Daniel Flaherty
Place of Birth: Glen Rock, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 11, 1993
Ethnicity:
*father – Irish, Polish
*mother – English, German, Cornish, 1/32 Sephardic/Ashkenazi Jewish
Daniel Flaherty is an American actor. His roles include the series Skins (2011), The Americans, Nurse Jackie, The Leftovers, and Chicago Med, and the films Contest (2013), The Adderall Diaries, King Jack, Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List, Goat, The Transfiguration (2016), November Criminals, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), The Garden Left Behind, and The Trial of the Chicago 7. He has also been billed as Danny Flaherty.
Daniel’s paternal grandfather was Henry Benton Flaherty (the son of John Flaherty and Mary Keenan). Henry was born in New Jersey.
Daniel’s paternal grandmother was Gloria B. Nieglos (the daughter of Walter Edward Nieglos and Mary Mazur). Gloria was born in New Jersey, to Polish parents.
Daniel’s maternal grandfather was Arthur Stewart Church (the son of Arthur Henchley Church and Margaret Stuart Kellsey). Daniel’s grandfather Arthur was born in Englewood, New Jersey. Daniel’s great-grandfather Arthur was the son of Arthur Candee/Candi Church and Leonora. Margaret was the daughter of Franklin Lewis Kellsey and Mary Elizabeth Churchill.
Daniel’s maternal grandmother is Barbara Lue Billman (the daughter of Ernest Frederick Billman and Lulu Dorothy Millington). Barbara was born in New Jersey. Ernest was the son of Fredrick Harvey Billman, who was of German descent, and of Emily Jenkin, who was of Cornish ancestry. Lulu was the daughter of George Sabine Millington and Ethel Florence Fowler. Daniel’s great-great-great-great-grandfather, Benjamin Mendez Seixas, was Jewish, of Sephardi and Ashkenazi descent. Through him, Daniel is a second cousin, five times removed, of abolitionist Robert Purvis, poet Emma Lazarus, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo.
Source: Genealogy of Daniel’s maternal great-great-great-great-grandfather, Benjamin Mendez Seixas – https://www.geni.com
https://www.riewertsmemorialhome.com/obituaries/arthur-stewart-church
Daniel’s maternal grandfather was Arthur Stewart Church (the son of Arthur Henchley Church and Margaret Stuart Kellsey). Daniel’s grandfather Arthur was born in New Jersey. Daniel’s great-grandfather Arthur was the son of Arthur Candee/Candi Church and Leonora. Margaret was the daughter of Franklin Lewis Kellsey and Mary Elizabeth Churchill.
Daniel’s maternal grandmother is Barbara Lue Billman (the daughter of Ernest Frederick Billman and Lulu Dorothy Millington). Barbara was born in New Jersey. Ernest was the son of Fredrick Harvey Billman and Emily Jenkin. Lulu was the daughter of George Sabine Millington and Ethel Florence Fowler.
Add English, German, Cornish and remote Sephardic/Ashkenazi Jewish to ancestry.
German ancestry is through Fredrick Harvey Billman, Cornish through his wife Emily Jenkin.
His Jewish ancestry is through his 4th great-grandfather Benjamin Mendez Seixas. Through this line he’s related to Emma Lazarus, Benjamin Cardozo, Vic Seixas, Robert Purvis. More precisely, he’s a second cousin 5 times removed of Emma Lazarus and Benjamin Cardozo, second cousin 4 times removed of Robert Purvis.
Daniel’s paternal grandfather was Henry Benton Flaherty (the son of Joihn Flaherty and Mary Keenan). Henry was born in New Jersey.
Daniel’s paternal grandmother was Gloria B. Nieglos (the daughter of Walter Edward Nieglos and Mary Mazur). Gloria was born in New Jersey, to Polish parents.