Tobey Maguire
Maguire in 2012, photo by PrPhotos
Birth Name: Tobias Vincent Maguire
Place of Birth: Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: June 27, 1975
Ethnicity: English, Irish, German, one eighth Austrian, one eighth Puerto Rican, one eighth Polish, 1/16th Danish, 1/16th French, distant Cornish
Tobey Maguire is an American actor and producer. He is known for playing Peter Parker/Spider-Man, and for having starred in the films Seabiscuit, Deconstructing Harry, Pleasantville, Wonder Boys, The Great Gatsby, and Pawn Sacrifice.
Tobey is the son of Wendy and Vincent Maguire. He has two children with his wife, jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer. Jennifer’s father is entertainment executive Ronald Meyer.
Tobey’s paternal grandfather likely is Albert E. Maguire (the son of Albert E. Maguire and Charlotte Marie Hansen). Tobey’s great-grandfather Albert was the son of Charles Francis Maguire, whose parents were Irish, and of Louise Marie Lospitalier, whose parents were French. Charlotte was the daughter of Frederick “Fred” Waldemar Hansen, whose parents were Danish, and of Leonia/Leona/Lena A. Malloy, who had Irish and German ancestry.
Tobey’s paternal grandmother is the daughter of Bartholomeus/Barth Kropfl and Ana/Anna Benejam González, later Ana G. Benjamin. Bartholomeus was an Austrian emigrant, who was born in Hohenthurn, Villach-Land, Carinthia, and was the son of Bartholomeus Kropfl, from Draschitz, Villach-Land, and of Luzia Kugi, who was born in Hohenthurn. Tobey’s great-grandmother Ana was born in Isabela, Puerto Rico, the daughter of Isidro Benejam Font/Pont and Francisca González Ortiz.
Tobey’s maternal grandfather was Kenneth Bernard Brown (the son of Walter John Brown and Gertrude Mary Fredericks/Frydrychowski). Kenneth was born in California. Walter was the son of Isaac Brown and Lena Paterson/Peterson, who was of German origin. Gertrude was the daughter of Victor/Wictor Walter Frydrychowski/Fredericks/Fredricks, who was born in Illinois, to Polish parents; and of Bertha/Bronisława Kate Amborski/Amborska, who was born in Indiana, also to Polish parents.
Tobey’s maternal grandmother was Margaret Joan Bathurst (the daughter of Edward Bathurst and Daisy Henrietta Blight). Margaret was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and moved to the U.S. with her family c. 1933. Edward was born in Hartlepool, Durham, England. Daisy was born in Cape Town, the daughter of English parents, William Henry Blight and Annie Marie Crewdson Jones. Daisy also had small amounts of German and Cornish ancestry.
Sources: Notes on Tobey’s genealogy – http://blogs.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Tobey Maguire – https://www.geni.com
Likely Tobey’s paternal great-grandfather, Albert E. Maguire, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Likely Tobey’s paternal great-grandmother, Charlotte Marie Hansen, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Tobey’s maternal grandparents, Kenneth Bernard Brown and Margaret Joan Bathurst – https://www.familysearch.org
Tobey’s maternal grandfather, Kenneth Bernard Brown, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage records of Tobey’s maternal great-grandparents, Walter John Brown and Gertrude Mary Fredericks/Frydrychowski – https://www.familysearch.org
https://www.familysearch.org
Tobey’s maternal great-grandfather, Walter John Brown, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Tobey’s maternal great-grandmother, Gertrude Mary Fredericks/Frydrychowski, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Gertrude Mary Fredericks/Frydrychowski on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Tobey’s maternal great-grandmother, Gertrude Mary (Fredericks/Frydrychowski) Brown – https://www.familysearch.org
He has significant Polish ancestry through his great-grandmother, Gertrude Mary Frydrychowski, who was born 1903 in Chicago to Polish-American parents. Her mother was Bronisława (Bertha) Amborska, daughter of Józef Amborski and Katarzyna Iwiczek. Her father was Wictor (Viktor), son of Maciej/Michael and Wladyslawa Golosbiecka/Godbee.
Gertrude’s husband was Walter John Brown, who was therefore Tobey’s great-grandfather. His mother was Lena Peterson, by marriage Brown then Baker and then Freiland, who was born 1874 in Kansas. Her parents were born in Germany according to the census. His father was Oscar A. Brown, who was born about 1870 in Georgia. Oscar’s father appears to be Arthur W. Brown of Bartow co. Georgia.
Maternal grandfather Margaret Joan Bathurst was born 1925 in South Africa. Her mother, Daisy Henrietta Blight, was born 1900 in Capetown, South Africa, and her father, Edward Bathurst, was born in Newcastle, England in 1887. They arrived in the US in 1933, according to the parents’ naturalization record. Daisy’s mother’s maiden name was Jones.
It looks like Edward Bathurst is the same man by that name who died in May 1933 in South Africa. He worked as a clerk for the railroad.
>On his father’s side, Tobey is the grandson of Albert E. Maguire (the son of Albert E. Maguire and Charlotte Marie Hansen) and Elsie T.
>Tobey’s paternal grandmother was born with the surname “Kropfl”.
So, is his grandmother’s name Elsie Kropfl or am I misunderstanding this?
You know, I guess so.
This apparently isn’t her, though it would have made sense:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQSP-8GS
I wish Ancestry.com had written out clearer information when saying that Maguire has Austrian and Puerto Rican ancestry.
Frankly, I would like better and more detailed genealogy on all three major Spider-Man actors. I did manage to use The Jewish Chronicle online archives to dig out quite a bit on Andrew Garfield’s father’s side that would have been harder to find anywhere else.
Tom Holland’s ancestry needs some more work, and I’m uncertain about all of Maguire’s roots.
I’ve got such detailed roots on the Supermans and Batmans in comparison that it seems unjust.
*Irish, French, Danish, 1/8th German (paternal grandfather)
*Austrian, Puerto Rican (paternal grandmother)
*English, possibly other (mother)
Toby’s father’s ancestry is one quarter Austrian, one quarter Puerto Rican, three sixteenths Irish, one eighth French, one eighth Danish, and one sixteenth German. His mother’s has mostly English ancestry.
I don’t know… What I know of his mother’s ancestry is so vague that I don’t necessarily want to separate it. His father’s side is vague, too. I’m only going based on this, and I’d like more information on that side, too.
http://blogs.ancestry.com/au/2013/05/22/great-gatsby-family-trees/
His fathers side seems to be well documented, with all lines traced beyond the (mainland) United States.
But his mother’s side… and his paternal grandmother still confuses me. This is one actor that needs a good family tree made of them.
His parents are Vincent Maguire and Wendy Brown.