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Johnny Mathis

by Lil Vacha · April 21, 2010

Mathis in 2007, photo by Prphotos

Birth Name: John Royce Mathis

Place of Birth: Gilmer, Upshur, Texas, U.S.

Date of Birth: September 30, 1935

Ethnicity: African-American

Johnny Mathis is an American singer.

He is the son of Mildred (Boyd) and Clemmie Lorenzo Mathis. His parents were both black. A picture of Johnny with his parents can be seen here.

Johnny’s paternal grandfather was John Mathis (the son of Charles Mathis and Susan Pipkin). John was born in Texas, to parents from Mississippi.

Johnny’s paternal grandmother was Margaret “Maggie”/”Tax” Pierce (the daughter of Bass Pierce and Tempie/Timpie Ellis). Margaret was born in Texas.

Johnny’s maternal grandparents were also born in Texas. One of Johnny’s maternal great-grandmothers was named Melinda Montgomery. She was born, c. 1866, in Texas.

Sources: Johnny Mathis on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Partial genealogy, and obituary, of Johnny’s father – http://www.findagrave.com

Johnny’s father on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org Johnny’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Johnny’s paternal great-grandparents, Charles Mathis and Susan Pipkin, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org Charles Mathis and Susan Pipkin on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Johnny’s mother on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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andrew says: January 30, 2020 at 2:24 pm
John Mathis was listed as White in 1910, according to this: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MRQ9-D9S
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- madman says: January 31, 2020 at 10:59 am
  Interesting how he’s listed as white while his wife is listed as black. Usually, couples are listed as the same race even when the race is incorrect.
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  - andrew says: March 22, 2021 at 3:09 pm
    *African-American, other
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  - bablah says: March 22, 2021 at 4:08 pm
    His brother Robert, living next door to him, is listed as black.
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  - Ethnicity37 says: March 6, 2024 at 5:35 am
    His father is definitely not white. lol https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=dea8dac3f91dbfe3&sxsrf=ACQVn0-LewLBRD33G1f683Eb97BLWulmzg:1709732093825&q=johnny+mathis+parents&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwjIju6w4N-EAxU2E1kFHWAUDQAQ0pQJegQIDRAB&biw=1920&bih=953&dpr=1#imgrc=BZZxy9e0eynZwM
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    - andrew says: April 9, 2024 at 12:19 pm
      Yes, but he resembles Giancarlo Esposito, who is half Italiam, half African-American. I think Johnny Mathis is passable as some sort of South Asian man.
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andrew says: December 1, 2018 at 5:58 pm
Johnny’s paternal grandfather was John Mathis (the son of Charles Mathis and Susan Pipkin). John was born in Texas. His parents in Missisippi.

Johnny’s paternal grandmother was Margaret “Maggie”/”Tax” Pierce (the daughter of Bass Pierce and Timpie Ellis). Margaret was born in Texas.
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pookerella says: May 14, 2017 at 5:31 pm
I would love to see his DNA results. He definitely is part Native American, possibly some Spanish or Mexican or both. Texas has a very interesting racial history.
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- pookerella says: May 14, 2017 at 5:35 pm
  Or French, too, it was part of the Louisiana Purchase.
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  - andrew says: May 15, 2017 at 12:35 pm
    “Mathis” surname is French. It’s also interesting thar his father carried an Italian, or Spanish, middle name.
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    - follers says: May 15, 2017 at 5:52 pm
      I doubt his father’s middle name, “Lorenzo”, had anything to do with him having Italian or Spanish ancestry. The name was common among English-speaking Americans in the 19th century.
      
      There are many people named “Mathis” who are not of French origin.
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      - andrew says: July 19, 2017 at 5:37 pm
        “Mathis”: from French “Métis”= mixed race
andrew says: October 30, 2016 at 6:14 am
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10751715
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