Spencer Boldman
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Boldman in 2013, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Spencer Thomas Boldman
Place of Birth: Collin, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 28, 1992
Ethnicity: German, Irish, some English and Scottish, remote Dutch
Spencer Boldman is an American actor. His roles include television’s Lab Rats, Zapped, and Welcome to Chippendales, and the films Cowgirls ‘n Angels: Dakota’s Summer and Cruise (2018).
Spencer’s patrilineal line can be traced to John Boldman, who was born, c. 1739, in New York, and to his wife, Mary Bellinger Helmer.
Spencer’s paternal grandfather is Irvin Harlow Boldman (the son of Thomas Lowell Boldman and Marjorie Shellagh Young). Irvin was born in Ohio. Thomas was the son of John I. Boldman and Ruby Irene Herman. Marjorie was born in La Brusse, France, to an American father, Arthur Robert Young, and Mary Louise Kirby, who was Canadian.
Spencer’s paternal grandmother is Eleanor Theresa McDonald (the daughter of Lawrence John McDonald and Margaret Mary Hynes). Eleanor was born in Ohio. Lawrence was the son of Archibald A. McDonald, who was born in Canada, to a Scottish father and an Irish mother, and of Mary Elizabeth Walsh, who was born in Ohio, to Irish parents. Spencer’s great-grandmother Margaret was born in Ohio, to Irish parents, Patrick Joseph Hynes and Mary Ellen Hayes.
Spencer’s maternal grandfather was Jacob Peter Schaefer (the son of Anthony Joseph Schaefer and Florence Marie Wetli). Jacob was born in Ohio. Anthony was born in Ohio, to German parents, Jacob Rudolph Schaefer and Caroline Marie Wehrle. Florence was also of German descent, the daughter of Frank Peter Wetli and Susan Cecelia Arendt.
Spencer’s maternal grandmother is Patricia Ann McCalla (the daughter of Eugene Derck McCalla and Catharine Elizabeth Heck). Patricia was born in Ohio. Eugene was the son of John Henry McCalla and Lucinda Elizabeth Derck, and was of mostly German ancestry, with a small amount of Scots-Irish/Northern Irish roots. Spencer’s great-grandmother Catharine was of German and English origin, the daughter of Edward Heck and Alice Mae Perl.
Sources: History of the Boldman family – http://www.boldman.org
Genealogy of Spencer’s mother (focusing on her own mother’s side) – http://www.genealogy.com
Spencer’s paternal grandfather, Irvin Harlow Boldman, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Spencer’s paternal grandmother, Eleanor Theresa McDonald, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Spencer’s paternal great-grandfather, Lawrence John McDonald, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Spencer’s paternal great-grandmother, Margaret Mary Hynes, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Spencer’s maternal grandfather, Jacob Peter Schaefer – http://www.dooleyfuneralhome.com
Spencer’s maternal great-grandparents, Anthony Joseph Schaefer and Florence Marie Wetli, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Spencer’s maternal grandmother, Patricia Ann McCalla, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Spencer’s maternal great-grandmother, Catharine Elizabeth Heck, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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