Patrick Heusinger
Heusinger in 2013, photo by s_bukley/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Patrick Thomas Heusinger
Place of Birth: Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 14, 1981
Ethnicity:
*father – German, some Irish and English, distant Dutch and French
Patrick Heusinger is an American actor. His roles include the films Sweet Land, Tie a Yellow Ribbon, Black Swan, Frances Ha, A Beautiful Now, and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back; and the shows Gossip Girl, Royal Pains, Submissions Only, Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, Casual, and Absentia.
Patrick’s paternal grandfather was John Lester Heusinger (the son of Lawrence William Heusinger, Jr. and Madeline Alene Meeks). John was born in Rochester, New York. Lawrence was born in Rochester, the son of Lawrence William Heusinger and Delia Werner, who were of German descent. Madeline was born in Yates, New York, the daughter of Elmer Augustus Meeks and Helen Augusta Huey, and was of part Irish descent.
Patrick’s paternal grandmother was Geraldine Agnes Miller (the daughter of Charles P. Miller and Agnes Elizabeth Glaser). Geraldine was born in Rochester, New York. Charles was born in New York, the son of Karl/Charles Müller/Miller, who was born in Jungenheim, Germany, and of Mary Batz, who was born in New York, also to German parents, from Bavaria. Agnes was born in New York, the daughter of Frank Frederick Glaser and Elizabeth M. Zenkel, and was also of German descent, with roots in Baden and Bas-Rin, Alsace.
Sources: Patrick’s paternal grandfather, John Lester Heusinger, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Patrick’s paternal great-grandfather, Lawrence William Heusinger, Jr., on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Patrick’s father (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://birkenhoerdt.net
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LBGS-5MC
>was Lawrence William Heusinger Jr.
>Lawrence William Heusinger Sr.
>Delia Werner
>Rochester, New York.
>was Madeline Alene Meeks
>(the daughter of Elmer Augustus Meeks and Helen Augusta Huey). Madeline was born in Yates, New York, and had some deep lines in America. Elmer was the son of Joseph Decatur Meeks and Lowvisa Mehitabel Williams. Helen was the daughter of Robert Eli Huey, whose father was from Northern Ireland, and Mary A. Gee, whose mother was Irish.
So, Patrick is (at least) 75% German.
There is some distant/remote Dutch and French in his paternal grandmother lines.
Great-grandparents, of course.
Madeline Alene Meeks was mostly of English descent, I think…
Lawrence Heusinger was the son of Lawrence Heusinger and Delia, both children of German immigrants.
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