Natalia Dyer
Dyer in 2017, photo by DFree/www.bigstockphoto.com/
Birth Name: Natalia Danielle Dyer
Place of Birth: Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 13, 1995
Ethnicity: English, small amounts of Bohemian Czech, Finland-Swedish, Ukrainian, and Irish
Natalia Dyer is an American actress. She is known for her role on the show Stranger Things, and has also appeared in the films Hannah Montana: The Movie, Blue Like Jazz, Don’t Let Me Go, I Believe in Unicorns, Long Nights Short Mornings, Mountain Rest, After Darkness, Velvet Buzzsaw, Yes, God, Yes; Tuscaloosa, and Things Heard & Seen.
Natalia’s paternal grandfather was David Patterson Dyer (the son of Gus/Gustavus Walker Dyer and Isabel Temple Shackford). David was born in Ridgetop, Tennessee. Gustavus was the son of Benjamin F. Dyer and Martha. Isabel was the daughter of Jos. W. Shackford.
Natalia’s paternal grandmother was Emma Eloise Miles (who likely was the daughter of Jesse Richard Miles and Mary Barnett). Jesse was born in Tennessee, the son of Joseph Enoch Miles and Bridie Ann Stephens. Mary was born in Mississippi, the daughter of John Alonzo Barnett and Emma Ida McDaniel.
Natalia’s maternal grandfather was Charles Alfred Root III (the son of Charles A. Root, Jr. and Gertrude Carver). Natalia’s grandfather Charles was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. Natalia’s great-grandfather Charles was the son of Charles Alfred Root, Sr. and Marjorie Gardner. Gertrude was the daughter of Ellicott Ross Carver and Marie Emory.
Natalia’s maternal grandmother was Carol Lee Dvorak (the daughter of Herbert Michael Dvorak and Margaret Theresa Danchuk/Danchek). Carol was born in Covington, Kentucky. Herbert was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Michael Dvorak, who was Bohemian Czech; and of Jeanette/Jeannette S. Peurala, who was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, to immigrants of Finnish and Finland-Swedish descent. Natalia’s great-grandmother Margaret was born in Erie County, Ohio, the daughter of Samuel/Sam Mitchell Danchuk, who was born in Volhynia, Russian Empire, and likely had Ukrainian ancestry; and of Ella K. Anthony/Antonick, who was born in Indiana, to a Russian-born father and a German-born mother. She was also likely of Ukrainian descent.
Sources: Obituary of Natalia’s paternal grandfather, David Patterson Dyer – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Natalia’s paternal great-grandparents, Gus/Gustavus Walker Dyer and Isabel Temple Shackford – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Natalia’s maternal grandfather, Charles Alfred Root III – https://www.tributearchive.com
Natalia’s maternal grandmother, Carol Lee Dvorak, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Natalia’s maternal great-grandfather, Herbert Michael Dvorak, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Herbert Michael Dvorak on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Natalia’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Jeanette/Jeannette S. Peurala – https://www.wikitree.com
Natalia’s maternal great-grandmother, Margaret Theresa Danchuk/Danchek, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Margaret Theresa Danchuk/Danchek on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Paternal grandmother: Eloise Emma Miles was the daughter of Jesse Richard Miles and Mary Barnett. Jesse was born in 1894 in Tennessee, to Joseph Enoch Miles and Bridie Ann Stephens. Mary was born in Mississippi in 1891 to John Alonzo Barnett and Emma Ida McDaniel.
I personally would add possibly Irish to profile. McDaniel is an Irish surname.
Interesting, surprising to see a southern with no traceble scots-irish ancestry, perhaps deep down in her paternal family theres another british isles ”ethnicity”, most likely scottish. I can also see the eastern european part in some of her traits but i cant see the nordic, especially since she is kinda short.
That’s because not all nordics are tall…obviously. Danes are the tallest people in Scandinavia but I’ve also met seen men from that country who couldn’t grow past 5’5″.
weird… Do you know if these men were native danes or immigrants? also they could be mixed, like, one parent native dane and the other with immigrant background…
https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/21102156/Charles-Alfred-Root-III/Nashville/Tennessee/Nashville-Funeral-and-Cremation
Natalia’s maternal grandfather was Charles Alfred Root III (the son of Charles A. Root, Jr. and Gertrude Carver). Natalia’s grandfather Charles was born in North Carolina. Natalia’s great-grandfather Charles was the son of Charles Alfred Root, Sr. and Marjorie Gardner. Gertrude was the daughter of Ellicott Ross Carver and Marie Emory.
