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Nelson Ackerman Eddy

Father: William Darius "Bill" Eddy (18 Nov 1875 - 3 Nov 1968)
Mother: Caroline Isabel Kendrick (7 Jul 1879 - 19 Dec 1957)

Family 1: Ann P. Denitz (15 Oct 1894 - 28 Aug 1987)

Family 2: Jeanette Anna MacDonald (18 Jun 1903 - 14 Jan 1965)



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                                                                                  _George Eddy ________|_____________________
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                                                           _Darius Eddy _________|
                                                          | (1813 - 1896)        |
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                                                          |                      |_Nancy ______________|_____________________
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                               _Isaac Nelson Eddy ________|
                              | (1848 - 1936) m 1873      |
                              |                           |                                             _Jeremiah Irons _____+
                              |                           |                                            | (1749 - 1840) m 1772
                              |                           |                       _Elisha Irons _______|_Barbary Tucker _____
                              |                           |                      | (1775 - 1864) m 1796  (1755 - 1832)       
                              |                           |_Esther A. Irons _____|
                              |                             (1811 - 1906)        |
                              |                                                  |                      _Ishmael Sayles _____+
                              |                                                  |                     | (1751 - 1793) m 1773
                              |                                                  |_Hannah Sayles ______|_Deborah Aldrich ____
                              |                                                    (1778 - 1854) m 1796  (1750 - 1816)       
 _William Darius "Bill" Eddy _|
| (1875 - 1968) m 1899        |
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|                             |                            _William H. Gardiner _|
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|                             |_Martha Perry Gardiner ____|
|                               (1852 - 1937) m 1873      |
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|                                                         |_Charlotte Read ______|
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|--Nelson Ackerman Eddy 
|  (1901 - 1967)
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|                              _Edmond Stillman Kendrick _|
|                             | (1850 - 1921)             |
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|_Caroline Isabel Kendrick ___|
  (1879 - 1957) m 1899        |
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                              |_Caroline Netta Ackerman __|
                                (1868 - 1933)             |
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Notes

!SOURCE: Email from Matt Kingsley (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 24 Nov 2021. Cites Find a Grave web site memorial 313. Singer and actor, "best remembered for his partnership with singer/actress Jeannette MacDonald in a series of movies during the 1930s. ... In 1933, while performing a concert recital with the Philadelphia Civic Opera, an assistant to famous movie director Louis B. Mayer saw him and signed him to a seven year contract with MGM." See Nelson's Find a Grave page for a lenthy biographical sketch by Kit and Morgan Benson.

!BIOGRAPHY:

American singer, baritone and actor who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs. A classically trained baritone, he is best remembered for the eight films in which he costarred with soprano Jeanette MacDonald. He was one of the first "crossover" stars, a superstar appealing both to shrieking bobby soxers and opera purists, and in his heyday, he was the highest paid singer in the world.

During his 40-year career, he earned three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (one each for film, recording, and radio), left his footprints in the wet concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater, earned three gold records, and was invited to sing at the third inauguration of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941. He also introduced millions of young Americans to classical music and inspired many of them to pursue a musical career. --Wikipedia, quoted 24 Nov 2021

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