Dave Bickler

Birth Name: David W. Bickler

Place of Birth: North Dakota, U.S.

Date of Birth: March 31, 1953

Ethnicity: German/Swiss-German (at least 81.25%), English, Scottish

Dave Bickler is an American singer. He was the original lead singer of rock band Survivor. He was raised partly in Willmar, Minnesota and Lisle, Illinois. His paternal grandparents were ethnic German emigrants, from the then-Russian Empire.

Dave’s paternal grandfather was named John J. Bickler.

Dave’s paternal grandmother was Philapina Horner (the daughter of Anton Horner and Phillipina Bosch). Philapina’s parents were from Crimea. Anton was born in Rosental, the son of Peter Horner and Marianna Kuhn. Phillipina was the daughter of Adam Bosch, whose parents were from Baden, Germany, and of Katharina Schmidt, who was born in Klöstitz, Akkerman, Bessarabia, also to German parents.

Dave’s maternal grandfather was Edwin Herman Meyer (the son of Julius Mayer and Katharina Spitzer). Edwin was born in North Dakota. Julius was German, from Featow.

Dave’s maternal grandmother was Wilma Leona Graham (the daughter of John Harvey Graham and Ethel Louise Webber). Wilma was born in North Dakota, and had Swiss-German, German, English, and Scottish ancestry, with deep roots in the U.S. John was the son of Corporal John William Graham, whose father was Scottish, and of Ruth Waldron, whose mother was English. Ethel was the daughter of George W. Webber, who was of German descent, and whose mother was born in Preston, Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; and of Ella Maria Penfield.