Ancestry of
Whitney Houston

Singer and Actress

John Russell Houston

View famous kin of John Russell Houston

• • Grandfather of Whitney Houston — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • John Huston 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • 26 Mar 1896 
  • Birth Location:
  • Neshanic, Somerset, New Jersey 
  • Christening Date:
  •  
  • Christening Location:
  •  
  • Death Date:
  • May 1973 
  • Death Location:
  •  
  • Burial Date:
  •  
  • Burial Location:
  •  
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Elisabeth Collins
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 24 Jan 1920 
  • Marriage Location:
  • prob. Manhattan, New York, New York 
  • Child:

  John Russell Houston Jr. (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Sources for John Russell Houston

  • 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 Federal Census, NJ, Somerset County, 1910, Hillsborough, E.D. 116, Sheet 14B, Image 25 of 32.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, NJ, Somerset County, 1900, Hillsborough, E.D. 83, Sheet 8A, Image 15 of 26.
  • ⁵ New Jersey, U.S., State Census, 1915, Somerset County, Somerville, Sheet 8A, Image 847 of 918.
  • ⁶ New York, New York, U.S., Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018, Marriage license for John R Houston and Sara E Collins.
  • ⁷ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Record for son John Russell Houston Jr.
  • ⁸ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Death record for John Houston.
  • ⁹ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Draft registration for John Russell Houston.
  • ¹⁰ U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Draft registration for son John Russell Houston Jr.

Whitney Houston photo by asterix611 (CC BY-SA 2.0)