Ancestry of Angelina Jolie

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This Knol written and copyright 2009 by Will Johnson, wjhonson@aol.com
This Knol explores a small part of the ancestry of Angelina Jolie.
This Knol is part of my series "Celebrity Family Trees"
Click this link to read an extensive write-up on the French-Canadian ancestry of Angelina, written by Denis Beauregard and hosted at francogene.com
Also see another version at my first ever article at Examiner.com "Ancestry of Angelina Jolie"

The numbers below, in front of the headers are assigned using the Ahnentafel method where the subject is "1", the subject's father is "2", the subject's mother is "3" and so on.

See Also: Angelina Jolie biography and My cousin Angelina Jolie

1 Angelina Jolie

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Since 2005, Angelina has been in a relationship with actor Brad Pitt.  They have six children: three adopted and three conceived together.


2 Jon Voight

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Jon Voight in 1969's "Midnight Cowboy"
credit: flatland.com
Jon Voight was born 29 Dec 1938 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, the son of Elmer Voytko alias Voight a professional golfer, and his wife Barbara Kamp.  His father was Slovakian and his mother was German.  A "People" article states : "Voight's own childhood was spent in Yonkers."

He along with actress Marcia Lynne "Marceline" Bertrand are the parents of James Haven and Angelina Jolie.

He attended Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, and then enrolled in 1956 at Catholic University in Washington D.C., from where he graduated. Being just shy of 6'3" he played college basketball.  After graduation he moved to New York City.  Jon married firstly to Detroit-born actress Lauri Peters, whom he had met when they both were in the Broadway musical "The Sound of Music".  He played Rolf to her Liesl.  They married in 1962.  In Oct 1963, he was cast in the part of "Toby" in some TV-pilot movie which isn't named in my source but which is based upon the novel "Pioneer Go Home", and Lauri "provides the love interest".  It doesn't specify the love interest of whom, this pilot does not appear on IMDb under his name, her name, or anyone else's that I can find.  In fact, oddly enough, the protagonist "Virgil Kwimper" does not show up in a Google search. The book does however, but only mentioning a movie with Elvis Presley, not mentioning this half-hour TV-pilot.  In Jun 1966, in Los Angeles, he and Lauri were Romeo and Juliet in Shakespeare's play in a San Diego repertory theater.  He and Lauri divorced in 1967.

Jon Voight is most well-known today for his starring role, opposite Dustin Hoffman, in 1969's "Midnight Cowboy", where he played an aspiring gigolo in New York City.  The censors gave the movie an "X" rating.  Hollywood scoffing at censorship idiocy gave the film the Oscar for that year.  Voight's next important work was in 1970's "Catch-22".

Jon Voight, Marcheline Bertrand
1972
on the set of "Deliverance"
Credit: Time magazine


In the Spring of 1971, he met model-actress Marcia Lynn Bertrand.  Their first date was in the restaurant of the Beverly Hills Hotel.  They married that December at Jon's home in Brentwood, Los Angeles.  Their first apartment was at 468 South Roxbury Drive in Beverly Hills.  He credits Marcia with giving him the push to play in his next hit 1972's "Deliverance".  The "Los Angeles Times" is reporting on 21 Mar 1972 that  "Jon Voight and his bride Marcia (nee Bertrand, of the Chicago bowling alley family) lost their expected first child...."  In Dec 1972, "Life" magazine ran an article on Jon, and included a picture of him with Marcheline calling her "the gentle, story-book pretty girl he married last December".

With Marcia he had two children: a son writer-director James Haven Voigt and a daughter actress Angelina Jolie. Jon had an affair, Marcia found out and they separated.  Jon and Marceline separated the year after Angelina was born, but did not file for divorce until a few years later.  He and Jolie had some kind of relationship while Angelina was younger, but became estranged.  An attempted reconciliation eventually broke down with Voight stating that Angelina had "mental problems" while Angelina stating that she didn't want her children raised around Voight.

Voight starred in 1978's "Coming Home" (opposite Jane Fonda) for which he won an Academy Award, and 2001's "Ali".

