Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Tisdale, 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Ashley Michelle Tisdale
Place of Birth: Monmouth County, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 2, 1985
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish (three eighths), Irish, English, Scottish, German
Ashley Tisdale is an American actress, singer, and producer. She is known for her role in the High School Musical franchise, as well as for the shows The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Hellcats, and Young & Hungry, and the film Scary Movie 5.
Ashley is the daughter of Lisa and Mike Tisdale, a contractor. Her sister is actress Jennifer Tisdale. She is married to musician Christopher French, with whom she has a daughter.
Her father has English, Irish, Scottish, and German ancestry. Her mother is of three quarters Ashkenazi Jewish (from Poland, Russia, and Romania), and one quarter Irish, descent, and Ashley’s maternal grandparents were married by a rabbi. Ashley’s maternal grandmother’s father was of Irish origin. Her mother has stated that Ashley was raised with “a little bit of both” of Ashley’s father’s Christianity and Ashley’s mother’s Judaism. Ashley has also been photographed wearing a cross (perhaps as a decoration).
The surname Tisdale is of English origin and comes from people who lived in areas called, Teesdale, in the counties of Durham and the North Riding of Yorkshire.
Ashley is a second cousin, once removed, of inventor and marketing personality Ron Popeil. Ashley’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Kidder Morris and Bryna/Bertha Mann/Man, were also Ron’s paternal great-grandparents.
Ashley’s paternal grandfather was Henry Franklin Tisdale (the son of Vernon McIver “Mack” Tisdale and Myrtle B. Liles Smith). Henry was born in South Carolina. V. Mack was the son of Ernest McIver Tisdale and Gertrude Webber. Myrtle was the daughter of Clyde Lawrence Liles and Myrtle Josephine Biggs.
Ashley’s paternal grandmother is Emma Lois Fitzgerald (the daughter of Thomas Samuel Fitzgerald, Sr. and Martha Rebecca Ogilvie). Emma was born in Tennessee. Thomas was born in Minnesota, the son of Robert Vaughn Fitzgerald and Alice Elizabeth Kaulback, who was born in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada. Martha was born in Tennessee, the daughter of Hugh Ogilvie and Bessie Joe Pleasants.
Ashley’s maternal grandfather was Arnold Frederick Morris (the son of Nathan/Nat K. Morris and Betty Levin/Levine). Arnold was born in New Jersey, and appeared in many television infomercials. Nathan was born in New Jersey, and was an inventor. He was the son of Kidder/Kidders Morris/Moshe Kiderisky/Kadaritsky/Kadaretzky and Brina/Bryna/Bertha Gitil Mann/Man, who were Jewish emigrants from Grajewo, Poland. Kidder was a cantor and shoemaker. Ashley’s great-grandmother Betty was born in Pennsylvania, to Russian Jewish parents, Lazarus Levin and Leinia/Lena Barr.
Ashley’s maternal grandmother is Marilyn A. Keays (the daughter of Francis J. Keays and Mollie/Molly Lieber). Francis was born in New Jersey, to Irish parents, Patrick J. Keays and Mary E., who were likely Catholic. Mollie was born in New Jersey, to Romanian Jewish parents, Isador/Isadore Lieber and Fannie.
Ashley (right) and Jennifer Tisdale, 2008, photo by Prphotos
Sources: Ashley’s paternal grandmother, Emma Lois Fitzgerald, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Ashley Tisdale (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Ashley’s maternal grandfather, Arnold Frederick Morris, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Ashley’s maternal grandfather, Arnold Frederick Morris – http://www.legacy.com
Ashley’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Kidder Morris and Bryna/Bertha Mann/Man, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy entry for Ashley’s maternal great-grandmother, Betty Levin/Levine – http://www.tulpehockenroots.org
Ashley’s maternal great-grandparents, Francis J. Keays and Mollie Lieber, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Ashley’s maternal great-grandfather, Francis J. Keays, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Ashley’s maternal great-grandmother, Mollie Lieber, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Yeh but some Jewish have changed their last names, maybe the original was something like Morrisberg but her grandfather changed to Morris, btw, Jewish is both: A religion and an ethnicity.
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Jewish is a religion, not a race.
You are so stupid, Jewish is an ethnicity and a religion.
iTS B0tH.! BUt jEWiSH iS N0t A RACE… itS AN EtHNiCiTy.!
Yes.
To MMI
Jews come in many colors,not just white
M.M.I. fuzzybear is right! Jews are today mostly White also called Ashkenazi or something.. but there are also Black Ethiopians and others..! :)
Also the black jews of south africa.There once were many black Jews in West Africa,Many were Houses in Fort Juda.However most I believe were shipped to different places over here.Oh also I forgot about the Asian Jews
Never heard of a “Morrisberg”, lol. But the name “Morris” itself can certainly be Jewish. In fact, Ashley’s g-g-grandfather was an Eastern European immigrant named Kidders Morris, who was a Jewish cantor (there’s a bit of her ancestry here http://www.thefullwiki.org/Ashley_Tisdale_(1985))
You obviously don’t know what a race is.. races are only:
White (European) race,
Black (African) race,
Yellow (Asian) race
Mixed
People of White race have White skin colour! People of Black race have Black skin colour, Yellow people have Yellow skin colour that’s the reason why their races are called like that: AFTER THEIR SKIN COLOUR!
her dad is Christian and mum is Jewish.
Jewish English. Alicia Silverstone is Jewish English too. I can see similarities.
ALiCiA SiLVERSt0NE iS jEWiSH ANd SC0ttiSH. HER FAtHER iS FR0M ENgLANd BUt HE iS jEWiSH AND HER M0THER iS jUSt SC0ttiSH. =D
Yeah Judaism is the religion and Jewish can be religion/AND ethnicity. Like because, there are Ashkenazi Jews, Sephardic Jews, and Mizrahi Jews and those are Ethnic groups. You can be an ethnic Jew or convert.
yes.. and what does it have to do with race..?
why is Jewish considered a race on here? I always thought of it as a religion…
it is not a race
I know.
As for Scarlett Johansson’s mother she’s 100% Jewish cuz her last name can still also be Jewish because this actress named, Lindsay Sloane, has the same last name but a different spelling and she’s 100% Jewish. So I think that makes sense.