Emile Hirsch
Hirsch in 2011, image via kathclick/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Emile Davenport Hirsch
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: March 13, 1985
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish (paternal grandfather), English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, remote French
Emile Hirsch is an American actor. He is known for starring in the films The Emperor’s Club, The Girl Next Door, Alpha Dog, Into the Wild, Speed Racer, Killer Joe, and The Autopsy of Jane Doe.
Emile is the son of Margaret, a visual artist, and David Hirsch, an entrepreneur and producer. Emile’s paternal grandfather was Ashkenazi Jewish; of German Jewish and English Jewish descent. Emile also has English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, and remote French, ancestry. Emile has a son.
Emile’s paternal grandfather was Milton Morris Hirsch (the son of Gustav Hirsch and Katherine “Kate”/”Katie” Ross). Milton was born in New York. Gustav was born in New York, to German Jewish parents, Moses Hirsch and Hannah, who were from Prussia. Katherine was born in New York, the daughter of Emanual/Emanuel Ross and Rebecca Nelson, who were of English Jewish/German Jewish background.
Emile’s paternal grandmother was Doris Lucille Morgan (the daughter of Charles W. Morgan and Tahama Jewel Dimick/Dimmick). Doris was born in California. Tahama was the daughter of Augusta Rhoda Dimmick.
Emile’s maternal grandfather was John Scott Davenport (the son of Omer Earl Davenport and Mary Margaret Baldis). John was born in Illinois. Omer was the son of William/Willilam Ashbury/Asbury Davenport and Sarah Cordialia/Cordelia Ann Parkhurst. Mary Margaret was the daughter of Allen Burton Baldis and Julia Susan Walker.
Emile’s maternal grandmother was Dorothy Matilda Milliken (the daughter of James Douglas Milliken and Esther Mae Lang). Dorothy was born in Illinois. James was the son of David Milliken, whose parents were emigrants from Northern Ireland, and of Alice Belle Palmer.
Sources: Emile’s paternal grandfather, Milton Morris Hirsch, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Emile’s paternal great-grandfather, Gustav Hirsch, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Emile’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Moses Hirsch and Hannah, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Emile’s paternal great-grandmother, Katherine “Kate”/”Katie” Ross, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Katherine “Kate”/”Katie” Ross on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Emile’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Augusta Rhoda (Dimmick) Davis – https://www.findagrave.com
Genealogy of Emile Hirsch (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.paulsfamilyhistory.com
Obituary of Emile’s maternal grandfather, John Scott Davenport – http://www.pamunkeydavenport.com
has French (remote) ancestry too, from his great-great-great-grandmother: https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Lakin-Family-Tree-332
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/omer-earl-davenport_14086665
To follers: The deal is, whenever I seem to be on the verge of finding out someone’s further ancestry, the site admins show me the note that I must pay a certain fee and become the member of genealogical site which I wish to use. I try my best to expand my genealogical knowledge without paying money, but that one, evidently, is rarely a success. It actually means that there are no genealogical trees (in the U.S. and Western Europe, anyway) which haven’t been documented, but only those that you haven’t “purchased” with you own money – implying that (nowadays) you aren’t able even to know your very ancestry for free. It’s just as nonsensical and ironic as it is customary!
You can use familysearch.org, which is totally free. I don’t pay any money to any website (at the moment).
At least you know Cindy Crawford’s roots now.
An ancestress of Emile’s, Margaret Debruhler, was the mother-in-law of Henry Hoover Davenport; Henry was the direct ancestor of Emile’s mother, Margaret Davenport.
http://records.ancestry.com/Mary_Margaret_Lakin_records.ashx?pid=37202894
The origin of the surname ‘Debruhler’ remained a mystery to me ever since. Some other family trees mentioning Lakins, Davenports, and other related surnames, indicate her surname was ‘Debruler’ (without ‘h’). On one of the few-numbered sites explaining the surname origin, DeBruhler (as well as its variants Debrular, Debruler, etc.) is of French origin.
http://genealogy.familyeducation.com/surname-origin/debruler
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/OHCLERMO/2004-11/1101774412
Can all this be enough to make Emile part French, though?
Oh, and I ommitted to add: Margaret Debruler’s mother was Permeila Simmons, said to have come from the family of Irish immigrants.
Was Permeila Simmons Irish? Her genealogy doesn’t seem very Irish.
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=bethanyalyssa&id=I7011
Margaret’s father, John DeBruler, was born in Maryland, c. 1750. I have a hard time finding the immigrant ancestor of this family?
Have you found anything on Emile’s father’s side? That is the bigger mystery.
Unfortunately, no. I actually wonder how you managed to obtain information about his paternal grandparents in the first place (I’ve searched for their names on the genealogy sites before and haven’t found them). It sure is frustrating when celebrities have one parent whose ancestry is almost totally documented and known, and the other whose ancestry is a mystery. E.g. I examined the ancestry of Cindy Crawford: on her father’s side I discovered some generations ranging back to medieval England, whereas for her mother’s side I only found the names of her grandparents (not even her mat. grandmother’s maiden name).
There was an obituary of Emile’s paternal grandmother, published in 2001. I found it a little while back, but I haven’t been able to find it again recently.
Cindy Crawford’s maternal grandparents were James Richard Walker and Dorothy May Montgomery.
http://www.ronanmoorefinch.com/obits3/View.aspx?oID=158
There is a genealogy of Cindy’s mother’s side here.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=wjmntgmry&id=I4850
“It sure is frustrating when celebrities have one parent whose ancestry is almost totally documented and known, and the other whose ancestry is a mystery.”
Tell that to Barack Obama.
Morgan is a classic Welsh surname
I knew you would say that! http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=Morgan&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=England&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search
ok, but Morgan is still Welsh. There’s no border between Wales and England. Example the Pirate Morgan was Welsh, even the founder of J.P.Morgan had Welsh ancesty, and many other ppl. Btw, not that big difference
I didn’t say Morgan wasn’t a Welsh name. I am just saying it can be English, too.
yes, it can.