Chandler Canterbury

Chandler Canterbury – “The Host” Hollywood Premiere, 2013 – Photo Credit: Izumi Hasegawa / PR Photos 

Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, U.S.

Date of Birth: December 15, 1998

Ethnicity: English, German, Irish or Scottish, 1/16th Ashkenazi Jewish

Chandler Canterbury is an American actor. His roles include the films The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Knowing, Powder Blue, After.Life (2009), Repo Men, A Bag of Hammers, Little Red Wagon, Standing Up, Angels Sing, and The Host (2013), and the show R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour.

He is the brother of actors Colby Canterbury and Shelby Canterbury.

Chandler’s paternal grandfather was William Morris Canterbury (the son of Chester Lawson Canterbury and Ona Halff). Chester was the son of Redwood Cheswick Canterbury, whose parents were English, and of May R. Rial. Ona was the daughter of Morris Halff, who was Jewish, of French Jewish, German Jewish, and Dutch Jewish descent, and of Hattie Elizabeth Murdock.

Chandler’s paternal grandmother was named Barbara Juanita Blythe (the daughter of T. S. Blythe and Allie).

Chandler’s maternal grandfather was Jay Thomas Rohwer (the son of Julius Theodore Rohwer and Isadore Louise Booth). Julius was of German descent, and was the son of Julius Rohwer and Emma Wanek/Waack/Waulk. Isadore was the daugther of Charles Norman Booth and Carrie Liceta Roberts.

Chandler’s maternal grandmother was named Kay/Catherin Ann McCormick.

Sources: Genealogy of Chandler’s paternal great-grandfather, Chester Lawson Canterbury – https://www.findagrave.com

Chandler’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Redwood Cheswick Canterbury and May R. Rial, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Genealogy of Chandler’s paternal great-grandmother, Ona Halff – https://www.findagrave.com

Genealogy of Chandler’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Morris Halff – https://www.geni.com

Chandler’s maternal great-grandfather, Julius Theodore Rohwer, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org