Seth Grahame-Smith
Grahame-Smith in 2012, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Seth Jared Greenberg
Place of Birth: Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 4, 1976
Ethnicity:
*father – Ashkenazi Jewish
*mother – Lithuanian, English, German, Scottish
Seth Grahame-Smith is an American novelist, film director, film producer, and screenwriter.
He was born in Rockville Centre, New York, the son of Deborah and Barry Greenberg. He was raised in Weston and Bethel, Connecticut.
Seth’s father is Jewish and his mother is Protestant. They divorced when Seth was three years old. Seth’s mother later changed her surname to Grahame, after British writer Kenneth Grahame, and to Smith, after her second husband. He is married to Erin, with whom he has two children.
Seth’s paternal grandfather was Aaron Herbert Greenberg (the son of Benjamin Greenberg and Sadie Streicher). Benjamin was born in Romania, the son of Meyer Augenblick and Matilda. Sadie was born in Russia, the daughter of Aaron Streicher and Ida Weingrad.
Seth’s paternal grandmother was Alice Rhoda Strauss (the daughter of Jacob Strauss and Clara Mandel/Mandell). Jacob was born in New York, to parents from Austria, Samuel Strauss and Bessie. Clara was born in Lemberg, Austria, now Liyv, Ukraine, the daughter of Hersch Finger and Chaje Weiblich.
Seth’s maternal grandfather was James Wesley Williams (the son of James Wesley Williams, Sr. and P. Maxham). Seth’s great-grandfather James was the son of Silas Williams.
Seth’s maternal grandfather was James Wesley Williams (the son of James Wesley Williams, Sr. and Pluma Amelia Maxham). Seth’s grandfather James was born in Georgia. Seth’s great-grandfather James was born in Georgia, the son of Silas Marion Williams and Sarah Frances Burnett. Pluma was born in Michigan, the daughter of Herbert Otis Maxham and Elizabeth Ann McIntosh.
Seth’s maternal grandmother was Mildred Ann/Anne Strauss (the daughter of Peter Strauss/Straus and Antonina “Tessie” Sinkavage/Sincavage). Mildred was born in New York, to parents from Lithuania.
Sources: http://www.laweekly.com
Genealogy of Seth Grahame-Smith – http://www.genealogy.com
Seth’s paternal grandfather, Aaron Herbert Greenberg, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Seth’s maternal grandparents, James Wesley Williams and Mildred Ann Strauss, on the 1950 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Seth’s maternal great-grandparents, Peter Strauss/Straus and Antonina “Tessie” Sincavage, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Please add Scottish to his mother’s ancestry.
Seth’s maternal grandfather was James Wesley Williams (the son of James Wesley Williams, Sr. and Pluma Amelia Maxham). Seth’s grandfather James was born in Georgia. Seth’s great-grandfather James was born in Georgia, the son of Silas Marion Williams and Sarah Frances Burnett. Pluma was born in Michigan, the daughter of Herbert Otis Maxham and Elizabeth Ann McIntosh.
Seth’s maternal grandmother was Mildred Ann/Anne Strauss (the daughter of Peter Strauss/Straus and Antonina “Tessie” Sinkavage/Sincavage). Mildred was born in New York, to parents from Lithuania.
Seth’s maternal grandparents, James Wesley Williams and Mildred Ann Strauss, on the 1950 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XYS-BMDQ
Seth’s maternal great-grandparents, Peter Strauss/Straus and Antonina “Tessie” Sincavage, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJTQ-71P