Chris Potter
Potter in 2005, photo by Starfrenzy/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Christopher Jay Potter
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth: August 23, 1960
Ethnicity: German, as well as English and Austrian, distant Swiss-German
Chris Potter is a Canadian actor, musician, and pitchman. He is the son of Judith and Ron Potter. He is married to Karen, with whom he has four children.
Chris’s paternal grandfather was named Alfred Floyd Potter.
Chris’s paternal grandmother was Eleanor Margaret Duma (the daughter of John Duma and Walburga Schopf Marquardt). Eleanor was of Austrian and German descent.
Chris’s maternal grandfather was Joseph Edward Snyder (the son of Joseph Meyer Snyder and Priscilla Dresch). Chris’s grandfather Joseph was from Ontario, and was of German descent. Chris’s great-grandfather Joseph was the son of David B. Schneider and Sarah Meyer. Priscilla was the daughter of Jacob Dresch and Caroline Diefenbacher. The family was Mennonite.
Chris’s maternal grandmother was Eleanor Marie Kraemer (the daughter of Edward Joseph Kraemer and Lavina Dehler). Eleanor was born in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, and was of German descent.
Sources: Obituary of Chris’s father – http://yourlifemoments.ca
Genealogies and obituaries of Chris’s maternal grandparents, Joseph Edward Snyder and Eleanor Marie (Kraemer) Snyder – https://www.findagrave.com
Chris Potter’s paternal grandparents were Alfred Floyd Potter (1908-1965) and Eleanor Margaret Duma Potter (1905-1984). Eleanor was the daughter of John Duma and Walburga Schopf Duma Marquardt. Both Eleanor and John’s ancestry were Austrian and German. There’s additional information if worth reporting
http://yourlifemoments.ca/sitepages/obituary.asp?oid=975982
I believe this is Chris Potter’s father’s obituary. If this is the case he probably has German or Dutch ancestry with the mother’s maiden name “Snyder.”
I think there are English Snyders, too.
Chris Potter’s mother does appear to be 100% German descent. Maternal grandparents: Joseph Edward Snyder (1908-2000) and Eleanor Marie Kraemer (1914-1998). Both Joseph and Eleanor were from Ontario Canada. Joseph was the son of Joseph Meyer Snyder (1877-1944) and Priscilla Dresch (1878-1957). Eleanor was the daughter of Edward Joseph Kraemer (1885-1980)and Lavina Dehler (1885-1934).
Obituaries: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18920255
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18920287/eleanor-marie-snyder