Watch some clips of "Jon Voight on YouTube".
Watch a montage of nine minutes of video clips (no sound) from "Midnight Cowboy".
Three minutes where he is trying to be a male hooker with Sylvia Miles.

See Also
"Jon Voight", Wikipedia
"Jon Voight", Encyclopedia Brittanica
"Jon Voight", IMDb


3 Marcia Lynne "Marceline" Bertrand

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4 Elmer Voytko

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Elmer Voytko alias Voight was born in 1909.  Although he was born "Elmer Voytko", by 1929 he was already calling himself "Elmer Voight", when the New York Times first mentions him in a golf tournament.  At the same time, another golfer named George Voight is making a name for himself.  Could this be his brother George?

Elmer married fellow golf enthusiast Barbara Kamp in 1936, daughter of a German immigrant.  With this wife he had three sons: world-renowned vulcanologist Barry Voight (b. 1937), actor Jon Voight (b. 1938) and songwriter James Wesley "Wes" Voight (b. 1942) who is professionally known as Chip Taylor.  Chip Taylor composed the songs "Wild Thing" and "Angel of the Morning".  In this 1956 article, he is called "Scarsdale golf pro Elmer Voight".  At some point, they lived at 60 Ball Avenue, in Yonkers, New York.

He is identified here in "Current biography yearbook, Volume 35" as that one who died in 1973 and had worked as a golf pro at the Sunningdale Golf Club in Scarsdale, Westchester County (New York).  Based on that he can be identified in this Social Security Death Index listing as that one who was born in 1909.  He died either "in a car crash" or "after being hit by a car".

Sources for 4
  • 1910 Census of Yonkers, Westchester County, New York : "George Voytko, 30, born in Han Slovak, married first time, 6 years ago, immigrated in 1890, Hatter, Hat Factory, rents home; Helen, 22, born in NY/Han Slovak/Han Slovak, married first time, 6 years ago, mother of 3, 3 living; Agnes, 5, NY; George, 3, NY; Elmer, 6/12, NY"
  • 1917/8 World War I Draft Registration Card George born 24 Apr 1879 living in Yonkers, was a Hatter
  • 1920 Census of Yonkers, Westchester County, New York : "George Voytlko, 39, owns home, naturalized in 1904, born in Russia/Russia/Russia, laborer, hat shop; Nellie, 36, born in NJ/NJ/NJ; Agnes, 14, NY; George 12, NY; Elmer, 11, NY; Clara 8, NY"
  • 1930 Census of Yonkers, Westchester County, New York : "George Voytko, 50, born in Austria/Austria/Austria; Helen, 43 NJ/Austria/Austria; Agnes, 24; George, 22; Elmer, 20; Clara, 12"
  • "Current biography yearbook, Volume 35", "...Elmer Voight who for many years was a professional golfer at the Sunningdale Golf Club in Westchester County, died in 1973...."


5 Barbara Kamp

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Barbara Kamp was the daughter of a German immigrant.  In 1936 she married Elmer Voight.  They had three sons, all apparently born in Yonkers.  After Elmer's death in 1973, it seems that Barbara moved to Los Angeles because she babysat one night for Jon and Marcheline.

Barbara died of bone cancer in 1995, age 85.

Sources for 5
  • 1930 Census of Yonkers, Westchester County, New York
  • People Magazine Article: Ark de Triumph, May 3, 1999, By: Larry Sutton


6 Rolland F. Bertrand

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Rolland F "Rollin" "Rowley" Bertrand was born 11 Jun 1923 in Illinois (but evidently not in Cook County), the son of George Bertrand and his wife Angeline Leduc.  The Cook County, Illinois Birth Index, 1916-1935 has been published here but I cannot find any Bertrand born in 1923 who could be him.  He served during World War II, wounded Nov 1944 during the advance on the Rhine.

