The following material
on the immediate ancestry of
Aretha Franklin
should not be considered either
exhaustive or authoritative, but
rather as a first draft.
Michael Meggison contributed to this report.
| Ancestry of Aretha Franklin | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Aretha Louise Franklin, b. Memphis, Tenn., 25 March 1942 |
| PARENTS | |
| 2 |
Rev. C[larence] L[aVaughn] Walker, later Franklin,
b. Sunflower Co., Miss., 22 Jan. 1915,
d. ... [of complications of being shot during an attempted robbery
at his home on 10 June 1979] 27 July 1984
[SSDI 374-64-6903]
m. ... 3 June 1936 |
| 3 | Barbara Siggers, b. Shelby, Miss., 29 June 1917, d. Buffalo, N. Y., ... 1952 |
| GRANDPARENTS | |
| 4 |
Willie Walker,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. ... [ca. 1914] |
| 5 | Rachel Pittman, b. Sunflower Co., Miss., 15 March 1897, d. ... [later m. Henry Franklin, who raised his step-son] |
| 6 |
... Siggers,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 7 | ... , b. ... , d. ... |
| GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 10 |
Elijah J ... Pittman, preacher,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 11 | Willie Ann ... , b. ... , d. ... |
| GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
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