Bob Burnquist

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Burnquist in 2004, photo by Prphotos

Birth Name: Robert Dean Silva Burnquist

Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Date of Birth: 10 October, 1976

Ethnicity:
*father – Swedish, German, English, Scottish
*mother – Brazilian

Burnquist is a Brazilian-American professional skateboarder. He holds dual citizenship in the U.S. and Brazil.

Bob is the son of Dora (Silva) and Dean Riley Burnquist. His father is American, from California. His mother is Brazilian, from Minas Gerais. Bob’s mother is pictured here. Bob has two children, including a daughter with his former partner, professional skateboarder Jen O’Brien.

Bob’s paternal grandfather was Charles Robert Burnquist (the son of Charles Edward Burnquist and Stella Byers Palmer). Bob’s grandfather Charles was born in Iowa. Bob’s great-grandfather Charles was born in Iowa, to parents from Sweden, Charles August Burnquist and Justina Eugenia Johnson. Stella was the daughter of George Palmer and Louella.

Bob’s paternal grandmother was Virginia Berkeley Anderson (the daughter of James Riley Anderson and Myrtle Sarah Campbell). Virginia was born in California. James was the son of James Cummins Anderson and Dorcas Saphrona Key. Myrtle was the daughter of Daniel Campbell.

Source: Bob’s father on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

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3 Responses

  1. andrew says:

    His father has German, likely Scottish and other ancestry

  2. stlucas says:

    The son of Dora (Silva) and Dean Riley Burnquist. Bob’s father is American, from California, and Bob’s mother is Brazilian, from Minas Gerais.

    Bob’s paternal grandfather was Charles Robert Burnquist (the son of Charles Edward Burnquist and Stella Byers Palmer). Charles was born in Iowa, to parents from Sweden, Charles August Burnquist and Justina Eugenia Johnson. Stella was the daughter of George Palmer and Louella.

    Bob’s paternal grandmother was Virginia Berkeley Anderson (the daughter of James Riley Anderson and Myrtle Sarah Campbell). Bob’s great-grandfather James was the son of James Cummins Anderson and Dorcas Saphrona Key. Myrtle was the daughter of Daniel Campbell.

    Genealogy of Bob’s father – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=andersontree0220&id=P99

    Bob’s father on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K979-DFM

    Bob’s mother is pictured here: https://www.instagram.com/p/ZNv8iVDGu4/

  3. im kira says:

    wat about daniel dhers?

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