Birth Name: Daniel Dennis Bakkedahl
Place of Birth: Rochester, Minnesota
Date of Birth: November 18, 1969
Ethnicity:
*50% Norwegian
*25% Swedish
*12.5% English
*12.5% German
Dan Bakkedahl is an American actor. His father is of one half Norwegian, one quarter German, and approximately one quarter English, ancestry. His mother is of half Norwegian and half Swedish descent.
Dan’s paternal grandfather was Lorenzo Howard Bakkedahl (the son of Knute Lars Bekkedahl and Matilda Mae Rouhoff). Knute was born in Minnesota, to Norwegian parents. Matilda was born in Minnesota, to a German father, Henry J. Rouhoff, and to a mother, Emeline Schmidt, who was born in New York, to German parents.
Dan’s paternal grandmother was Mary Elizabeth Livingston (the daughter of Garfield/Guy Livingston and Gertrude Sophia Braaten). Garfield was born in Minnesota, to Sherman Livingston and Mary E. Kinney, and had English ancestry. Gertrude was born in Iowa, to Norwegian parents.
Dan’s maternal grandfather was Kermit Ellsworth Skindelien (the son of Oliver Theodore Skindelien and Ida Jorgine Roisum). Oliver was born in Minnesota, to a Norwegian father, and to a mother who was born in Minnesota, to Norwegian parents. Ida was born in Minnesota, to Norwegian parents.
Dan’s maternal grandmother was Bernice Elizabeth Anderson (the daughter of August Carl Anderson and Mathilda Ekvall). Bernice was born in Minnesota, to Swedish parents.
Sources: Dan’s paternal grandfather, Lorenzo Howard Bakkedahl, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Dan’s paternal great-great-great-grandparents, Henry J. Rouhoff and Emeline Schmidt, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Dan’s paternal grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Livingston, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Dan’s maternal great-grandfather, Oliver Theodore Skindelien, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Dan’s maternal great-grandmother, Ida Jorgine Roisum, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Dan’s maternal grandmother, Bernice Elizabeth Anderson (focusing on her own mother’s side) – http://records.ancestry.com
Dan’s maternal grandmother, Bernice Elizabeth Anderson, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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