Her father, Tom, was a French Canadian laborer, and her mother, Anna, of Irish and Scandinavian descent. With all of that being said, the plate on her crypt at Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum in New York shows her birth year as 1908, which coincides with her Government documentation.
Photo: The Concluding Chapter of Crawford This birth year has been concluded by examining other known records, mainly those of her older brother Hal, who was born in 1903, and then comparing their ages with photos taken of them as children. However many biographers have disputed that, and the consensus is that she was born in 1906.
Throughout her life, she maintained she was born on March 23rd 1908, and this was the date given when she applied for a Social Security card in California. Also, there has always been differing opinions as to her birth year. There is no known official Birth Certificate for Joan Crawford, however we do know that she was born in San Antonio with the name of Lucille Fay LeSueur.
