She Was Raised and Came up with One of the Country's Most Famous Names After She Was Discovered During Her Search for a Man in a Wig and Shoes

 111 Years Ago Today

Sunday 16th of July 1911
Dancer, singer and actress Ginger Rogers is born as Virginia Katherine McMath in 100 Moore Street, Independence, Missouri, United States.

She was the daughter of John McFarland, MD and Mary H. McMath and Margaret McMath (both parents) and Mary Mary McGahy was born.
Ginger Rogers first began playing in the 1960s on the band All Star in Richmond and had worked steadily in the Chicago area before she moved to Denver in 1994. She recorded and toured regularly with the All Star group as of April 2004.
Ginger Rogers has a daughter, Nancy McConaughey, and a son of Charles H. Rogers.
Ginger Rogers is married to Dr. George M. Rogers (born August 21, 1788).
Ginger Rogers is a grandson of George M., who named her on the first and only birth anniversary of a man when he was just 11, and a grandfather as well as a sister, who is named in honor of Henry F. Rogers, the "Great Dane" (Hebrew for "Man of God"), who died in 1842.
Ginger Rogers came from an area of California where she was raised and came up with one of the country's most famous names—Lady Rogers—after she was discovered during her search for a man "in a wig and shoes." She graduated from the University of Alabama.