Jacob Tremblay

Tremblay in 2016, photo by Prphotos

Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Date of Birth: October 5, 2006

Ethnicity: Chilean (maternal grandfather), French-Canadian, as well as English, Scottish, Northern Irish, Irish, 1/32 Danish, distant First Nations and German, likely other

Jacob Tremblay is a Canadian actor. He has starred in the films Room, Before I Wake, Burn Your Maps, Shut In, The Book of Henry, Wonder, The Predator, The Death & Life of John F. Donovan, Good Boys, Doctor Sleep, and, in voice role, Luca and The Little Mermaid (2023); and on television’s The Twilight Zone and, as the voice of Robin, Harley Quinn.

Jacob is the son of Christina and Jason Tremblay, a police officer (not the actor of the same name). His sisters are actresses Emma Tremblay and Erica Tremblay

Jacob’s maternal grandfather is Chilean. Jacob also has French-Canadian, English, Scottish, Northern Irish, Irish, 1/32 Danish, and distant First Nations and German, ancestry. Jacob’s paternal great-great-great-great-great-grandmother, Christine Lavaltrie Tshishereu/Kichera, was Indigenous.

Jacob’s paternal grandfather is Jean-Paul Tremblay (the son of Joseph-Aldéric Tremblay and Marie-Matilda Marguerite/Margot Devost). Aldéric was born in Les Escoumins, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, the son of Joseph Tremblay and Marie Blanche Julie/Julia Therrien. Marguerite was born in Trois-Pistoles, Les Basques, Québec, the daughter of Cyprien Devost and Yvette Castonguay.

Jacob’s paternal grandmother is named Sylvia N.

Jacob’s maternal grandfather is named Jorge Candia. Jorge is from Chile.

Jacob’s maternal grandmother is Karie Adair Still (the daughter of David Eugene/James Still and Coreen Mary/Maria Giles). David was the son of James Madill “Jim” Still and Alice Martha Atwood, who was from Wyoming. He had English, Scottish, Northern Irish, and distant German, ancestry. The Still surname comes from Newhills, Aberdeen, Scotland. Alice’s father had deep Colonial American, and Scottish, ancestry, and Alice’s mother was English. Jacob’s great-grandmother Coreen was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, the daughter of William Duncan Giles and Emily Beatrice McCready Mortensen. Emily’s father was Danish, from Ove, Ålborg, and her mother was Irish, from Dublin.

Sources: http://www.lemanic.ca

Genealogies of Jacob Tremblay – https://www.geneastar.org
https://www.geni.com

Genealogy of Jacob’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Marie Blanche Julie/Julia Therrien – https://www.wikitree.com

Obituary of Jacob’s maternal great-grandfather, David James Still – http://www.legacyfuneralhome.ca

Genealogy of Jacob’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Alice Martha (Atwood) Still – https://www.findagrave.com