Autumn Reeser

Reeser in 2012, photo by PrPhotos

Birth Name: Autumn Alicia Reeser

Place of Birth: La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States

Date of Birth: September 21, 1980

Ethnicity: German, as well as English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and French

Autumn Reeser is an American actress and blogger. Her roles include the shows The O.C., Entourage, No Ordinary Family, and The Arrangement, the films The Girl Next Door, So Undercover, and Sully, and many Hallmark made-for-tv romance movies.

She has two children with her former husband, writer and director Jesse Warren.

Autumn’s paternal grandfather was Dewain/Dwain Wardell Reeser (the son of Lawrence Wardell/Ward Reeser and Emily Polean Steggall). Dewain was born in Oelwein, Iowa. Lawrence was the son of John Wesley Reeser and Edith May Worsley. Emily was the daughter of George Allen “Al” Steggall, whose father was from Hessett, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England; and of Mary Frances Menuey, whose parents were from France, Haute-Saone and Marne, respectively.

Autumn’s paternal grandmother was Patricia Jean Conkey (the daughter of Artie Ray Conkey and Alma/Allie Margurite/Marguerite/Margreta Garber). Patricia was born in Iowa. Artie was the son of Robert D. Conkey, who was born in Ontario, Canada, and who had Northern Irish grandparents; and of Sally/Sallie Davis Caldwell, whose father was a Presbyterian minister. Autumn’s great-grandmother Alma was the daughter of Albert A./H. Garber, whose mother was from Hellering-les-Fenetrange, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine; and of Magdalena/Madelena Elizabeth/Louise “Lena” Eversuele Schertz/Shatz, whose father was an Alsatian German, and whose mother was from Meininger, Germany.

Autumn’s maternal grandfather is Kenneth Wayne Handel (the son of William Christian Handel and Pauline Kirschenmann). Kenneth was born in California. William was born in North Dakota, the son of Christian Handel and Sophia Levi, who were ethnic Germans from Odessa, in the Russian Empire. Pauline was born in California, the daughter of Ludwig Kirschenmann, from Neudorf, Odessa, and of Christina Mettler, from Kassel, Odessa, who were also ethnic Germans from the Russian Empire.

Autumn’s maternal grandmother is Maudie Lou Crabb (the daughter of Clifford Carl Crabb and Aryvivie/Ary Vivle/Aryviola Kirby). Maudie was born in Oklahoma. Clifford was the son of Minto Parris Crabb and Dethulia A. Elizabeth Prescott. Aryvivie was the daughter of William M. Kirby and Myrtle L. Williams/Williamson/McCoy.

Sources: Genealogies of Autumn’s paternal grandfather, Dewain/Dwain Wardell Reeser and Patricia Jean (Conkey) Reeser – https://www.findagrave.com

Genealogies of Summer’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Dethulia A. Elizabeth Prescott (focusing on her own father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
https://www.wikitree.com