Maika Monroe
Monroe in 2012, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Dillon Monroe Buckley
Place of Birth: Santa Barbara, California, United States
Date of Birth: May 29, 1993
Ethnicity: English, Irish, Scottish, 1/16th Icelandic, distant Dutch, possibly other
Maika Monroe is an American actress and professional kiteboarder. A prolific “scream queen,” her roles include the films At Any Price, Labor Day (2013), The Guest (2014), It Follows, Echoes of War, The 5th Wave, Independence Day: Resurgence, Bokeh, Hot Summer Nights, The Scent of Rain and Lightning, Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House, I’m Not Here (2017), The Tribes of Palos Verdes, After Everything, Tau, Greta, Honey Boy, Villains (2019), Brothers by Blood, Flashback (2020), Watcher (2022), Significant Other, God Is a Bullet, and Longlegs; and the show The Stranger (2020).
Born with the first name Dillon, she later changed her first name to Maika, by which she had already been informally called for most of her life. Her father is a construction worker and her mother is a sign language interpreter. She spent part of her teenage years in Cabarete, Dominican Republic, where she practised kiteboarding.
Maika’s maternal grandfather is William Allan Clute (the son of William/Walter “Bill” Black Clute and Annabelle Lee Reid). Maika’s grandfather William was born in California. Maika’s great-grandfather William/Walter was the son of Clarence Roe Clute and Cora Irene Wheeler. Annabelle was Canadian, and was the daughter of Allan Ramsey Reid, who had Scottish ancestry, and of Anna Valgerdur Stefanson/Steffanson, who was of Icelandic descent.
Maika’s maternal grandmother is Heather Ann Reese Morrison (the daughter of Dr. Gordon Monroe Morrison and Frances Edith Reese/Rees). Heather was born in California. Gordon was the son of Dr. Norman Donald Morrison and Francis Amy Bull.
Sources: Maika’s maternal great-grandfather, William/Walter Black Clute, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Maika’s maternal great-grandfather, William/Walter “Bill” Black Clute – http://www.sfgenealogy.com
Maika’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Allan Ramsey Reid and Anna Valgerdur Stefanson/Steffanson, on the 1916 Canadian Census – https://familysearch.org
She looks from Spain to me. But definitely mixed with something else, probably from around the Baltic Sea
Clute is not an English name. It’s Germanic and it traces back to Netherlands here: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LKKZ-VR4
Maika’s maternal grandmother is Heather Ann Reese Morrison (the daughter of Dr. Gordon Monroe Morrison and Frances Edith Reese). Heather was born in California. Gordon was the son of Dr. Norman Donald Morrison and Francis Amy Bull.
Anna Valgerdur Stefanson must have been of Icelandic descent. This might be her:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHKM-SZF
Maika is a beautiful name.