Jamie Hyneman

Hyneman in 2013, photo: kathclick/www.bigstockphoto.com/

Birth Name: James Franklin Hyneman

Place of Birth: Marshall, Michigan, U.S.

Date of Birth: September 25, 1956

Ethnicity: English, German, distant Welsh, other

Jamie Hyneman is an American television personality and special effects artist. He is known as a co-host of the Discovery Channel program MythBusters, formerly with Adam Savage.

He was raised in Columbus, Indiana. Jamie is married to science teacher Eileen Walsh.

Jamie’s paternal grandfather likely was John Raymond Hyneman (the son of Samuel McClittic Hyneman and Ida Belle Farmer). John was born in Indiana. Ida was the daughter of Samuel Farmer and Louisa Cato.

Jamie’s paternal grandmother likely was Mary Elizabeth Jackson. Mary Elizabeth was born in Indiana.

Jamie’s maternal grandfather was Ford Valentine Osborne (the son of Lewis Embry Osborne and Mathilda Dorothy Dieckman). Ford was born in Indiana. Lewis was the son of Charles Elijah Osborn and Elizabeth Jane “Martha” Taylor. Mathilda was of German origin, and was the daughter of Johauer Herman Gerhard Dieckmann, who was born in Aldenberg, Germany, and of Josepha Sophia Neumann.

Jamie’s maternal grandmother was Edith Elnora Spurlock (the daughter of Elmer Evert Spurlock and Anna Louise Brown). Edith was born in Indiana. Elmer was the son of Redmond Spurlock and Francis E. Vaughan.

Sources: Genealogy of Jamie’s likely paternal grandfather, John Raymond Hyneman – https://ancestors.familysearch.org

Genealogies of Jamie’s maternal grandparents, Ford Valentine Osborne and Edith Elnora Spurlock – https://ancestors.familysearch.org