Logan Henderson
Henderson in 2012, image via kathclick/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Logan Philip Henderson
Place of Birth: Temple, Bell, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 14, 1989
Ethnicity: Mexican (maternal grandmother), one eighth Polish, one eighth Moravian Czech, English, Scottish, distant German, remote French
Logan Henderson is an American actor and singer. He is a member of pop music boy band Big Time Rush, and starred in the television series of the same name. The other members of the band are James Maslow, Carlos PenaVega, and Kendall Schmidt.
His father is a school therapist and his mother works in pharmaceuticals. He was partly raised in North Richland Hills, Texas.
Logan’s paternal grandfather is Ralph Clifton Henderson, Jr. (the son of Ralph Clifton Henderson, Sr. and Lorene None Bell). Logan’s great-grandfather Ralph was the son of William Aubra Henderson and Stella Mae Johnson. Lorene was the daughter of Albert Lloyd Bell and Bethel Lee Lemmons.
Logan’s paternal grandmother was Carolyn/Caroline Ann Lavendusky (the daughter of Louis Guy Lavendusky and Vlasta Marie Lessie Klecka). Carolyn was born in Texas. Louis’s parents, Peter Maximallian Lavendusky and Anna Theresa Zhudowski/Zbitowsky, were of Polish descent. Vlasta’s father, John Klecka, was Moravian (Czech), and was the son of Valentine Aloisius Klecka and Anna Mary Begus. Vlasta’s mother, Karolina Toman, was born in Texas, to Moravian (Czech) parents, Augustin Toman and Karolina Vavrik.
Logan’s maternal grandfather was Earl Franklin Wright (the son of John Drew Wright and Opal Estelle Fields). Earl was born in Texas. John was the son of John Thomas Wright and Bessie Alice Clark. Opal was the daughter of Alexander Hosea Fields and Ida Pearl Wyatt.
Logan’s maternal grandmother is Maria Fantina Gutierrez (the daughter of Arturo Carlos Gutierrez and Josefa “Pepa” Martinez). Maria Fantina was born in Texas. Arturo was born in Mexico, the son of Juan Gutierrez and Santos Rodriguez. Josefa was born in Zapata, Texas, of Mexican descent, the daughter of Antonio Martinez and Maria Guadalupe Sanchez.
Sources: Genealogy of Logan’s paternal great-grandparents, Ralph Clifton Henderson, Sr. and Lorene None Bell – http://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Logan’s paternal great-grandfather, Ralph Clifton Henderson – http://www.tdtnews.com
Obituary of Logan’s paternal great-grandmother, Lorene None (Bell) Henderson – http://obits.dignitymemorial.com
Obituary of Logan’s paternal grandmother, Carolyn/Caroline Ann (Lavendusky) Henderson – http://www.scanioharperfuneralhome.com
Logan’s maternal grandmother, Maria Fantina Gutierrez, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Logan’s maternal great-grandmother, Josefa “Pepa” Martinez, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Logan’s maternal great-grandmother, Josefa “Pepa” (Martinez) Gutierrez – http://madmax.lmtonline.com
Oh really? Interesting.I knew he was part Latino…don’t ask how.
I’m sorry about the northern-irish part, I was investigating about his last name and both “scottish” and “northern-irish” came up, so I decided to put both, unfortunately, I can’t edit it. And Logan HAS lebanese ancestry too, believe it or not. I’m sorry if that bothers you but it is true. I know wikipedia isn’t exactly a reliable source, but that’s not the only website I’ve checked, that’s why I simply added “Google” to the sources. Thanks and please do not get mad at me.
The issue isn’t whether it bothers me, the issue is that it isn’t true. Wikipedia doesn’t even say it anymore. What’s your source? All I see are random websites repeating each other.
According to the Great State of Texas, his parents were Jeffrey Lynn Henderson and Pamela Ann Wright. His father’s parents were Ralph Clifton J Henderson and Carolyn Ann Lavendusky, indicating some possible Polish ancestry in there. His mother’s parents appear to have been Earl Franklin Wright and Maria Fantina Gutierrez. Where does the Lebanese come in here?
In fact, here is a partial family tree. It would appear based on her name that his maternal grandma was Hispanic. Maternal grandfather looks very English to me
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=:2431570&id=I257
Or perhaps he (grandpa Rawls) was the adoptive step-grandpa, because it does list grandma Gutierrez as married first to an Earl Wright and then to a Rawls.
Look at this an obit of his maternal grandmother’s motehr – his grandmother was definitely full on Hispanic.
http://madmax.lmtonline.com/textarchives/042704/s8.htm
It mentions that his great-grandmother Josefa “Pepa” Martinez was survived by Pamela and Jeff Henderson (his parents).
I actually didn’t know about him being 1/4 Mexican before I looked all this up, so I’ll thank you for that at least. But definitely NOT Lebanese, lol!
wow ok, if you submitted a profile here before you know I can’t edit/delete this. Sorry
Henderson is Scottish full stop. Northern Irish isn’t even a nationality.
sorry about the northern irish, that’s what I read while I was “investigating” (??) about his last name
He’s definitely not Lebanese. There’s no reliable source that says so.
And Wikipedia doesn’t say so either (correction)
I’m sorry you don’t believe that but it’s true, both his parents are from Lebanon, and I do recall he replied someone on twitter about it. It said so on wikipedia about a week ago, also in Carlos Pena’s wikipedia it said all his roots too and now they’re gone. And they were (and are) all real cause I know friends of him who have confirmed it to me.
I can’t believe he’s arabic! I thought he was full white!
if you take a good look on him, you can actually see it, his eyes, nose and skin tone really look arabic.