Her father appears to be named Allen Miles Dyer:
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33938322/natalia-danielle-dyer-birth-notice/
He appears to be the son of this man:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89N9-4CLP?i=1346&cc=2215693
It mentions that David Patterson Dyer had a son named Allen Miles Dyer of Nashville, Tennessee (where Natalia was born).
Her grandmother’s full name would be Emma Eloise Miles:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-65S9-85K?i=400&cc=1619127
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9N9-4ZJ3?i=1345&cc=2215693
First page of the obituary
She is 1/16th Czech,1/16th Finland-Swedish, 3/32ths Polish and 1/32th German.
Dvorak (Dvořák) is a Czech (not Slovak) last name:
https://forebears.io/surnames/dvorak
https://forebears.io/surnames/dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k
According to Carol’s obituary, she was born in Covington, Kentucky instead of Ohio.
https://www.hamlettdobson.com/obituary/Carole-Root
Natalia’s matrilineal line can be traced bac to her 5th great-grandmother, a woman named Theodora from Germany.
Natalia’s maternal grandmother was named Carol Lee Dvorak (the daughter of Herbert Michael Dvorak and Margaret Theresa Danchek). Carol was born in Covington, Kentucky. Natalia’s great-grandfather Hebert was the son of Michael Dvorak and Jeanette S. Peurala and was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Michael was born in Bohemia and was Czech. Jeannette was born in Ashtabula, Ohio and was the daughter of Finland-Swedish immigrants. Natalia’s great-grandmother Margaret was the daughter of Samuel Mitchell Danchuk and Alexandra K. “Ella” Anthony/Authonick and was born in Erie County, Ohio. Samuel was born in Cherskaya, Pskov, Russia and was Polish. Ella was born in Indiana and was half Polish and half German.
Sources:
Genealogy of Jeanette S. Peurala (Natalia’s second great-grandmother): https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Peurala-8
I don’t think Jeanette Peurala was ethnically Swedish. I know the census says her parents spoke Swedish, but all the names and birthplaces in the genealogy speak against it. Based on it, I would say she was possibly three quarters Finnish and one quarter Finland-Swedish (from her paternal grandmother).
Both of Margaret’s parents’ birth places are wrong. Samuel Mitchell Danchuk wasn’t born in Cherskaya, Russia. He was born in Volhynia (a region in modern-day Ukraine, Poland, and Belarus) which it says on the 1920 census. Ella Anthony wasn’t born in Dzierzno, Poland, but in Indiana, U.S.
Interestingly, on the 1920 census, Samuel, his parents, and Ella’s parents, all have “Rus” written after their birth places. Normally I would see this as a clue that they were all Rusyn, but I’m not sure in this case; Volhynia for one thing doesn’t include any traditionally Rusyn areas. They could’ve also been Ukrainian, Belarusian, or something (or a mix).
I haven’t seen any record where Ella’s name is Alexandra K. “Ella” Antoniak/Authonick/Anthony. I would just change it to Ella K. Anthony/Antonick. I’m also not sure about the parents that familysearch lists in their tree, especially her mother. I suspect they’ve mixed up two couples. Until something else is proven, I will assume Ella’s ancestry wasn’t partly German, but only Ukrainian or something. And if she had German ancestry, it’s definitely from Russia and not from Germany, as the text implies now.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDP1-G3Y
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X43Q-YNY
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW5W-YBK
I think the Rus is just because it was part of Russia. Nothing more.
Do you also think her great-grandmother was of only Ukrainian descent?
Her ancestors were probably “Swedish Finns”, a minority community that lives in Swedish speaking areas of Finland and are remnants of the Swedish colonization of Finland that lasted 600 years. My family is full of Swedish Finns, and although their birthplaces state Finland, they are indeed ethnically Swedish, and view themselves as distinct from the Finnish population.