Nathan Kress
Kress in 2012, photo by PR Photos
Birth Name: Nathan Karl Kress
Place of Birth: Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: November 18, 1992
Ethnicity: German, English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish
Nathan Kress is an American actor, director, and model. He is known for his roles on the shows iCarly and Star Wars Rebels, and in the film Tell Me How I Die.
Nathan is an evangelical Christian. He is married to actress and stunt performer London Elise Moore, with whom he has three children.
Nathan is a first cousin, once removed, of film producer and voice actor Ron Conli.
Nathan’s paternal grandfather is Karl Henry Kress (the son of Karl Jacob “Charles” Kress and Maria Louise/Louisa Vetter). Nathan’s grandfather Karl was born in California. Nathan’s great-grandfather Charles was born in New York, to German parents, Karl/Jacob Kress and Caroline Ogner/Ochner/Ockner. Maria Louise was born in Germany, the daughter of Heinrich Vetter and Henrietta Neuhoff.
Nathan’s paternal grandmother is Carolyn Louise Stone (the daughter of Roy Lewis Stone and Ruth Alice Mueller). Carolyn was born in California. Roy was the son of Alfred Newton Stone and Anna/Annie Lewis Reasoner. Ruth was the daughter of Alexander Mueller, who was born in New York, to German parents, and of Mary Catherine “Mamie” Hotz, who was born in Pennsylvania, also to German parents. Ruth had roots in Baden-Württemberg and Hessen/Hesse-Darmstadt.
Nathan’s maternal grandfather was Marshall Truett Shows (the son of Marshall Denver Shows and Janice/Janie V. Stewart). Nathan’s great-grandfather Marshall was the son of Marshall Lamar Shows and Mary Emma Ashley. Janice was the daughter of James A. “Jim” Stewart and Leavy/Leni Jane Bynum.
Nathan’s maternal grandmother was Hazel Dale Haggard (the daughter of Walter Ernest/N. Haggard and Marguerite/Margaret Latimer). Hazel was born in Mississippi. Walter was the son of Leonidas L. Haggard and Hester Annie. Marguerite was the daughter of Robert B. Latimer and Florence E. Chisolm.
Sources: Genealogies and obituaries of Nathan’s maternal grandparents, Marshall Truett Shows and Hazel Dale (Haggard) Shows – https://www.findagrave.com
Nathan’s maternal great-grandmother, Janice/Janie V. Stewart, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Nathan’s maternal great-grandfather, Walter Ernest/N. Haggard, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Nathan’s maternal great-grandmother, Marguerite/Margaret Latimer, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Nathan’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Robert B. Latimer and Florence E. Chisolm, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Nathan’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Robert B. Latimer, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
I defientiy see some Asian.
correction; his eyes are hazel (light brown) and his hair is dark brown (brunet)
I don’t know how to say this without it sounding like a stereotype, but Nathan’s Asian look is in the eyes. I have long-time friends who are of full Scottish ancestry (Jacobean [Catholic] Scots whose family emigrated from Scotland to Nova Scotia and then New England) and they all have that same look. It’s a distinctive part of their ancestral heritage.
I would guess that Nathan’s mother’s ancestry is part of that same strand. I don’t know its origin.
DougD what you say is true. I am Scottish and I can too look Asian when I smile however my blood is 3/4 Scottish and 1/4 English. No Asian in me and a guy I know is the same but he is 100% Scots.
this guy looks Asian
So much so that you would think he is Jewish.
He must have something else in his ancestry besides those states especially as his family have been in the US for a long time. He does look like he has some Asian ancestry.
“stated” not states.
His paternal grandfather’s family were very recent German immigrants. His paternal grandmother’s family has been in the U.S. longer, but they are obviously of caucasian, central/western European, descent.
I don’t know anything about his mother’s ancestry, but I doubt she is part Asian or non-white. If she was, that probably already would have been mentioned somewhere by now.
Scotch-Irish is more appropriate than Northern Irish
That makes him a Scotch-Irish American
Scotch-Irish immigrated to the United States in the 17th century from Ulster (Antrim is in Ulster) so the term fits perfectly with his ancestor.
Northern Irish is also correct but it’s more used by British and others europeans while Scotch-Irish is more an American term (not only a southern thing)
The term Scotch-Irish is wrong and only the Americans use this. It is Scot-Irish or Ulster Scot which is the name to people from lowland Scotland who settled in Northern Ireland during the times of King James VI of Scotland(James I of England and Ireland). Scotch is a drink. People from Scotland are called Scots or Scottish. I should know I am Scottish not Scotch.
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