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Poppy at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, USA on May 1, 2019. Starfrenzy /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Moriah Rose Pereira
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 1, 1995
Ethnicity: * father – Portuguese [Azorean, Madeiran] * mother – English, Irish, Scottish, some Northern Irish, more distant Dutch
Poppy is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and YouTuber. She is also known as Moriah Poppy, That Poppy, and Poppy Chan.
She moved with her family to Nashville, Tennessee, when she was fourteen.
Poppy’s paternal grandfather likely was Jesse Pereira (the son of Jacinto Pereira and Catherina Vieira). Jesse was born in Swansea, Massachusetts, the son of Portuguese emigrants, his father from Madeira and his mother from the Azores.
Poppy’s paternal grandmother likely is Dolores Thomas (the daughter of Manuel Moniz/Thomas and Mary Gonsalves). Dolores was born in Fall River, Massachusetts. Manuel was the son of Portuguese emigrants, from the Azores, John Moniz/Thomas and Mary Ingrace Mello. Mary Gonsalves was born in Massachusetts, and likey was the daughter of Portuguese immigrants, Manuel Gonsalves and Mary Eganliasa.
Poppy’s maternal grandfather was Anthony Winston “Win” Chase (the son of Anthony Brown Chase and Iris Lincoln McLeod). Poppy’s grandfather Anthony was born in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Poppy’s great-grandfather Anthony was born in Plymouth, the son of Warren Green Chase and Lillian M. Heath, who both had deep roots in the U.S., especially in New England. Iris was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Frank Henry McLeod, who was from Waughs River, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada; and of Lillian P. Pratt, whose parents were also from Nova Scotia.
Poppy’s maternal grandmother was Edith Leary (the daughter of William Henry Leary and Edith May Anderson). Edith was born in Milton, Massachusetts. William was born in Milton, the son of John O’Leary/Leary, an Irish immigrant, and of Mary Ann “Carey” Sweeney, whose father was also Irish. Edith was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of William Henry Anderson, who was from Sussex, England, and Annie Burns, who was from Nova Scotia, and had deep roots in Canada.
Sources: Genealogies of Poppy’s maternal grandparents, Anthony Winston “Win” Chase and Edith Leary – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Poppy’s maternal grandfather, Anthony Winston “Win” Chase – https://www.legacy.com