Ancestry of
Whitney Houston

Singer and Actress

John Russell Houston Jr.

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• • Father of Whitney Houston — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • John Russell Houston 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Elisabeth Collins   
  • Birth Date:
  • 13 Sep 1920 
  • Birth Location:
  • Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 Feb 2003 
  • Death Location:
  • New York 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, Union, New Jersey 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Emily Lee "Cissy" Drinkard
  • Marriage Date:
  • May 1964 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Newark, Essex, New Jersey 
  • Child:

  Whitney Elizabeth Houston (Ahnentafel No:1 )

• Additional marriages for John Russell Houston Jr.

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  • Spouse:
  • Peggy - - - - - -

• Sources for John Russell Houston Jr.

  • ¹ Federal Census, NJ, Essex County, 1940, Newark, E.D. 25-322, Sheet 12A, Image 23 of 30.
  • ² Federal Census, NJ, Essex County, 1930, Newark, E.D. 7-182, Sheet 12B, Image 24 of 25.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/09/2019).
  • ⁴ New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016, Marriage record for John R Houston and Emily Drankers [sic] Garland.
  • ⁵ The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine), 04 FEB 2003, p. 16, Obituary for John Houston.
  • ⁶ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Record for John Russell Houston Jr.
  • ⁷ U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Draft registration for John Russell Houston Jr.
  • ⁸ Wikipedia, "Cissy Houston", (accessed 12/09/2019).
  • ⁹ Wikipedia, "Whitney Houston", (accessed 12/09/2019).

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