He got a job at the local Parkview Bowling Alley, and on 4 Jun 1949 at St Mary's Catholic Church, he married Lois June Gouwens, daughter of his employer.  In 1950 they are living in Riverdale, Cook County, Illinois and Rolland had just been named manager of his father-in-law's bowling alley, when Marcheline was born.  In 1953 the Chicago Tribune has a snippet : "... Roland Bertrand, owner of a Riverdale bowling alley...." but I don't know what it's about.  In 1955, they are living in Riverdale by a miscellaneous newspaper mention.  In 1959, mis-indexing him as "Holland" Bertrand, and calling him "Sgt-at-Arms" he was to be host to the National Bowling Tournament.  Some times he is also mentioned just as "R Bertrand" and the way to find him is to look for "Parkview Lanes" instead.  In his father's 1962 obituary, it states that Rolland was then living in Riverdale.

In September 1966, the family moved to Beverly Hills, where Marcia went to Beverly Hill High School, graduating in 1969.  Can anyone find a high school picture of her?

Rolland married twice.  After his first wife Lois died from cancer in 1973, Rolland went to Europe with his daughter and son-in-law and there fell for a German barmaid named Elke Heidrun, who herself had a teenaged daughter named Gabriella. As "Elke Heidrun Wett" she married Rolland F Bertrand 23 Sep 1975 in Clark County, Nevada  and in 1993, his widow Elke was living in Henderson, Nevada.

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7 Lois June Gouwens

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Lois June Gouwens was born 14 Feb 1928 in Illinois, possibly in South Holland, Cook County where she is enumerated in 1930 living with Arie Gouwens and his wife Jennie.  She is listed there only as "relative" but from the ages she could be their granddaughter or more probably even great-granddaughter.

Lois was the only child of "Roy" Gouwens and his wife Virginia "Jean".  When she was young her parents owned a tavern until they sold it in 1941 to Jean's sister and her husband.  With that money they bought the ten-lane Parkview Bowling Alley.  After finishing high school in 1946, Lois commuted to Chicago where she enrolled in modeling school and worked for Marshall Fields department store.

Her future husband Rolland Bertrand got a job at the bowling alley her parents owned, and on 4 Jun 1949 at St Mary's Catholic Church, she married him.

In 1950 they are living in Riverdale, Cook County, Illinois when Marcheline is born that year.  In 1953, Lois Bertrand is elected President of Roseland Auxiliary.  (I'm not sure what this is, perhaps a bowling association.)  In 1955, they are living in Riverdale by a miscellaneous newspaper mention.  In his father's 1962 obituary, it states that Rolland was then living in Riverdale.  In September 1966, the family moved to Beverly Hills, where Marcia went to Beverly Hill High School, graduating in 1969.

As "Lois J Bertrand", she died 11 Nov 1973 in Los Angeles County, California of cancer, but her funeral was held at St Mary's Catholic Church back in Riverdale.

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12 George Bertrand

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George Bertrand was born 9 Apr 1889 in Goodrich, Kankakee County, Illinois.  The birthdate and place come from his World War I Draft Registration Card.  The birthdate is repeated in his obituary, but there it states that he was born in Kankakee.

Evidently there were two men named George Bertrand, who both lived in Illinois, were both born on the same date, but six years apart.  The World War I Draft Registration Card database shows here that one of these two men claims a birthyear of 1883 while the other claims a birthyear of 1889.  It's fairly odd that two men would have the same birthdate and the same name.

  1. George Tellis Bertrand was born 9 Apr 1883, was living in 1918 in Chicago and then had a wife Emma.
  2. George Bertrand was born 9 Apr 1889, was living in 1917 in Bradley, Schuyler County, was born in Goodrich, and then had a "wife and two children" (she is not named).

In 1930 they are living in Harvey.  In 1950 in Dolton.  George Bertrand has an obituary in the local paper of Riverdale, Cook County, Illinois in 1962.  In that obituary it states his birthdate of 9 Apr 1889 in Kankakee, his wife as Angeline, and names several surviving children including his son Rolland, then living in Riverdale.  It states that he moved to Riverdale "four years ago".

