Alden Ehrenreich
Birth Name: Alden Caleb Ehrenreich
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: November 22, 1989
Ethnicity:
*87.5% Ashkenazi Jewish
*12.5% British Isles
Alden Ehrenreich is an American actor. His roles include the films Tetro, Twixt, Beautiful Creatures, Stoker, Blue Jasmine, Hail, Caesar!, Rules Don’t Apply, The Yellow Birds, Solo: A Star Wars Story, as Han Solo, Fair Play, Cocaine Bear, and Oppenheimer, and television’s Brave New World.
Alden is the son of Sari, an interior designer, and Mark Shane Ehrenreich, an accountant. He was named after director Phil Alden Robinson. He was raised in Reconstructionist Judaism, and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony. Seven of Alden’s eight great-grandparents were born Jewish, from Jewish emigrant families, from Austria, Hungary, Russia, Poland, and Bohemia. One of Alden’s paternal great-grandmothers was of British Isles ancestry.
Alden has stated that he took a 23andMe DNA test, and was surprised to find out that his genetic ancestry included:
*6%-7% British & Irish
Alden’s paternal grandfather was Joseph Willard Ehrenreich (the son of Irving/Isaac John Ehrenreich and Bertha Lazarow/Lazaros/Lazaroe). Joseph was born in New York. Irving was born in New York, to Austrian Jewish parents. Bertha was born in New York, to Jewish parents from Hungary, Rabbi Joseph Zeff Lazrowitz/Lazaroe and Eva Zucker.
Alden’s paternal grandmother was Isabel Alphonsus Resler (the daughter of Frank Henry Resler and Daisy Ann/Adele Hutson/Hudson). Isabel was born in Missouri. Frank was born in Ohio, to Jewish parents, Samuel Resler, who was born in Austria, and Mary Friedman, who was born in Hungary. Alden’s great-grandmother Daisy was born in Bluffton, Beaufort, South Carolina, the daughter of George Washington Hutson and Malinda/Melinda Elizabeth Padgett. She was of English ancestry, and may have converted to Judaism when marrying Alden’s Jewish-born great-grandfather.
Alden’s maternal grandfather was Reginald Paul Newmann (the son of Berthold Newmann/Neumann/Newman and Lena/Lina Winter/Winters). Reginald was born in Chicago, Illinois. Berthold was a Jewish emigrant, who born in Austria, the son of Heinrich/Henry Neumann/Newmann/Newman and Regina Ziegler. Lena was also a Jewish emigrant, born in Newaglipez, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the daughter of Heinrich Winter and Hani Teschner.
Alden’s maternal grandmother is Beverly June Lightman (the daughter of Morris L. “Moe” Lightman and Mary Helen Medal). Beverly was born in Ohio or Pennsylvania. Morris was born in Ohio, the son of Jewish emigrants, from Russia (his mother’s maiden name was Sperro). Mary Helen was born in Ohio, the daughter of Morris Medal and Sarah Cort, who were Jewish emigrants, born in Russia and/or Poland, depending on the census.
Sources: Genealogy of Alden Ehrenreich – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Alden’s father – https://old.findagrave.com
Alden’s paternal grandfather, Joseph Willard Ehrenreich, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Alden’s paternal grandmother, Isabel Alphonsus Resler, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Alden’s paternal great-grandmother, Daisy Ann/Adele Hutson/Hudson – https://www.familysearch.org
Alden’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Malinda/Melinda Elizabeth Padgett, on the 1860 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Alden’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Malinda/Melinda Elizabeth (Padgett) Hutson – https://www.familysearch.org
Alden’s maternal grandfather, Reginald Paul Newmann, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Alden’s maternal great-grandparents, Berthold Newmann/Neumann/Newman and Lena/Lina Winter/Winters – https://familysearch.org
Alden’s maternal great-grandparents, Berthold Newmann/Neumann/Newman and Lena Winter/Winters, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Berthold Newmann/Neumann/Newman and Lena Winter/Winters on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Alden’s maternal grandmother, Beverly June Lightman, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Matilda Padgett’s genealogy- https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/malinda-padgett_16251507
That’s not the right woman. Ehrenreich’s great-great-grandmother was the daughter of Elijah Padget and Elizabeth Smoak.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJW9-D2Q
Are you sure?
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50843387/malinda-horton
It reports John Richard Hutson and Henry Hamilton Hutson were the sons of a couple, GEORGE WASHINGTON HUDSON/ HUTSON and MELINDA ELIZABETH PADGETT
Otherwise this is Melinda on a Census:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZTX-YQ8
“Smoak” is German
So what if they were their sons?
Official death records are pretty definitive. Web user-edited websites like Findagrave aren’t.
it would be interesting to trace further back Elijah Padget and Elizabeth Smoak’s genealogies. Smoak’s family in South Carolina is definitely of German origin, while the Padgets likely moved there from New England.
Where did you find the information about Berthold/Reginald? I’m not sure if this Lena Winters is the right person.
The information is from Reginald’s marriage record.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8KF-3H1
Like this pic? I have some credits with PRPhotos now btw.
the color of that suit is terrible
he doesnt have black hair.
agreed, black hair is non existent, which is why the term virtually black is more suitable for people with extremely dark hair but his wouldn’t even be that, his is definitely a generic dark brown