George Reeves

Birth Name: George Keefer Brewer

Date of Birth: January 5, 1914

Place of Birth: Woolstock, Iowa, United States

Date of Death: June 16, 1959

Place of Death: Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Ethnicity: German, English, Irish

George Reeves was an American actor. He starred as Clark Kent / Superman in the 1950s film Superman and the Mole Men and television series Adventures of Superman.

He was the son of Helen (Lescher) and Donald Carl Brewer. He moved with his mother to Ashland, Kentucky, and then Galesburg, Illinois, after his parents’ separation. The later settled in California, and George was adopted by his stepfather, Frank Bessolo, changing his name to George Bessolo.

George’s patrilineal line can be traced to John Brewer, who was born, c. 1614, in London, Middlesex, England.

George’s paternal grandfather was Albert Wilson Brewer (the son of Andrew Jackson Brewer and Harriet E. Franks). Andrew was the son of Wilson Brewer and Rhoda Stanley.

George’s paternal grandmother was Emogene Emma Broughton (the daughter of Perry Broughton and Kathryn Frakes).

George’s maternal grandfather was George C. Lescher (the son of Theodore Herman Lescher and Augusta Wood). George was born in Pennsylvania. Theodore was the son of George Washington Lesher and Elizabeth Kemmerer.

George’s maternal grandmother was Eliza McKinzer. Eliza was born in Kentucky.

Source: Genealogy of George Reeves – https://www.geni.com