Ancestry of
Gene Roddenberry

Creator of Star Trek

Eugene Edward Roddenberry

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• • Father of Gene Roddenberry — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • Leon E. Roddenberry 
  • Mother:
  • Clara May Cushing   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 AUG 1896 or 1897 
  • Birth Location:
  • Folkston, Charlton, Georgia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 14 Dec 1969 
  • Death Location:
  • Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California 
  • Burial Date:
  • 17 Dec 1969 
  • Burial Location:
  • Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles, California 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Caroline Glen Golemon
  • Marriage Date:
  • 3 Nov 1920 
  • Marriage Location:
  • El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas 
  • Child:

  Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • According to David Alexander's 1994 biography of son Gene Roddenberry, Eugene Edward Roddenberry's exact birthdate was a mystery stating, "His age was a guess, because it was learned in later years that he had three birth certificates, each bearing a different date of birth."

    The marriage certificate for Eugene and Caroline (Golemon) Roddenberry gives Eugene's birth year as 1897. The World War II draft registration for Eugene also gives it as 1897. The 1900 federal census, as well as his California and Social Security death records, death certificate and gravestone, give it as 1896.

• Sources for Eugene Edward Roddenberry

  • ¹ Death Certificate (California), Los Angeles Co, No 7097051552, Death certificate for Eugene Edward Roddenberry.
  • ² El Paso Herald-Post (El Paso, Texas), 16 DEC 1969, p. 19, Obituary for Eugene Edward Roddenberry.
  • ³ Federal Census, CA, Los Angeles County, 1930, Los Angeles, E.D. 19-649, Sheet 1B, Image 2 of 47.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, CA, Los Angeles County, 1940, Los Angeles, E.D. 60-1154, Sheet 14A, Image 27 of 52.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, TX, El Paso County, 1920, Fort Bliss, E.D. 93, Sheet 58B, Image 106 of 138.
  • ⁶ Federal Census, FL, Duval County, 1910, Jacksonville Ward 3, E.D. 75, Sheet 15A, Image 28 of 40.
  • ⁷ Federal Census, GA, Charlton County, 1900, Folkston, E.D. 105, Sheet 2A, Image 3 of 18.
  • ⁸ Marriage Certificate (California), Los Angeles Co, No 61718, Marriage of son Eugene Wesley Roddenberry and Majel Lee Hudec.
  • ⁹ Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977, Marriage certificate for Eugene E Roddenberry and Caroline G Golemon.
  • ¹⁰ Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015, Marriage record for Eugene E Roddenberry and Caroline G Goleman.
  • ¹¹ Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932, Birth certificate for son Eugene Westley Roddenberry.
  • ¹² U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Application for son Eugene Wesley Roddenberry.
  • ¹³ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Death record for Eugene Roddenberry.
  • ¹⁴ U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Draft registration for Eugene Edward Roddenberry, gives birth year as 1897.
  • ¹⁵ Alexander, David, Star Trek Creator: The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. (1994), 10-13.
  • ¹⁶ Wikipedia, "Gene Roddenberry", (accessed 08/26/2016).

Gene Roddenberry photo by NASA on the Commons