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Birth Name: Jocelin Yvonne Donahue

Place of Birth: Bristol, Connecticut, U.S.

Date of Birth: November 8, 1981

Ethnicity:
*50% French-Canadian
*37.5% Irish
*12.5% English, possibly other

Jocelin Donahue is an American actress. Her roles include the films The House of the Devil, Insidious: Chapter 2, The Frontier, Holidays, Dead Awake, I Trapped the Devil, Doctor Sleep, and Offseason, and the show StartUp.

Jocelin’s paternal grandfather was Dennis Glenmond Donahue (the son of Dennis Henry Donohue and Mary Ida LaBarge). Jocelin’s grandfather Dennis was born in Essex, New York. Jocelin’s great-grandfather Dennis was born in New York, to Irish parents. Mary was the daughter of Henry LaBarge and Elvira Alphonsine Bouchard, who were born in New York, both of them to French-Canadian parents.

Jocelin’s paternal grandmother was Dorothy Ladue (the daughter of Oscar Charles LaDue and Elizabeth Lucinda Webb). Dorothy was born in Port Kent, New York. Oscar was the son of Charles Ladue and Lizzie/Elizabeth Delorme/Delorm, and was of French-Canadian/French descent. Elizabeth was the daughter of Benjamin B. Webb and Emma L. Peaslee, and had deep American roots.

Jocelin’s maternal grandfather was George Michael Powers (the son of Thomas John Powers and Mary Ann Mercer). George was born in Fall River, Massachusetts. Thomas was the son of Irish emigrants, John Powers and Ann O’Brien. Mary was the daughter of Thomas James Mercer, who was an Irish immigrant, and of Mary Ann Harrington, whose parents were also Irish.

Jocelin’s maternal grandmother was Vivian Guimond (the daughter of Joseph Alphonse Guimond and Yvonne Blanche Raiche). Vivian was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, and was of French-Canadian descent. Joseph was the son of Leon Guimond and Leontine Paradis. Yvonne was the daughter of Antoine Raiche and Marie Ursule Garon.

Sources: Obituary of Jocelin’s maternal grandfather, George Michael Powers –

Obituary of Jocelin’s maternal grandmother, Vivian (Guimond) Powers –