Barry Livingston
Livingston in 2013, photo by kathclick/bigstockphoto.com
Birth Name: Barry Gordon Livingston
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: December 17, 1953
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*Croatian (mother)
Barry Livingston is an American actor. He is known for his role on the show My Three Sons.
He is the son of Lillian Rochelle and Hilliard Livingston. His father was from a Jewish family. His mother was of Croatian (Catholic) descent. His brother is actor Stanley Livingston. Barry is married to Karen Huntsman, with whom he has two children.
Barry’s paternal grandfather was Benjamin Nathaniel Livingston (the son of Louis Livingston and Sarah Y. Schragus). Benjamin was born in Durham, North Carolina, to Russian Jewish parents.
Barry’s paternal grandmother was named Bertha Mogulevski (the daughter of Phillip Mogulevski and Ethel). Bertha was a Russian Jewish immigrant.
Barry’s maternal grandfather was Frank Palyash (the son of George Polijash and Barbra Kambeck). Frank was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Barry’s maternal grandmother was named Agnes Kretchmar/Karcmar. Agnes was born in Yugoslavia, likely then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Sources: Genealogy of Barry Livingston – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Barry’s father on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Barry’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Barry’s mother on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
I think he’s not Serbian, but Croatian and that this is Agnes’ Husband:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=133680222
He died in 1931, which is why he’s not on 1940 census
Sure, why not?
What do you think of John Kasich? Is he Rusyn?
Most likely. I read Smolenyak’s article, and if he by any chance wasn’t Rusyn, he was at least a plain ol’ Ukrainian. Not Czech for sure.
There’s also a Franjo Palias from Sveti Martin listed on a passenger list in Ellis Island in 1905:
http://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/show-manifest-big-image/czoxNzoidDcxNS0wNjQxMDU3OC5qcGciOw==/1
Might be the same man
Why wouldn’t his mother be Jewish as well?
In a sense, that’s a difficult question to answer. Many people simply aren’t Jewish, and it’s usually hard to pinpoint a reason. You could also ask, why is someone male or female? We don’t know. It just happens.
Still, it isn’t that unusual: researchers estimate that there may be as many as over 7.3 billion non-Jewish people in the world right now, although, to be fair, the number was significantly smaller when Barry was born, and even smaller when his mother was born.
http://www.timesonline.com/your_news/obituaries/emily-rose-palyash-pasquale/article_57a6e077-46a0-5ca0-9cb4-5a485dc99b4a.html
http://www.timesonline.com/your_news/obituaries/diania-rose-palyash-granati/article_1b91dae4-f1b6-5f0d-bdca-1f7de32a40a2.html
Why is his mother female?