Genealogy of the Boys' Matrilineal lines (South Park)

This page is dedicated to the genealogy of The Boys from South Park focusing on their mother's side.

Harold Cartman
Harold Cartman is the maternal grandfather of Eric Cartman. He was born in Fulton, Missouri on December 11, 1926. Harold is the son of Selina (née Onofre) and John Cartman. He was the first-born of seven children. His parents were teenagers when he was born, and his grandparents were even in their twenties, that is how young his parents had him. His mother was fourteen and his father was seventeen. Harold comes from a unique background. Harold's family name was originally Ashley, but his it was changed to Cartman in 1942 when Harold's father was irritated on how people were making fun of the surname.

Harold's paternal grandfather was Benedict Louis Ashley (the son of Joseph Louis Ashley and Sophronia O'Hara). Benedict was born in Montana. Joseph was born in Michigan, the son of James Walker Ashley and Isabella Louis. Sophronia was born in Wisconsin, the daughter of Charles Francis O'Hara, whose parents were Irish, and Frederica Devery Thorsen, whose parents were Danish.

Harold's paternal grandmother was Carrie Bridget Cotton (the daughter of William Albert Cotton and Delia Mae Logan). Carrie was born in Oklahoma, and she was of African American descent. William was the son of Henderson Boris Cotton and Reina Ruby. Delia was the daughter of Abraham Logan and Jane Sutton. Carrie's roots can be traced back to slavery, but unlike most African Americans, her ancestors were not enslaved by white people, but by Native Americans, the Chickasaw to be exact. William was born in 1881 while Delia was born in 1885, and they were both born in Indian Territory. In the 1830s the United States government, enforcing the Indian Removal Act, forcibly relocated the Five Civilized Tribes — the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole — from their homelands in Mississippi, Alabama and Florida into what would become Oklahoma territory. They traveled the infamous Trail of Tears at staggered intervals: Choctaw, in 1831; Seminole in 1832; Creek in 1834; Chickasaw in 1837; and Cherokee in 1838. All of Carrie's great-grandparents were born in Mississippi, and her ancestors were present during the Trail of Tears when they walked alongside their Indian masters after the US forced them to give up their country in the 1832 Treaty of Pontotoc Creek and move to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) during the era of Indian Removal in the 1830s. When slavery was abolished after the American Civil War, the Chickasaw Nation never abided by the treaty, and although the African slaves were given freedom, they were undocumented US citizens and were left without a country, not helped by the fact that the freedmen faced discrimination against the said Indian tribe and they were refused to be granted tribal citizenship. Despite this however, the Dawes Commission did offer a chance for former slaves to claim Chickasaw identity and earn some land. Carrie's ancestors traveled to Tishomingo, Oklahoma, the capital of Chickasaw nation, to enroll. They were successful and earned nearly 50 acres of land.

Harold's maternal grandfather was Peter Onofre (the son of Pedro Alonso Montemayor de la Onofre and Josefa Sebastiana Vázquez Hernández). Peter was born in Harlem, New York. Pedro was born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, the son of Miguel Marcos Onofre and Rafaela Montemayor de Garza. Josefa was born in Luquillo, Puerto Rico, the daughter of Juan José Hernández Muñoz and Mercedes Vázquez Soto.

Harold's maternal grandmother was Elizabeth Matilda Greenblatt (the daughter of Isaac Samuel Greenblatt and Mary "Mollie" DuBovis). Elizabeth was born in New Jersey. Isaac was born in New Jersey, the son of Austrian Jewish parents, Abraham Greenblatt, of Dürnstein, Krems-Land, and Sarah Steiner, of Karmelitermarkt, Karmeliterviertel, Leopoldstadt. Mary was born in New York, the daughter of Slovakian Jewish parents, Moses DuBovis, of Bratislava, and Zipporah Mildred Lichtblau, of Košice.

Mabel Ryland Cartman
Madelyn "Mabel" Cartman was the maternal grandmother of Eric Cartman. Mabel's maiden name was Ryland. Mabel was born on July 18, 1918 in Caldwell, Sumner, Kansas. Mabel was the second born of seven children, her siblings included Henry, Virginia, Marie, Byrd, Ephraim, and Florence. Mabel was the daughter of Florence Lorraine (née Davis) and Byrd Worthington Ryland. Mabel moved with her parents to Wichita when she was six years old. She was an honor roll student and was one of the best students at the now closed Jefferson Davis High School, where she graduated in 1936. She then attended Colorado State University, where she received a degree in chemistry in 1940. After receiving her diploma, Mabel met Harold Cartman, from Missouri, they married in Loveland, Colorado in December 1942. They had five children, Howard, born in 1946, Sebastian nicknamed "Stinky", born in 1949, Peter, born in 1951, Pearl, born in 1957, and Liane, born in 1963. Mabel was of English, Irish, Scottish, German, Swiss-German, Dutch, Welsh, and French descent.

Mabel's paternal grandfather was Arthur Paul Ryland (the son of James Ryland and Marie Charlotte Ball). Arthur was born in Ohio. Mabel's great-grandfather James was born in Ohio, the son of Francis Ryland and Louise Hefflefinger, whose parents were from Switzerland. Marie was born in Missouri, the daughter of Robert Craig "RC" Ball and Martha Susana Benjamin.

Mabel's paternal grandmother was Wendy Leona Kyle (the daughter of John Joseph Kyle and Virginia Louise Adams). Wendy was born in Illinois. John was born in Illinois, the son of Joseph Ensley Kyle and Catherine Stonebraker. Mabel's great-great-grandmother Catherine was the daughter of German immigrants, with her family surname originally being Steinbrenner. Virginia was born in Missouri, the daughter of Henry Richard Adams and Allene Abrams.

Mabel's maternal grandfather was William Jefferson Davis (the son of John Clinton Davis and Ellen Michelle Stevens). William was born in Kansas, the son of Walter Lee Davis and Amanda "Mandy" Bradley. Ellen was born in Iowa, the daughter of George Washington Stevens and Rebecca Dudley.

Mabel's maternal grandmother was Makayla Diane Shelley (the daughter of James Monroe Shelley and Edna Cassidy McBride). Makayla was born in Indiana. James was born in New York, the son of Joseph Buchanan Shelley and Edith Valeria Dumas. Edna was born in Massachusetts, the daughter of Thomas Jefferson McBride and Elizabeth Frances Hudson.

Melvin Kimble
Melvin Kimble was the maternal grandfather of Stan Marsh. Melvin was born on August 5, 1931 in Elbert, Colorado.