Chandler Canterbury – “The Host” Hollywood Premiere – Photo Credit: Izumi Hasegawa / PR Photos
Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, United States
Date of Birth: December 15, 1998
Ethnicity: English, German, Irish or Scottish, 1/16th Ashkenazi Jewish
Chandler Canterbury is an American actor. He is the son of Kristine Ann (Rohwer) and Russell Chester Canterbury. He is the brother of actor Colby Canterbury and actress Shelby Canterbury.
Chandler’s paternal grandfather was William Morris Canterbury (the son of Chester Lawson Canterbury and Ona Halff). Chester was the son of Redwood Cheswick Canterbury, whose parents were English, and May Rial. Ona was the daughter of Morris Halff, who was Jewish, of French Jewish, German Jewish, and Dutch Jewish descent, and Hattie Elizabeth Murdock.
Chandler’s paternal grandmother was Barbara Juanita Blythe (the daughter of T. S. Blythe and Allie).
Chandler’s maternal grandfather was Jay Thomas Rohwer (the son of Julius Theodore Rohwer and Isadore Louise Booth). Julius was of German descent, and was the son of Julius Rohwer and Emma Wanek/Waack/Waulk. Isadore was the daugther of Charles Norman Booth and Carrie Liceta Roberts.
Chandler’s maternal grandmother was Kay/Catherin Ann McCormick.
Sources: Genealogy of Chandler’s great-grandfather, Chester Lawson Canterbury – https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi/%3Cbr%3E..http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33610009
Genealogy of Chandler’s great-grandmother, Ona Halff – https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi/%3Cbr%3E..http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33610076
Chandler’s great-great-grandparents, Redwood Cheswick Canterbury and May Rial, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3GV-6V7
Genealogy of Chandler’s great-great-grandfather, Morris Halff – https://www.geni.com/people/Morris-Halff/6000000034988845023
Genealogy of Chandler’s great-great-grandmother, Hattie Elizabeth Murdock (through her brother, William Bozars Murdock) – https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/william-bozars-murdock_22445477
Chandler’s great-grandfather, Julius Theodore Rohwer, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M81M-929