Wilson Bethel
Bethel in 2013, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Stephen Wilson Bethel
Place of Birth: Hillsborough, New Hampshire, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 24, 1984
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish (maternal grandmother), English, possibly Welsh
Wilson Bethel is an American actor. He is known for starring in the television series Hart of Dixie. He is the son of author Joyce Maynard (Daphne Joyce Maynard) and Stephen Bethel.
Wilson’s maternal grandfather was named Max S. Maynard. Max was born in India, to English Fundamentalist missionary parents, and moved to Canada.
Wilson’s maternal grandmother was Fredelle Bruser (the daughter of Boris Bruser and Rona Slobinsky). Fredelle was born in Saskatchewan, Canada, to Russian Jewish parents.
Source: Genealogy of Wilson’s mother (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
CORRECTION: The surname ‘Bethel’ is of Welsh origin, not English.
I don’t know… English-born “Behtel”s on Rootsweb.com far out number the Welsh-born ones.
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=Bethel&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=england&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=Bethel&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=wales&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search