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Birth Name: Dylan Engen Ragland
Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 29, 1988
Ethnicity: English, German, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Belgian Flemish, one eighth Norwegian, Dutch, Welsh, Irish, French, Swiss, remote Native American
Party Favor is an American DJ and EDM producer, of trap and electro house music. He is a member of DJ and production duo Sidepiece, along with record producer, DJ, and vocalist Nitti.
He was raised in Park City, Utah.
Party Favor’s paternal grandfather was Hobert Ragland, Jr. (the son of The Rev. Hobert Daniel Ragland and Mildred Elese Easton). Party Favor’s grandfather Hobert was born in Ponototoc County, Oklahoma. Party Favor’s great-grandfather The Rev. Hobert was born in Oklahoma, the son of Marshall Ragland and Artie Lydia Crump. He was a direct descendant of Pocahontas. Party Favor’s great-grandmother Mildred was born in Texas, the daughter of William Nathan Easton and Mada B. Parrish.
Party Favor’s paternal grandmother was Shirley Jeanne Strain (the daughter of Allen Andrew Strain and Ethel Lucille Thompson). Shirley was born in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Allen was the son of Adrian Wilder Strain and Mary Lee Conway. Party Favor’s great-grandmother Ethel was the daughter of James Rector “Bud” Thompson and Dollie Walk.
Party Favor’s maternal grandfather was Rolf Julius Engen (the son of Melford Gerhard Engen and Maria Helena DeCock). Rolf was born in Hennepin, Minnesota. Melford was the son of Norwegian parents, Martin C. Engen and Gitta N. Adams. Party Favor’s great-grandmother Maria was the daughter of Julius Cornelius Decock, who was from Flanders, Belgium; and of Vincan.
Party Favor’s maternal grandmother was Carol L. Creech (the daughter of Robert Franklin Creech and Lenore Opal Robinson). Carol was born in Hermosa Beach, California. Robert was born in Missouri, the son of Washington Hutt Creech and Anna Laura Cunningham. Lenore was born in Colorado, the daughter of John Dalton Robertson and Edna Myrtle Bishop, whose paternal grandparents were from Sussex, England.
Sources: Obituary of Party Favor’s paternal grandmother, Shirley Jeanne (Strain) Ragland – https://www.mountainmemorialfh.com
Obituary of Party Favor’s maternal grandfather, Rolf Julius Engen – https://www.mccormickandson.com
Obituary of Party Favor’s maternal great-grandfather, Robert Franklin Creech – https://www.newspapers.com