Kari Wührer
Wührer in 2006, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Kari Samantha Wührer
Place of Birth: Brookfield, Connecticut, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 28, 1967
Ethnicity:
*75% German
*25% English
Kari Wührer is an American actress, model, and singer. She is known for her roles on the shows Remote Control and Sliders, and in the films Stephen King’s Thinner and Eight Legged Freaks.
Her father is of German descent. Her maternal grandfather was of Colonial American (English) ancestry, and her maternal grandmother’s parents were also German.
Kari is married to James Scura. She has also been credited as Kari Wührer Salin, Kari Salin, and Kari Salin-Wührer, the surnames of her former husband Daniel Salin.
Kari’s paternal grandfather was Andrew Joseph/Fredrich Wuhrer (the son of Andrew Anton Wuhrer and Marie Attenberger). Kari’s grandfather Andrew was born in Connecticut, to parents from Munich, Germany. Kari’s great-grandfather Andrew was the son of Christina Aschauer. Marie was the daughter of Adam Attenberger and Maria Gruber.
Kari’s paternal grandmother was Melba A. Hirtz (the daughter of Fred/Gottfried Francis Hirtz and Antoinette Marie Lapierne). Melba was born in Connecticut. Fred was born in New Jersey, to German parents, Daniel Hirz and Theresia/Theresa/Therese Hirz. Antoinette was born in Connecticut, also to German parents.
Kari’s maternal grandfather was William Curtis Noble (the son of Curtis Albert Noble and Ruth Baynard Jerome). William was born in New York. Kari’s great-grandfather Curtis was the son of Charles Curtis Noble and Kathleen Belle Little. Ruth was the daughter of Frank Colt Jerome and Jennie Marie Baynard. Frank was the grandson of clockmaker Chauncey Jerome.
Kari’s maternal grandmother was Ellen/Eleonore Elisabethluise Rapp (the daughter of Karl P. Rapp and Elisabeth Wuest). Ellen was born in Bodman-Ludwigshafen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Sources: Kari’s paternal grandmother, Melba A. Hirtz, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Kari’s paternal grandmother, Melba A. (Hirtz) Wuhrer – http://www.hoytfuneralhome.com
Marriage record of Kari’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Frank Colt Jerome and Jennie Marie Baynard – https://www.familysearch.org
In Stephen King’s “Thinner,” she played someone who was Roma.
wait till americans find out germans are actually mostly brown haired and eyed, just as much as other europeans, and also many do have some olive complexion…
I thought she was part Native American for the longest time.
3/4 German (from Baden and Bavaria) and 1/4 wealthy Colonial American.
“Jerome” is French Huguenot (https://www.geni.com/people/Timothy-Jerome-Sr/6000000007299227318) and there is also other stuff: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/GMXJ-P7V
German ancestry is the single largest self-reported ancestry in the United States. We know what Germans look like.
But, I guess the constant American-bashing is much more fun than contributing value to the page.
im not ”bashing” anything lol my comment was not salty or passive-agressive at all, your reply is, my point was that americans(and to be fair, pretty much every other new world nationality) is quite ignorant in regards to euro ethnicities, we tend to have, for the most part, a twisted and nordic-esque notion of europeans, partially because a lot of people in the americas are mixed with non-euro ”races”. And about german-americans, i could be wrong, but i think pretty much all of them have other ancestries as well, mostly british and irish, and sometimes italian, especially in the east coast of US, only a few have, lets say, over 3/4 german ancestry. So its pretty safe to assume that americans in general dont have a clear, first hand notion of what ethnic germans really look like. I would not be surprised if it turns out southern Brazil has a larger number of fully, or nearly fully ethnic germans than the US.
Bavarians I meant, spell check made it into “barbarians” for whatever reason.
Barbarians and many others from South Germany tend to be darker than Germans as a whole.
Bavarians I meant, spell check made it into “barbarians” for whatever reason.
You are actually right. That’s how Romans called Germanic people: Barbarians.
Her 4th great-grandfather: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauncey_Jerome
Also her Baynard family owned this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospect_Hill_(Charleston_County,_South_Carolina)
*Kari’s paternal grandfather was Andrew Joseph/Fredrich Wuhrer (the son of Andrew Anton Wuhrer and Marie Attenberger). Kari’s grandfather Andrew was born in Connecticut, to parents from Munich, Germany.
Kari’s paternal grandmother was Melba A. Hirtz (the daughter of Fred/Gottfried Francis Hirtz and Antoinette Marie Lapierne). Melba was born in Connecticut. Fred was the son of German parents, Daniel Hirz and Theresa Hirz.
Kari’s maternal grandfather was William Curtis Noble (the son of Curtis Albert Noble and Ruth Baynard Jerome). William was born in New York. Curtis was the son of Charles Curtis Noble and Kathleen Belle Little. Ruth was the daughter of Frank Colt Jerome and Jennie Marie Baynard.
Kari’s maternal grandmother was Ellen/Eleonore Elisabethluise Rapp (the daughter of Karl Rapp and Elisabeth Wuest). Ellen was born in Bodman-Ludwigshafen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Correction.
Just some additional information, Kari’s paternal great-grandmother was Mary Gruber.
So she’s not Native American?