Ancestry of
Jane Fonda

Movie Actress

Elma L. Lanphear

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• • Great-grandmother of Jane Fonda — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 11 
  • Father:
  • Allan Lanphear 
  • Mother:
  • Marie Louise Mitchell   
  • Birth Date:
  • 21 Jan 1850 
  • Birth Location:
  • New York 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 1918 
  • Death Location:
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  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Henry Silas Jaynes
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Jun 1876 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Jackson County, Missouri 
  • Child:

  Herberta Elma Jaynes (Ahnentafel No:5 )

  • Notes: 

  • Elma's maiden name is also seen as Lampher and Lanphere. Her given name is also seen as Eleanor.

• Sources for Elma L. Lanphear

  • ¹ American Ancestors Magazine, 2011, Vol. 12.2, p. 41.
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A061337.
  • ³ Federal Census, NE, Douglas County, 1900, Omaha Ward 5, E.D. 48, Sheet 1B, Image 2 of 24.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, NY, Saint Lawrence County, 1850, Potsdam, Image 9 of 128.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, IL, Sangamon County, 1860, Springfield, p. 126, Image 30 of 239.
  • ⁶ Federal Census, IL, Sangamon County, 1870, Springfield, p. 330, Image 392 of 500.
  • ⁷ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/08/2019).
  • ⁸ Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002, Marriage record for Henry S Janes and Elma L Lanphear.
  • ⁹ Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908, Marriage record for William B Fonda and daughter Herberta E Jaynes.
  • ¹⁰ Bergen, Tunis Garret, Genealogies of the State of New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in . . ., Long Island Edition, Vol. 2, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1915), 793.
  • ¹¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#77 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: An Assortment of Famous Actors", (accessed 10/01/2014).
  • ¹² Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 282, 284.

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