Baltic German

Eric Prydz

by Manila on September 30, 2018

Birth Name: Erik Prydz

Place of Birth: Saltsjöbaden, Stockholm, Sweden

Date of Birth: 19 July 1976

Ethnicity: Swedish, Danish, German [including Baltic German], Norwegian, 1/32 French

Eric Prydz is a Swedish DJ, record producer, and musician.

Eric is the son of Marianne Sheridan (Larsen) and Jan Prydz.

Eric’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his tenth great-grandfather, Niels Eriksen.

Eric’s paternal grandfather was Per Krohn (later Prydz, the son of Alf Fredrik Roscher Prydz and Alette Krohn). Per was born in Sundsvall, Västernorrland. Alf was a Norwegian emigrant, from Hønefoss, Buskerud, and was the son of Frithjof Prydz, who was of part Danish descent, and of Ovidia Mathilde Roscher, whose own father, Friedrich Christian Gotthilf Roscher, was German, from Friedrichsthal, Lauchhammer, Brandenburg. Alette was also a Norwegian emigrant, from Bergen, of part German descent, and was the daughter of Johan Cordt Harmens Krohn and Alette Fredrikke Rademacher.

Eric’s paternal grandmother was Karin Tatjana Lindström (the daughter of Per Johan Leonard Lindström and Pauline Juliana Brechstedt). Karin was born in Luleå, Norrbotten. Per was the son of Elias Lindström, whose own mother, Anne Eugénie Gonon, was French, from Évreux, Eure, and of Bertha Wilhelmina Dumky. Pauline was Baltic German, from Libau, Russian Empire (now Liepāja, Latvia).

Eric’s maternal grandfather was Jens Villy Larsen (the son of Hans Christian Julius Larsen and Anna Christine Mortensen). Jens was Danish, from Faxe. Hans was the son of Jens Larsen and Anna Larsen. Eric’s great-grandmother Anna was the daughter of Jens Mortensen and Ane Margrethe Jensen.

Eric’s maternal grandmother was Ulla Vilhemina Falkenberg (the daughter of Oliver Wilhelm Falkenberg and Sonja Wilhelmina Holmström). Oliver was the son of Carl August Andersson Falkenberg and Emma Wilhelmina Lennholm. Sonja was the daughter of an unknown father and Maria Sofia Holmström.

Sources: Genealogy of Eric Prydz (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.edh-family.com

Birth record of Eric’s father – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal record of Eric’s paternal grandfather, Per Krohn – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Genealogy of Eric’s paternal great-grandfather, Alf Fredrik Roscher Prydz – https://www.geni.com

Genealogy of Eric’s paternal great-grandmother, Alette Krohn – http://hanseater.no

Birth record of Eric’s mother – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal record of Eric’s maternal grandfather, Jens Villy Larsen – https://www.danishfamilysearch.com

Baptismal record of Eric’s maternal great-grandfather, Hans Christian Julius Larsen – https://www.familysearch.org

Baptismal record of Eric’s maternal great-grandmother, Anna Christine Mortensen – https://www.familysearch.org

Baptismal record of Eric’s maternal grandmother, Ulla Vilhelmina Falkenberg – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal record of Eric’s maternal great-grandfather, Oliver Wilhelm Falkenberg – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal record of Eric’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Carl August Andersson Falkenberg – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal record of Eric’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Emma Wilhelmina Lennholm – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Birth record of Eric’s maternal great-grandmother, Sonja Wilhelmina Holmström – https://search.ancestry.com

Baptismal record of Eric’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Maria Sofia Holmström – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Tagged as: Baltic German, Danish, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish

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George Sanders

by madman on June 27, 2018

Birth Name: George Henry Sanders

Date of Birth: 3 July, 1906

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (now Russia)

Date of Death: 25 April, 1972

Place of Death: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Ethnicity:
*German, as well as 1/16th English, remote Scottish (mother)
*possibly European Royal and Russian (father)

George Sanders was a Russian-born English actor, singer, songwriter, music composer, and author. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for All About Eve (1950).

