Ashley Hinshaw

Hinshaw in 2011, photo by kathclick/bigstock.com

Birth Name: Ashley Elizabeth Hinshaw

Place of Birth: La Porte, Indiana, U.S.

Date of Birth: December 11, 1988

Ethnicity: German, English, French-Canadian, Dutch, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish

Ashley Hinshaw is an American actress and model. She is known for her role on the show StartUp. She has also been billed as Ashley Grace.

She is married to actor Topher Grace, with whom she has two children.

Ashley’s paternal grandfather was Donald Lavon Hinshaw (the son of Harry Lavon Hinshaw and May Goudberg). Donald was born in Muskegon, Michigan. Harry was the son of Leroy Belmont Hinshaw and Amanda Maud McMichael, both with deep lines in the U.S. May was the daughter of Robert J. Goudberg and Margaret Miel, who were both the children of Dutch parents.

Ashley’s paternal grandmother was Dolores Jean Bosse (the daughter of Benjamin Henry Bosse and Ruth Edna Hill). Dolores was born in Muskegon, Michigan. Benjamin was the son of Henry Joseph Bossé and Gertrude Beaudoin, woh were of French-Canadian descent. Ruth was the daughter of Edward Robert Hill, who was likely of German descent, and of May Rosenhauer, who was of German ancestry.

Ashley’s maternal grandfather was James Charles “Jim” Coates (the son of Howard George Coates and Luella Born). Jim was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Howard was the son of William Baker Coates and Daisy E. Bottles. Luella was the daughter of German parents, Ferdinand Fredrick William Born and Augusta Wilhelmina Gruetzmacher.

Ashley’s maternal grandmother is Mary Ann Huxhold (the daughter of John Edwin Huxhold and Emma A. Hort). John was the son of Edwin Henry Huxhold, who was of German descent, and Maude Edith Haybarker, who was of British Isles and German descent. Emma was the daughter of ethnic German parents, from Russia, August Hort and Maria Meiser.

Sources: Genealogy of Ashley Hinshaw – https://www.familysearch.org

Obituary of Ashley’s paternal uncle – https://www.legacy.com