Sources for 12

  • World War I Draft Registration Card online at ancestry.com
  • 1930 Census Harvey, Cook County, Illinois online at ancestry.com: "George Bertrand, 41, owns home worth $6000, married first at age 22, born IL, laborer, drop forge shop; Angeline, 35, married first at age 18, born French Canada; Lillian, 16, IL, assembly, novelty factory; Stella, 13, IL; Elmer, 12, IL; Paul, 10, IL; Rollin, 6, IL"
  • "Suburbanite Economist", 17 May 1950 : "Mr and Mrs Rolland Bertrand of Riverdale are rejoicing over the birth of their first child a girl born Tuesday May 9, at St Francis hospital, Blue Island.  The baby who has been named Marcia Lynn is the first grandchild of Mr and Mrs Roy Gouwens of Riverdale.  Her paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs George Bertrand, of Dolton."
  • Obituary "George Bertrand", 1962 online at newspaperarchives.com

13 Angeline

On his WWI Draft Registration Card dated 1917 and then living at Bradley, Schuyler County it states that George Bertrand has a wife and two children but she is not there named. In the 1930 census, his wife is named Angeline and in the 1962 obituary of George Bertrand, his wife is named Angeline, but gives no maiden name. William Addams Reitwiesner states that her name was Angeline Leduc but only cites the SSDI would of course would not have a maiden name on it, while Denis Beauregard cites Reitwiesner as his source for repeating this claim.

Reitwiesner then goes on to states that this Angeline's parents were Joseph Uldaric Leduc, b. Ste Anne de la Pérade, Québec, 1 Feb. 1856, d. ... [living 1911]  m. Ste Anne de la Pérade, Québec, 5 Nov. 1878 27 Clorinthe Devault, b. Ste Anne de la Pérade, Québec, 28 Aug. 1858, d. ... [living 1911].  Since he states that Angeline and George married in 1912 in Bradley, [Kankakee County], Illinois, I wonder if this claim that the parents were "living 1911" somehow repeats to that marriage?

I would be interested if anyone has primary documentation showing what was her maiden name.

Sources for 13

  • World War I Draft Registration Card online at ancestry.com
  • 1930 Census Harvey, Cook County, Illinois online at ancestry.com: "George Bertrand, 41, owns home worth $6000, married first at age 22, born IL, laborer, drop forge shop; Angeline, 35, married first at age 18, born French Canada; Lillian, 16, IL, assembly, novelty factory; Stella, 13, IL; Elmer, 12, IL; Paul, 10, IL; Rollin, 6, IL"
  • "Suburbanite Economist", 17 May 1950 : "Mr and Mrs Rolland Bertrand of Riverdale are rejoicing over the birth of their first child a girl born Tuesday May 9, at St Francis hospital, Blue Island.  The baby who has been named Marcia Lynn is the first grandchild of Mr and Mrs Roy Gouwens of Riverdale.  Her paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs George Bertrand, of Dolton."
  • Obituary "George Bertrand", 1962 online at newspaperarchives.com
  • SSDI, "Angeline Bertrand; Birth Date: 4 Dec 1894; Death Date: Sep 1981; SSN Issued by Illinois; Last resided in 60627 (Riverdale)

14 Roy Gouwens

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Roy Gouwens was a cement laborer, but then with his wife Virginia "Jean", they bought and operated a tavern until they sold it in 1941 to Jean's sister and her husband.  With that money, they opened the 10-lane Parkview Bowling Alley.  They had a single child: Lois June Gouwens born 14 Feb 1928.

Sources for 14

  • Angelina: An Unauthorized Biography, by Andrew Morton
  • "Suburbanite Economist", 17 May 1950 : "Mr and Mrs Rolland Bertrand of Riverdale are rejoicing over the birth of their first child a girl born Tuesday May 9, at St Francis hospital, Blue Island.  The baby who has been named Marcia Lynn is the first grandchild of Mr and Mrs Roy Gouwens of Riverdale.  Her paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs George Bertrand, of Dolton."

24 Louis Bertrand

Louis Bertrand was born 28 Sep 1850 in St-Jacques-de-L'Achigan, Montcalm County, Quebec, the son of Leon Bertrand and his wife Marie-Aglae Perreault.


25 Delina Adeline Mayette

Delina Adeline Mayette was born 26 Oct 1855 in Louiseville, Quebec, the daughter of Charles Mayette by his wife Sophia Olivia Fortier.


