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John Barrymore

Male 1882 - 1942  (60 years)


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  • Name John Barrymore  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Born 15 Feb 1882  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5
    Gender Male 
    Died 29 May 1942  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I7  Barrymore Genealogy
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2019 

    Father Maurice Barrymore,   b. 21 Sep 1849, Amritsar, Punjab, British India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1905, Amityville, Suffolk, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Georgiana Drew,   b. 11 Jul 1856, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1893, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 31 Dec 1876  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 7, 8
    Family ID F6  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Dolores Costello,   b. 17 Sep 1903, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1979, Fallbrook, San Diego, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 26 Nov 1928  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
    +1. John Drew Barrymore,   b. 4 Jun 1932, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 2004, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     2. Dolores Ethel Mae Barrymore,   b. 8 Apr 1930, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2019 
    Family ID F5  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Blanche Marie Louise Oelrichs,   b. 1 Oct 1890, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Nov 1950, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Children 
     1. Diana Barrymore,   b. 3 Mar 1921, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1960, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2019 
    Family ID F20  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Katherine Corrie Harris 
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2019 
    Family ID F41  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line], California Department of Health Services, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2000).

    2. [S8] California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 [database on-line], California Department of Public Health, (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017).

    3. [S40] "Maurice Barrymore.", Wikipedia.org, (Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Barrymore, 5 February 2019).

    4. [S41] "Georgiana Drew.", Wikipedia.org, (Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgiana_Drew, 7 March 2019).

    5. [S43] Famous Actor-families in America, Montrose Jonas Moses, (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell and Company, 1906).

    6. [S52] Who's Who in the Theatre: A Biographical Record of the Contemporary Stage, John Parker, (Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1912).

    7. [S34] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013 [database on-line], Historical Society of Pennsylvania, (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

    8. [S42] "Maurice Barrymore: Indian-Born British Actor.", (Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/biography/Maurice-Barrymore, 22 Mar 2019).