Ancestry of
Johnny Depp

Movie Actor

Branch Whitaker

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• • Great-grandfather of Johnny Depp — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 14 
  • Father:
  • William Whitaker 
  • Mother:
  • Sirilda Fletchet   
  • Birth Date:
  • 20 Jan 1884 
  • Birth Location:
  • Magoffin County, Kentucky 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 26 Aug 1956 
  • Death Location:
  • Prestonsburg, Floyd, Kentucky 
  • Burial Date:
  • 28 Aug 1956 
  • Burial Location:
  • Bingham Cemetery, Cliff, Floyd, Kentucky 
  • Spouse Name:
  • May Slone
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1903 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Children:
  
  

  Bessie Whitaker (Ahnentafel No:7 )

  Estill Whitaker

  • Notes: 

  • There are some discrepancies in the records concerning Branch Whitaker's birth date. Some give the years 1885 and 1886, but most seem to point to 1884. Also his birth date is given as 18 January on his death certificate, but earlier records including his WWI and WWII draft registrations list it as 20 January.

• Sources for Branch Whitaker

  • ¹ Federal Census, KY, Floyd County, 1930, Wayland, E.D. 24, Sheet 2A, Image 3 of 49.
  • ² Federal Census, KY, Floyd County, 1900, Mag. Dist. 2, E.D. 31, Sheet 14A, Image 27 of 33.
  • ³ Federal Census, KY, Johnson County, 1920, Van Lear, E.D. 32, Sheet 14A, Image 27 of 52.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, KY, Floyd County, 1910, Mag. Dist. 2, E.D. 52, Sheet 10A, Image 19 of 25.
  • ⁵ Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965, Death certificate for Branch Whitaker.
  • ⁶ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Application for son Estill Whittaker.
  • ⁷ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Draft registration for Branch Whitaker.
  • ⁸ U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Draft registration for Branch Whitaker.

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