Birth Name: Scott Stewart Bakula
Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri
Date of Birth: October 9, 1954
Ethnicity: German, as well as 1/8th Bohemian (Czech), 1/16th Austrian, English, Scottish
Scott Bakula is an American actor. He is of approximately half German ancestry, with his other roots being 1/8th Bohemian (Czech), 1/16th Austrian, English, and Scottish ancestry.
Scott’s paternal grandparents were Joseph W. Bakula (the son of Joseph W. Bakula and Hattie T.) and Jessie L. Stewart. Joseph was the son of Wenceslaus Bakula and Josephine Metick, who were Czech immigrants. Hattie’s parents were German.
Scott’s maternal grandparents were Edwin Frederick Zumwinkel (the son of William Zumwinkel and Minnie Rechlrmald) and Henrietta Amola Eiker (the daughter of Thaddeus Boggs Eiker and Amalia Henrietta Friedrich). William was born in Germany. Minnie had German ancestry. Thaddeus was the son of Isaac C. Eiker and Hannah Koontz, and was of German descent. Amalia was born in England, to an Austrian-born father, J. Chas Friedrich, and an English-born mother, Pauline Bishop.
Source: Genealogy of Scott Bakula (focusing on his father’s side) – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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