Timms.
Sources: https://au.rollingstone.com
Genealogy of Nick Cave – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Nick’s father – https://www.wikitree.com