Birth Name: John Peter Sarsgaard
Place of Birth: Scott AFB, Illinois
Date of Birth: March 7, 1971
Ethnicity: 1/8th Danish, 1/8th Norwegian, English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Austrian
Peter Sarsgaard is an American actor. He has Danish (from a great-grandfather), Norwegian (from a great-grandmother), English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), and Austrian, ancestry.
Peter’s paternal grandfather was Dale Alfred Sarsgard (the son of John Peterson Sarsgard and Julia Nadine Olson). John was born in Illinois, to Danish parents, Peter P. Sarsgard (born in Guderup, Nordborg, Denmark), and Anna Maria Helena Jorgensen (born in Flensborg, Denmark). Julia was born in Iowa, to Norwegian parents, Abel Kjaerland Olson and Gurine Jonsdt Chelsvig Kambe (from Oien, Norway).
Peter’s paternal grandmother was Betty Bulloch (the daughter of Francis Marion Bulloch and Janie Riggs Newman). Betty was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to a father from Georgia and a mother from Alabama. Her ancestry included English, as well as some German, Austrian, and Scots-Irish (Northern Irish).
Peter’s maternal grandfather was Phillip Sparks Reinhardt (the son of William Phillip Reinhardt and Mary Almira Sparks). Phillip was born in Memphis, Tennessee. William was born in Tennesse, and was of German descent. Mary was born in Tennessee, and had English ancestry.
Peter’s maternal grandmother was Evelyn Elizabeth Cook (the daughter of William Joseph Cook and Anna Clara Cullen). Evelyn was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to a father from Arkansas and a mother from Mississippi. Evelyn had English and Irish ancestry.
Source: Genealogy of Peter Sarsgaard – http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com
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