Neal Bledsoe

Bledsoe at the PaleyFest Previews: Fall TV NBC – “Ironside,” Paley Center for Media, Beverly Hills, CA 09-11-13, photo by s_bukley/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Neal Andrew Bledsoe

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date of Birth: March 26, 1981

Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Irish, German, one eighth Swedish, French, Dutch, some Swiss-German and Welsh

Neal Bledsoe is a Canadian and American actor, writer, and filmmaker. His roles include the films Junction, Police State, and A Soldier’s Revenge, and Christmas television films, including The Christmas Carousel and The Winter Palace.

His parents are/were American. He was raised in Seattle, Washington, and the Seattle area.

Neal’s paternal grandfather was Charles Wesley Bledsoe (the son of Howard Franklin Bledsoe and Vera B. DeWeese). Charles was born in Washington. Howard was born in Texas, the son of William H. Henry Bledsoe and Mary Lemilie Freeman. Vera was born in Washington, the daughter of William DeWeese and Georgia Hannah “Birdie” Starns.

Neal’s paternal grandmother was Marion Isabel McKenzie (the daughter of Archibald Gray McKenzie and Estelle/Estella Linnea Erickson). Marion was born in Washington. Archibald was born in Minnesota, to Scottish parents, David McKenzie and Euphemia Gray. Estelle was born in Nebraska, to parents from Sweden, Håkan Erickson and Emma Sophia Johnson.

Neal’s maternal grandfather was Leigh Youenes/Younes (the son of Joseph Crossman/Croumeau Youenes/Younes and Mildred Anne Winkler). Leigh was born in New York. Joseph was born in Louisiana, the son of Joseph Crossman Youenes/Younes, whose own father was born in Noord-Holland, the Netherlands, and whose own mother was from Louisiana, and was of French descent; and of Marie Watkins Behan. Mildred was born in New York, the daughter of Otto Winkler and Mildred Ricokers.

Neal’s maternal grandmother was Anna Marie Heinrick/Heinrich (the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Heinrich and Anna Ernst). Neal’s grandmother Anna was born in Washington. Benjamin was born in Illinois, to parents from Germany, Michael Heinrich and Catherine Maria Eggestein. Neal’s great-grandmother Anna was born in Nebraska, the daughter of Christian Friedrich Ernst, who was German, and of Emma Bissegger, whose parents were from Switzerland and Germany.

Sources: Genealogy of Neal Bledsoe – http://geni.com

Divorce record of Neal’s parents – http://familysearch.org