Lucas Cruikshank

Cruikshank in 2011, photo by PR Photos

Birth Name: Lucas Alan Cruikshank

Place of Birth: Columbus, Nebraska, U.S.

Date of Birth: August 29, 1993

Ethnicity:
*father – German, Scottish, English, Dutch
*mother – three quarters Irish, one quarter German

Lucas Cruikshank is an American actor and YouTube personality. He is known for his Fred Figglehorn character.

The surname Cruikshank is Scottish.

Lucas’s paternal grandfather is Thomas Gordon Cruikshank (the son of Lester Terwal Cruikshank and Sarah Harriet Eastman). Thomas was born in Minnesota. Lester was the son of Ronald C. Cruikshank and Mary Terwal. Sarah was the daughter of Archibald John Eastman and Eunice Edna Hughes.

Lucas’s paternal grandmother is Marilyn Jean Geiger (the daughter of Leland Cline Geiger and Martha Elizabeth Bucka). Marylin was born in Iowa. Leland was the son of James Finley Geiger and Lora Vale Cline. Martha was the daughter of Theodore Henry Bucka and Elizabeth Schroeder.

Lucas’s maternal grandfather was Walter Eugene “Walt” Duffy (the son of Walter James Duffy and Amelia Eva Landgraf). Lucas’s grandfather Walter was born in Iowa. Lucas’s great-grandfather Walter was the son of James Duffy and Bridget Margaret Murphy, and was of Irish descent. Amelia was the daughter of George J. Landgraf, who was of German descent, and of Elisabeth Kaiser, who was born in Gelhusen, Germany.

Lucas’s maternal grandmother is Patricia Ann “Pat” McLaughlin (the daughter of James McLaughlin and Mary/Marie/Toady O’Connor). Patricia was born in Iowa, of Irish descent. Mary was the daughter of Michael John O’Connor and Mary Houlihan, who was Irish.

Sources: Genealogy of Lucas Cruikshank (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://themeehanfamily.com

Genealogies of Lucas’s maternal grandparents, Walter Eugene Duffy and Patricia Ann “Pat” McLaughlin – http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com