Melissa Bolona
Bolona in 2014, photo by Debby Wong/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Melissa Susann Boloña
Place of Birth: Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 28, 1989
Ethnicity:
*father – Peruvian, as well as Cuban, Ecuadorian, Panamanian [Spanish, German, Italian, possibly other]
*mother – Ashkenazi Jewish, Croatian/Czech
Melissa Bolona is an American actress. Her roles include the films Acts of Violence, The Hurricane Heist, Malicious, and Dog Eat Dog.
She was raised between New Jersey and Lima, Peru. Her father is Peruvian, and has Spanish, German, Italian, and possibly other, ancestry, with recent forebears from Cuba, Ecuador, and Panama. Her mother is of half Ashkenazi Jewish and half Croatian and Czech descent.
Melissa’s paternal grandfather was Eleazar Carlos Nicanor Boloña Roose (the son of Eleazar Boloña Dañino and Luz Angélica Roose Herrera). Melissa’s grandfather Eleazar was born in Trujillo, Peru. Melissa’s great-grandfather Eleazar was born in Peru, the son of Nicanor Boloña Bastidas, who was born in Ecuador, and whose grandfather was an Italian emigrant, from Ormea, province of Cuneo, Piedmont; and of María Elvira Dañino de la Puente, who was Peruvian. Melissa’s great-grandmother Luz was born in Peru, to a German father, Carlos Juan Guillermo Roose Hoffstedt, who was from Lüneburg; and to a Peruvian mother, Ana Benjamina Herrera Espinoza.
Melissa’s paternal grandmother was María Mercedes Teresa Victoria Behr Galuzzo (the daughter of Pedro José Juan Federico Behr Effern and María de las Mercedes Galuzzo Álvarez). Melissa’s grandmother María was born in Chocope, Peru. Pedro was born in Peru, to German parents, Georg Alberto Behr Groth and Maria Barbara Effern Schleipen. Melissa’s great-grandmother María was born in Havana, Cuba, the daughter of Vicente Galuzzo Morejón and María de las Mercedes Álvarez Muro.
Melissa’s maternal grandfather was Harry G. Savran/Savron (the son of Max Savran/Savron and Bella Secular). Harry was born in Kiev, Ukraine, to a Jewish family.
Melissa’s maternal grandmother was Marie Novacich (the daughter of Franjo/Frank Novačić/Novacich and Elizabeth Sleyzak/Slazac). Marie was born in Pennsylvania. Franjo was from Ogulin, Croatia, and was the son of Franjo Novačić. Elizabeth was born in Pennsylvania, to Czech parents, Michael Slazac and Annie.
Sources: http://www.esquireme.com
https://wn.com
Official website of Melissa Bolona – http://melissabolona.com
Marriage record of Melissa’s parents – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Melissa’s paternal grandparents, Eleazar Carlos Nicanor Boloña Roose and María Mercedes Teresa Victoria Behr Galuzzo – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Melissa’s maternal grandparents, Harry G. Savran/Savron and Marie Novacich – https://www.familysearch.org
Melissa’s maternal grandfather, Harry G. Savran/Savron, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Melissa’s maternal grandfather, Harry G. Savran/Savron – https://www.familysearch.org
Manifest record of Melissa’s maternal great-grandfather, Franjo/Frank Novačić/Novacich – https://www.libertyellisfoundation.org
Melissa’s maternal great-grandmother, Elizabeth Sleyzak/Slazac, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Melissa’s maternal great-grandmother, Elizabeth (Sleyzak/Slazac) Novacich – http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org
Her father’s ancestry includes German and Italian. He has ancestors from Peru, Cuba, Ecuador, and Panama.
Melissa’s paternal grandfather was Eleazar Carlos Nicanor Boloña Roose (the son of Eleazar Boloña Dañino and Luz Angélica Roose Herrera). Melissa’s grandfather Eleazar was born in Trujillo, Peru. Melissa’s great-grandfather Eleazar was born in Peru, the son of Nicanor Boloña Bastidas, who was born in Ecuador, and whose grandfather was an Italian emigrant, from Ormea, province of Cuneo, Piedmont; and of María Elvira Dañino de la Puente, who was Peruvian. Luz was born in Peru, to a German father, Carlos Juan Guillermo Roose Hoffstedt, who was from Lüneburg, and to a Peruvian mother, Ana Benjamina Herrera Espinoza.
Melissa’s paternal grandmother was María Mercedes Teresa Victoria Behr Galuzzo (the daughter of Pedro José Juan Federico Behr Effern and María de las Mercedes Galuzzo Álvarez). Melissa’s grandmother María was born in Chocope, Peru. Pedro was born in Peru, to parents from Germany, Georg Alberto Behr Groth and Maria Barbara Effern Schleipen. Melissa’s great-grandmother María was born in Havana, Cuba, the daughter of Vicente Galuzzo Morejón and María de las Mercedes Álvarez Muro.
Genealogy of Melissa’s paternal grandparents, Eleazar Carlos Nicanor Boloña Roose and María Mercedes Teresa Victoria Behr Galuzzo – https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GH79-K8W
Birth Name: Melissa Susann Boloña
Birth date: December 28, 1989
Melissa is the daughter of Susann (Savran) Shaw and Pedro E. Boloña. Melissa’s mother has Russian (Jewish) roots. Melissa’s father is Peruvian, and possibly has, besides Spanish, German and Cuban roots.
I believe her father is related to the Boloña Behr family in Peru, which would explain Melissa’s German roots, but I’m not sure yet.
Melissa’s maternal grandparents were likely Harry G. Savran/Savron and Marie Pollack. Harry was born in Russia, the son of Max Savran/Savron and Bella Secular. Marie was also likely Jewish.
Marriage record of Melissa’s parents –
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLS5-NQDR
Melissa’s maternal grandfather on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4VZ-GYD
Marriage record of Melissa’s maternal grandparents – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLST-GCPV
Death record of Melissa’s maternal grandfather – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZG2-F98
Savrons were from Kyiv, so they were Ukrainian Jewish.
bablah, what was Bolona’s maternal grandmother’s ancestry? Am I right that it was Croatian?
Pollack appears to have been a first marriage surname, by the way.
Yes Frank/Franjo Novačić was from Ogulin.
https://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/show-manifest-big-image/czoxNzoidDcxNS0wNTYwMDIyNC5qcGciOw==/1
His father was also Franjo Novačić.
Elizabeth on a census:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3QW-QZ3
She was probably Czech (likely also from Croatia, or at least her father was.
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