Alex Saxon

08/04/2019 – Alex Saxon – The CW’s Summer 2019 TCA All-Star Party – Arrivals – The Beverly Hilton Hotel, 9876 Wilshire Boulevard – Beverly Hills, CA, USA – Photo Credit: / PRPhotos.com

Place of Birth: Liberty, Missouri, U.S.

Date of Birth: September 10, 1987

Ethnicity: German, Irish, French-Canadian, Hungarian, English, more distant Swiss-German, Scottish, and Welsh

Alex Saxon is an American actor. He is known for his role as Ace on the series Nancy Drew, as well as for the shows The Fosters, Finding Carter, The Fix, and High Desert, and the films Compound Fracture and Coin Heist.

Alex’s paternal grandfather was Gordon Edward Saxon (the son of Emil Sekerasy/Saxon and Charlotte Lucie Heinze). Gordon was born in Michigan. Emil was born in Ohio, to parents from Hungary, Stephen Sekerasy and Helena Progner Wagner. Charlotte was from Germany, the daughter of Carl Rudolph Heinze and Marie Amanda Emilie Schulz. Emil and Charlotte were listed as German-speakers on the 1930 U.S. Census.

Alex’s paternal grandmother was Janet/Jane Louise Buckwalter (the daughter of Howard McWilliams Buckwalter and Daisy Mae Cair). Janet was born in Newark, New Jersey, New Jersey, and was of mostly German descent. Howard was born in Pennsylvania, the son of John Thomas Buckwalter and Sarah/Sara Alice McWilliams. Daisy was born in Pennsylvania, the daughter of Harry Monroe Clair/Klahr and Victoria S. Shirk.

Alex’s maternal grandfather was Ralph Veo Dugan (the son of Alpheus Dugan and Dorothy Carherine O’Brien). Ralph was born in New Boston, Michigan. Alpheus was the son of George Daniel Dugan, whose parents were Irish, and of Julia Veo/Viau, who was of French-Canadian descent. Dorothy was the daughter of James O’Brien and Margaret E. Hayes, whose parents were Irish.

Alex’s maternal grandmother was Pauline Mae Charron (the daughter of Clarence Earl Charron and Catherine Elizabeth Dornbecker). Pauline was born in Trenton, Michigan. Clarence was the son of Armedes Peter Charron and Wilhelmina Malafant, who were French-Canadian. Catherine was the daughter of Jacob Dorenbecker, who was a German immigrant, and of Nettie Hall, who was of English descent.

Sources: Obituary of Alex’s paternal grandfather, Gordon Edward Saxon – http://richmond.com

Obituary of Alex’s paternal grandmother, Janet/Jane Louise (Buckwalter) Saxon – http://legacy.com

Obituary of Alex’s maternal grandmother, Pauline Mae (Charron) Dugan – https://www.rgalerfuneralhome.com