Katie Cassidy

Birth Name: Katherine Evelyn Anita Quackenbush

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: November 25, 1986

Ethnicity: German, Irish, English, Swiss-German, distant Scottish, remote Welsh

Katie Cassidy is an American actress. She is the daughter of model Cheryl “Sherry” (Kaltschnee) and actor, singer, songwriter, and guitarist David Cassidy (David Bruce Cassidy). Her uncle is actor, singer, and television producer and creator Shaun Cassidy. She has also been credited as Katie Cassidy Rodgers.

Katie is married to Matthew Rodgers.

Her father had German, Irish, Swiss-German, English, distant Scottish, and remote Welsh, ancestry. Her mother has German, English, and Irish ancestry.

Katie’s paternal grandfather was Jack Cassidy, an actor and singer (John Joseph Edward Cassidy, the son of William George Cassidy and Charlotte Koehler). Jack was born in New York. William was of Irish descent, and was the son of Patrick Cassidy and Delia Dooley. Charlotte was born in New York, to German parents, William Koehler and Wilhelmine Caroline Henriette Borchardt.

Katie’s paternal grandmother was Evelyn Ward, an actress (Evelyn M. Ward, the daughter of Frederick Charles Ward and Ethel Laurinda Wheeler). Evelyn was born in New Jersey. Frederick was the son of Frederick T. Ward and Lillie Frances Frink. Ethel was the daughter of Horace Perry “Harris” Wheeler and Laura Laurinda Williams.

Katie’s maternal grandfather is Leroy Edward “Roy” Kaltschnee, Jr. (the son of Roy Edward Kaltschnee and Edith Oettle). Katie’s grandfather Leroy was born in Illinois.

Katie’s maternal grandmother is Loraine Gertrude Neubert (the daughter of Edward Hubert Neubert and Hazel Lenora Burke). Loraine was born in Illinois.

Sources: Genealogies of Katie Cassidy (focusing on her father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
https://www.geni.com
https://www.wikitree.com

Notes on Katie’s father’s family history, by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak – http://www.huffingtonpost.com

Genealogy of Katie’s paternal great-grandmother, Ethel Laurinda Wheeler – http://www.ancestry.com

Katie’s maternal grandfather, Leroy Edward “Roy” Kaltschnee, Jr., on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Katie’s maternal grandmother, Loraine Gertrude Neubert, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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