Birth Name: Frederick Christopher Klein
Place of Birth: Hinsdale, Illinois
Date of Birth: March 14, 1979
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Type/Color: Brown
Ethnicity:
*50% German
*43.75% Irish
*6.25% English (approximately)
Chris Klein is an American actor. His father is of three quarters German, and one quarter Irish, ancestry. His mother is of five eighths Irish, one quarter German, and likely, approximately, one eighth English, ancestry.
Chris’s paternal grandfather was of German descent.
Chris’s paternal grandmother was Veronica E. White (the daughter of George William White and Margaret May Carney). George was born in Illinois, to German parents, Carl Andrew Weitz and Catherine Elizabeth Bettenhausen. The surname “Weitz” was later changed to “White”. Margaret was born in Illinois, to Irish parents.
Chris’s maternal grandfather was Jeremiah “Jerry” Joseph Bergen (the son of Richard James Bergen and Josephine M. Curtin). Richard was born in Chicago, of Irish descent, to Lawrence Bergen and Ellen B. O’Toole. Josephine was also born in Chicago, also of Irish descent, to Jerry Curtin and Mary Jo Ryan.
Chris’s maternal grandmother was Lucy Catherine Kluth (the daughter of Henry Theodore Kluth and Lucy Louise Brush). Henry was the son of John Theodore Kluth and Anna S. Luken, who were German immigrants. Lucy Brush was the daughter of Henry B. Brush, who was born in New York, and likely had English ancestry, and Kittie E. Murray, who was born in Ohio or Illinois, to Irish parents.
Sources: Chris’s paternal grandmother, Veronica E. White, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Chris’s paternal grandmother, Veronica E. (White) Klein – http://articles.chicagotribune.com
Chris’s paternal great-grandparents, George William White and Margaret May Carney, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Chris’s maternal grandfather, Jeremiah “Jerry” Joseph Bergen, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Chris’s maternal grandmother, Lucy Catherine Kluth, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Chris’s maternal grandmother, Lucy (Kluth) Bergen – http://articles.chicagotribune.com
Chris’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Henry B. Brush and Kittie E. Murray, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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