George was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the son of Margarethe Jenny Bertha (Kolbe) and Henry Peter Ernest Sanders. His family moved to England because of the 1917 Russian Revolution. His brother was actor Tom Conway. George was married to English actress Benita Hume, until her death.

His mother was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Though she was of almost entirely ethnic German descent, she had German ancestry lines that had lived in Russia, as well as Estonia and Poland, since the 1600s.

Regarding George’s father’s ancestry, Richard Van Der Beets wrote, in the biography George Sanders: An Exhausted Life (1989):

Recent disclosures, however, indicate that Henry Sanders was illegitimately born to a Russian noblewoman of the Czar’s court on October 20, 1868, that his real father was ‘a prince of the house of Oldenburg’ married to a sister of the Czar. At the time of Henry’s birth, there was an Anglo-Russian family living in St. Petersburg named Sanders whose mother Dagmar, was a lady-in-waiting to the Dowager Empress, and by means of this court connection Henry was placed in the care of the Sanders family who, although comfortably well-off, were also given substantial funds for his keep and education. ‘Only in recent years, and through a chance remark,’ Maragaret [George’s sister] reports, ‘did the truth of our father’s background eventually come to light’.

The complete story was confirmed to her by Mara Sanders, the youngest daughter and last surviving member of the Anglo-Russian Sanders family, who ‘gradually came to the conclusion that since all concerned were now no longer alive, she no longer need keep the secret’.

George’s maternal grandfather was Robert Wilhelm Kolbe (the son of Ernst Ludwig Ferdinand Kolbe and Wilhelmine Schilling). Robert was born in Saint Petersburg. Ernst was born in Międzylesie, Poland, of German descent. Wilhelmine was born in Düsseldorf, Germany.

George’s maternal grandmother was Mary Hoth (the daughter of Wilhelm Hoth and Elizabeth Kroug). Mary was born in Saint Petersburg. Wilhelm was the son of John Hoth, who was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to a German father and an English mother, and of Julie Karoline Bang, whose father was German. Elizabeth was the daugther of George Kroug and Sophie Juliane Baroth, whose parents were from Estonia.

Source: Genealogy of George Sanders – https://www.geni.com

Tagged as: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Baltic German, English, European Royal, German, Russian, Scottish

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Herbert Grönemeyer

by Manila on March 2, 2018

Birth Name: Herbert Arthur Wiglev Clamor Grönemeyer

Place of Birth: Göttingen, Lower Saxony, West Germany (now part of Germany)

Date of Birth: 12 April, 1956

Ethnicity: German (including Baltic German), 1/256 Scottish, as well as distant Dutch and Swedish

Herbert Grönemeyer is a German musician and actor.

He is the son of Hella Carin (von Hunnius) and Wilhelm Grönemeyer.

Herbert was married to actress Anna Henkel, until her death, with whom he has two children.

Herbert’s paternal grandparents were Dietrich Grönemeyer and Lisette.

Herbert’s maternal grandfather was Herbert Arthur von Hunnius (the son of Theodor Woldemar Emanuel von Hunnius and Elly Ilse “Elise” Frey). Herbert was Baltic German physician, from Kiltsi, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia. Theodor was the son of Carl Arthur Woldemar von Hunnius and Johanna Fredrika Landesen. Carl’s maternal great-great-grandfather, John Drummond, was a Scottish military officer, from Perth. Herbert’s great-grandmother Elly was the daughter of Carl Nicolai Frey and Amalie Dorothea Johanna Siewerssen.

Herbert’s maternal grandmother was Wally Anna Marie Margareta Langheinrich (the daughter of Wilhelm Langheinrich and Marie Briet-Tretrop).