48 Leon Bertrand

Leon Bertrand was born 6 Aug 1823 at St-Jacques-de-L'Achigan, Montcalm County, Quebec the son of Jean-Baptiste Bertrand and his wife Marie Marguerite Jette.


49 Marie-Aglae Perreault

Marie-Aglae Perreault was born 11 Jul 1824 at St-Jacques-de-L'Achigan, Montcalm County, Quebec the daughter of Basile Perrault and his wife Marceline Leveque.


50 Charles Mayette



51 Sophia Oliver Fortier



96 Jean-Baptiste Bertrand

Jean-Baptiste Bertrand was born 8 Aug 1798 at Saint-Roch L'Achigan, Quebec the son of Joseph-Marie Bertrand and his wife Marie Judith Chaput.


97 Marie Marguerite Jette

Marie Marguerite Jette was born sometime between 1791 and 1810, the daughter of Paul Jette, and his wife Marie-Louise Robillard.


100 Desire Mayette

Desire Mayette was born 1794/1795 at St Roch, Quebec


101 Julie Durand

Julie Durand was born 1802/1803 at Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec


102 Prudent Fortier

Prudent Fortier was born 21 Jan 1800 at Louiseville, Quebec, the son of Joseph Marie Fortier and his wife Madeleine Carpentier.  In 1830 he married Marie-Olive Wolff at Berthierville, Quebec, both of that parish.


103 Marie-Olive Wolff

Marie-Olive Wolff was the daughter of Auguste Wolff and his wife Marie-Louise Buisson.


192 Joseph-Marie Bertrand

Joseph-Marie Bertrand was born 23 May 1772 at L'Assomption, Quebec, the son of Jean-Francois Bertrand and his wife Marie-Louise Marigny.


193 Marie Judith Chaput



194 Paul Jette

Paul Jette was born 11 May 1754 in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Paul Jette and his wife Charlotte Gervais.


195 Marie-Louise Robillard

Marie-Louise Robillard was born 13 Sep 1769 in Lavaltrie, Quebec, the daughter of Joseph-Pierre Robillard and his wife Madeleine Brault.


384 Francois Bertrand

Francois Bertrand married 12 Aug 1771 to Marie Anne Lizot at L'Assomption, Quebec.


385 Marie Anne Lizot

Francois Bertrand married 12 Aug 1771 to Marie Anne Lizot at L'Assomption, Quebec.  She was the daughter of Nicholas Lizot by his wife Marie Mignault dit Labrie.


388 Paul Jette

Paul Jette was born 2 Dec 1721 in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Joseph Jette and his wife Louise Bouchard.


389 Charlotte Gervais

Charlotte Gervais was born in Quebec, the daughter of Louis Gervais and his wife Marie-Charlotte Truteau.


390 Joseph-Pierre Robillard

Joseph-Pierre Robillard was born in Quebec, the son of Pierre Robillard by his wife Catherine Coutu.


391 Madeleine Brault



Continued Royal Ascent


from 385 Marie Anne Lizot,  Angelina Jolie ascends to royal blood in the following way
Marie Anne Lizot married 1771, her father was
Nicholas Lizot born 1727 at La Pocatiere, Quebec; his mother was
Marie Madeleine Miville dit Deschenes born 8 Aug 1693 at Riviere Ouelle, Quebec, her father was
Jean Miville born 5 Sep 1672 at Quebec City, Quebec, his mother was
Catherine de Baillon born abt 1645 probably near Montfort-l'Amaury, Ile-de-France

Catherine's parents were Alphonse de Baillon and his wife Louise de Marle.  Both parents have royal blood, Alphonse is the 14th generation descending from Philip II, King of France.  Alphonse also descends from David I, King of Scotland, from William the Conqueror, King of England, from Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor and others.  Louise de Marle is the 17th generation descending from Louis VI, King of France.  She also descends from Athelred II, King of England and Henry "the Fowler", Holy Roman Emperor.

But much more interesting because of it's exotic sound, Louise de Marle descends from the Byzantine emperor Alexios III Komnenos, from Iwan Asen Tsar of Bulgaria, from Andrew II King of Hungary and John Dukas Emperor of Nicaea (died 1255).


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