Swoosie Kurtz

Kurtz in 2014, photo by DFree/www.bigstockphoto.com/

Place of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.

Date of Birth: September 6, 1944

Ethnicity: English, Scottish, German, Cornish

Swoosie Kurtz is an American actress.

She is the daughter of Margaret “Margo,” an author, and Air Force Colonel Frank Allen Kurtz, Jr., a World War II American bomber pilot and Olympic diver. Swoosie was named after “The Swoose” or “Swoose”, an early Boeing B-17D Flying Fortress bomber, named half swan, half goose. Her father piloted it, breaking all Pacific records.

Swoosie’s paternal grandfather was Frank Allen Kurtz (the son of Daniel Webster Boone Kurtz and Sarah Louise Russell). Frank was born in Missouri.

Swoosie’s paternal grandmother was Dora Lee Fenton (the daughter of James Jasper Fenton and Caroline Ada Trundle). Dora was born in Missouri. James was the son of James Jasper Fenton and Sarah Adaline/Adeline Drane. Caroline was the daughter of William Rufus Trundle and Angeline Fowler.

Swoosie’s maternal grandfather was Arthur/Authur Earl Rogers (the son of Robert/Rubert Edward Rogers and Alice Margaret Tibbey). Arthur was born in Nebraska. Robert was born in Launcells Parish, Cornwall, England, the son of Nicholas B. Rogers and Loveday Jewell. Alice was born in Middlesex, England, the daughter of William D. Tibbey and Margaret McPherson/MacPherson, who was from Edinburgh, Scotland.

Swoosie’s maternal grandmother was Grace C. Conant (the daughter of George Calvin Conant and Mary Helen Batterson). Grace was born in Nebraska. George was the son of Calvin Conant and Celia Loring Staples. Mary Helen was the daughter of Noah Barlow Batterson and Emma Lou Akers.

Sources: Genealogy of Swoosie Kurtz (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com

Obituary of Swoosie’s father – http://people.com

Swoosie’s paternal grandparents, Frank Allen Kurtz and Dora Lee Fenton, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org