D’arcy Wretzky
Wretzky in 1996, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: D’arcy Elizabeth Wretzky
Place of Birth: South Haven, Michigan, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 1, 1968
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*Scandinavian (mother)
D’arcy Wretzky is an American musician. She is the original bass player of alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. The band’s members also include/have included Melissa Auf der Maur, Jimmy Chamberlin, Billy Corgan, and James Iha.
D’arcy’s father is from a Belarusian Jewish family. D’arcy’s mother, Vikke Anderson, is likely of Scandinavian descent.
D’arcy’s paternal grandfather was Herman/Chaim Khaym D. Wretzky/Uretzky (the son of Joseph Uretzky/Wretzky and Frieda/Freida/Fraydl Erenberg). Herman was born in Shchedrin, Bobruisk uezd, Minsk.
D’arcy’s paternal grandmother was Sophia Ruth “Sophie” Lipshitz/Lipshutz (the daughter of Benjamin “Ben” H. Lipshitz/Lipshutz and Katie/Katy Kaplan/Kapillon). Sophia was born in Chicago, Illinois, to parents from Shchedrin, Bobruisk uezd, Minsk. Benjamin was the son of Leyb/Louis Lipshutz/Lipshitz and Fanny/Zelda/Zlate Feiga Erenberg. Katie was the daughter of Nakhema/Nehemia/Nechemye/Nakhman Kaplan and Maryashe/Mariyash Erenberg/Erenburg/Ehrenberg.
Sources: Genealogy of D’arcy Wretzky (focusing on her father’s side) – http://ldorvdor.net
D’arcy’s paternal grandfather, Herman/Chaim Khaym D. Wretzky/Uretzky, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of D’arcy’s paternal grandmother, Sophia Ruth “Sophie” Lipshitz/Lipshutz – https://www.geni.com
her mother’s surname is Anderson.
Swedish? (Andersson)
Wikipedia: “American people of Polish descent” !
I always thought Estes Kefauver sounded like a very Jewish name.
what kind of surname is “Kefauver”? About “Wretzky”, it’s Slavic and it could be Polish too.
“Kefauver” is a German surname, and used to be “Kielfaber”, it’s on Estes’ ethnicelebs page.
“Estes” sounded like a Spanish surname to me, but it’s English.
Estes Kefauver was pretty much the most popular Democratic politician in the 1950s. He won more primaries than any one other Democrat in 1952 and 1956.
“Wretzky” is pretty much only a Jewish surname in the U.S. I don’t know about Europe. It reminds of “Centrowitz”, which people thought was Polish (non-Jewish), too.
“Wretzky” sounds like:
http://ethnicelebs.com/wayne-gretzky
Chaim is not a name a Polish person would give to their child. It’s very much Jewish.