Birth Name: Marie Sioux Sobonya
Place of Birth: Humboldt, California, United States
Date of Birth: February 4, 1985
Ethnicity:
*Hungarian, Polish, Croatian (father)
*Mexican [Spanish, Indigenous], Paiute Native American (mother)
Mariee Sioux is an American folk singer and songwriter.
Mariee’s paternal grandfather was probably Paul Joseph Sobonya, son of Hungarian immigrants Steve Sobonya and Elizabeth Muska.
Mariee’s paternal grandmother is Catherine Dorothy Bistrovich, daughter of John/Izidor Bistrovich/Bistrović-Pić and Victoria/Wiktoria Money/Pieniadz. Izidor was from Bednja, Yugoslavia, and was of Croatian ancestry, while Wiktoria was Polish from Januszkowice, Podkarpackie Voivodeship. Izidor was the son of Franjo Bistrović-Pić and Jana Češnjaj.
Her mother is said to be of Mexican and Paiute Native American descent. Her maternal grandparents are Henry Holguin and Carolina B. Salazar.
Sources: Mariee’s paternal grandmother Dorothy Bistrovich on 1930 U.S. census – familysearch.org
Baptism record of Mariee’s paternal great-grandfather Izidor Bistrović-Pić – familysearch.org