Birth Name: Michael Thomas Rooker
Place of Birth: Jasper, Alabama, United States
Date of Birth: April 6, 1955
Ethnicity: English, some Irish
Michael Rooker is an American actor.
Michael is the son of Pansy (Dowell) and Hugh M. Rooker.
Michael’s paternal grandparents were Robert C. Rooker and Samantha.
Michael’s maternal grandfather was Clifton Dowell (the son of Elijah Washington Dowell and Harriett Albina “Jane” Lindsey). Elijah was the son of John Martin Dowell and Nancy Ann Terry. Harriet was the daughter of Robert Logan Lindsey and Zenira Cooke.
Michael’s maternal grandmother was Sarah Catherine “Kate” McCulley (the daughter of James Henry McCulley and Margaret Ann Atkinson). James was the son of William M. McCulley, whose father was Irish, and Caroline Hall. Margaret was the daughter of William T. Atkinson and Celea/Celia C. Webb.
Sources: Michael’s father on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK7Y-4KB
Genealogy of Michael’s maternal grandfather, Clifton Dowell (through his sister, Mattie A. Dowell Qualls) – http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin//fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=62527470
Genealogy of Michael’s maternal grandmother (through her brother, Harvey Dillard McCulley) – http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38021653
Michael’s great-great-grandfather, William M. McCulley, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWH-LY1
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