Source: Genealogy of Herbert Grönemeyer – https://www.geni.com

Tagged as: Baltic German, Dutch, estonian, German, Scottish, Swedish

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Benjamin Ingrosso

by Manila on December 29, 2017

Birth Name: Benjamin Daniele Wahlgren Ingrosso

Place of Birth: Danderyd, Stockholm County, Sweden

Date of Birth: 14 September, 1997

Ethnicity: Swedish, Italian [including Abruzzese], as well as small amounts of Belgian Flemish, Danish, Dutch, and German [including Baltic German]

Benjamin Ingrosso is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.

He is the son of actress Pernilla Wahlgren and choreographer Emilio Ingrosso.

Benjamin’s older siblings are DJ, music producer, and actor Oliver Ingrosso and singer Bianca Wahlgren Ingrosso. His maternal uncles are actors Niclas Wahlgren and Linus Wahlgren. His first cousin is DJ and electronic dance music producer Sebastian Ingrosso.

Benjamin’s paternal grandparents are Carmine Ingrosso and Melina Carmina, who are Italian, from Taranto, Taranto, Apulia.

Benjamin’s maternal grandfather is actor Hans Wahlgren (the son of Ivar Hugo Wahlgren and Nina Hanna Mariana Scenna). Ivar was an actor, and was the son of Carl August Wahlgren and Anna Amalia Mellgren. Nina was an actress, and was the daughter of Italian emigrant, Gustavo Scenna, of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, and of Elin Ingrid Charlotta Andersson.

Benjamin’s maternal grandmother is actress Christina Schollin (the daughter of Gustaf Henrik Schollin and Henny Elisabet Högfors). Gustaf was the son of Ernst Henrik Schollin and Cecilia Louise Liljedahl. Henny was the daughter of Jacob Fredrik Högfors and Alma Elisabeth Sophia Wahlström.

Benjamin’s matrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his tenth great-grandmother, Elisabeth Standoph.

Source: Genealogy of Oliver Ingrosso – https://www.geni.com

Tagged as: Abruzzese, Apulian, Baltic German, Belgian, Danish, Dutch, Flemish, German, Italian, Swedish

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Bianca Wahlgren Ingrosso

by Manila on December 29, 2017

Birth Name: Bianca Melina Elisabeth Wahlgren Ingrosso

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Date of Birth: 30 December, 1994

Ethnicity: Swedish, Italian [including Abruzzese], as well as small amounts of Belgian Flemish, Danish, Dutch, and German [including Baltic German]

Bianca Wahlgren Ingrosso is a Swedish singer.

She is the daughter of actress Pernilla Wahlgren and choreographer Emilio Ingrosso.

Bianca’s brothers are DJ, music producer and actor Oliver Ingrosso, and singer and songwriter Benjamin Ingrosso. Her maternal uncles are actors Niclas Wahlgren and Linus Wahlgren. Her first cousin is DJ and electronic dance music producer Sebastian Ingrosso.

Bianca’s paternal grandparents are Carmine Ingrosso and Melina Carmina, who are Italian, from Taranto, Taranto, Apulia.

Bianca’s maternal grandfather is actor Hans Wahlgren (the son of Ivar Hugo Wahlgren and Nina Hanna Mariana Scenna). Ivar was an actor, and was the son of Carl August Wahlgren and Anna Amalia Mellgren. Nina was an actress, and was the daughter of Italian emigrant, Gustavo Scenna, of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, and of Elin Ingrid Charlotta Andersson.

Bianca’s maternal grandmother is actress Christina Schollin (the daughter of Gustaf Henrik Schollin and Henny Elisabet Högfors). Gustaf was the son of Ernst Henrik Schollin and Cecilia Louise Liljedahl. Henny was the daughter of Jacob Fredrik Högfors and Alma Elisabeth Sophia Wahlström.

Bianca’s matrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his tenth great-grandmother, Elisabeth Standoph.

Source: Genealogy of Bianca Wahlgren Ingrosso – https://www.geni.com

Tagged as: Abruzzese, Apulian, Baltic German, Belgian, Danish, Dutch, Flemish, German, Italian, Swedish

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