Eagle-Eye Cherry

Birth Name: Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Date of Birth: 7 May, 1969

Ethnicity:*father – African-American, small amount of English*mother – Swedish

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Eagle-Eye Cherry is a Swedish musician.

His father, Don Cherry (Donald Eugene Cherry), was an American jazz musician, who was of African-American, and a small amount of English, descent. His mother, Moki Cherry (born Monika Marianne Karlsson), was a Swedish interdisciplinary artist and designer. She worked in textiles, fashion design, woodworks, painting, collage, ceramics, and set design. He is a half-brother of singer Neneh Cherry (through his mother) and a step-brother of singer Titiyo. His niece is R&B singer Mabel.

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His father was said to have some Cherokee Native American ancestry. It is not clear if this ancestry has been verified/documented.

Eagle-Eye’s paternal grandfather was Ulysses Simpson Cherry (the son of James “Jim” Cherry and Rosie Belle Harris). Ulysses was born in Oklahoma. James’ mother’s maiden surname is Ross. Rosie was the daughter of Battice “Puxie” Harris and Emily Riddle.

Eagle-Eye’s paternal grandmother was named Daisy Lee Fulson (the daughter of a Texan man surnamed Fulson, and of Marie Tombs). Marie was the daughter of J. E. Tombs and Fannie Hooper, whose own biological father was English.

Eagle-Eye’s maternal grandfather was Oskar Verner Karlsson (the son of Carl/Karl Wilhelm Olofsson and Hilda Nilsson). Carl was the son of Olof Månsson and Emma Karlsdotter. Hilda was the daughter of Johannes Nilsson and Bothilda Nilsdotter.

Eagle-Eye’s maternal grandmother was Justina Mariana Antonsson (the daughter of Nils Gustaf Antonsson and Ida Övall). Nils was the son of Anton Andersson and Anna Magdalena Håll. Ida was the daughter of Johan Övall and Maria Boman.

Sources: Biography of Eagle-Eye’s father – American National Biography: With a Cumulative Index by Occupations and Realms of Renown. Supplement 2, 2005

Eagle-Eye’s father on the 1940 U.S. Census –

Marriage record of Eagle-Eye’s paternal grandparents, Ulysses Simpson Cherry and Daisy Lee Fulson –

Eagle-Eye’s paternal grandfather, Ulysses Simpson Cherry, on the 1930 U.S. Census –

Marriage record of Eagle-Eye’s paternal great-grandparents, James Cherry and Rosie Belle Harris –

Death record of Eagle-Eye’s paternal great-grandfather, James Cherry –

Marriage record of Eagle-Eye’s paternal great-grandmother, Marie Tombs, to Caswell Evans –

Eagle-Eye’s paternal great-grandmother, Marie Tombs, on the 1910 U.S. Census –

Marriage record of Eagle-Eye’s paternal great-great-grandparents, J. E. Tombs and Fannie Hooper –

Birth record of Eagle-Eye’s maternal grandfather, Oskar Verner Karlsson –

Birth record of Eagle-Eye’s maternal great-grandfather, Carl/Karl Wilhelm Olofsson –

Birth record of Eagle-Eye’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Emma Karlsdotter –

Household examination records of Eagle-Eye’s maternal great-grandmother, Hilda Nilsson –

Birth record of Eagle-Eye’s maternal grandmother, Justina Mariana Antonsson –

Birth record of Eagle-Eye’s maternal great-grandfather, Nils Gustaf Antonsson –

Birth record of Eagle-Eye’s maternal great-grandmother, Ida Övall –