Keto Shimizu
Shimizu in 2018, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Keto Nagoya Shimizu
Place of Birth: Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 23, 1984
Ethnicity:
*father – Japanese
*mother – English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, Dutch, distant Norwegian
Keto Shimizu is an American television writer, producer, and comic book writer.
Her father was Japanese-born historian and professor Yoshiaki Shimizu, who moved to the U.S. in 1953. Her mother Patricia is American, and is mostly of English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, Dutch, and distant Norwegian, descent, including Colonial American ancestry.
Keto is married to development executive and writer Chris Lastrapes, with whom she has two children.
Keto’s maternal grandfather was Robert John Cuyler (the son of Robert Frederick Cuyler and Marie Sharkey). Keto’s grandfather Robert was born in Michigan. Keto’s great-grandfather Robert was born in New York, the son of Frederick J. Cuyler and Harriett N. Phelps. Marie was born in Michigan, the daughter of John Sharkey and Sarah Banning, both of whom were the children of Irish parents.
Keto’s maternal grandmother was Carolyn Lee Cook (the daughter of Theophilus Parvin Cook and Olivia Hazel White). Carolyn was born in California. Theophilus was born in Indiana, the son of Benjamin Harvey Cook and Laura E. Cooper. Olivia was born in Missouri, the daughter of Oliver Hadley White and Laura Ellen Smiley, who was of part Scottish descent.
Sources: Obituary of Keto’s father – http://princeton.edu
Keto’s maternal great-grandmother, Marie Sharkey, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Keto’s maternal great-great-grandparents, John Sharkey and Sarah Banning – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Keto’s maternal grandmother, Carolyn Lee (Cook) Cuyler – http://obits.abqjournal.com
Harriet was the daughter of Dwight Phelps and Louisa Catherine Stettler. Dwight was born in Illinois, the son John Phelps and Ellen Humphrey. John was the son of John (same name) and Almeda Newton. Ellen was the daughter of Correl and Almeda. Correl was the son of Frederick Humprey and Ruth Tuller. Ruth was the daughter of Issac Tuller and Phoebe Case. Frederick was the son of Ezekiel Humphrey and Elizabeth Pettibone. Ezekiel was the son of Samuel Humphrey and Lydia North. Lydia was the son of Nathaniel North and a unnamed mother. Samuel was the son Samuel (same name) Humphrey and Mary Mills. Samuel was the son of Micall Humfrey, Who was born in Dorset, England, and Priscilla Grant, who was from Devon. Louisa was the daughter of James G. Stettler and Anna Maria Dutt. Dutt was the daughter of Thomas Dutt and Fayetta Strauss. Thomas was the son of Johann George Dutt and Maria Heil. Dutt had German Ancestry. James was the son of Abraham Stettler and Catherine Gebhard/Kephart. Abraham was the son of Philip Stettler and Anna Dorothea Knerr. Philip was the son of Daniel Stettler, who was born in France, and Anna Catherine Hartman, who was from Holy Roman Empire, Catherine was the daughter of Daniel Kephart and Elizabeth Rauch. Daniel’s father was German, while his mother was american.
OK, but I don’t usually record the names of such distant ancestors here unless there’s a particular reason. Please stop pasting this over and over.
Her Mother is Patricia (Cuyler).
Laura was the Daughter of David Smiley and Clarissa Jane Weld. David was the son of William Martin Smiley and Jane Glasgow. William was born in Pennsylvania. Jane was the daughter of John Glasgow, who was Scottish, and Margaret Bell, who was American. Margaret was the daughter of John Bell and Elizabeth Mary Hunter. Margaret’s parents were Scottish.
Source:FamilySearch
John Sharkey was Irish.
Birth Name: Keto Nagoya Shimizu
Laura was the Daughter of David Smiley and Clarissa Jane Weld. David was the son of William Martin Smiley and Jane Glasgow. William was born in Pennsylvania. Jane was the daughter of John Glasgow, who was Scottish, and Margaret Bell, who was American. Margaret was the daughter of John Bell and Elizabeth Mary Hunter. Margaret’s parents were Scottish.
Source:FamilySearch