Birth Name: Sarah Catharine Paulson
Place of Birth: Tampa, Florida
Date of Birth: December 17, 1974
Ethnicity: English, 1/8th Danish, some German, French
Sarah Paulson is an American actress. Her paternal great-grandfather was of Danish descent. She also has English, and some German and French, ancestry.
Sarah’s paternal grandparents are the Rev. Douglas Lyle Paulson, Sr. (the son of Frederick “Fred” Albert Paulson and Margaret Annie Chenault) and Gwendolyn. Frederick was born in Wisconsin, to Danish parents; his father was Hens Paulson.
Sarah’s maternal grandfather is John Henry Dolcater, Jr. (the son of John Henry Dolcater and Julia Anna Waters). Sarah’s great-grandfather John was the son of William Chauncey Dolcater and Canadian-born Mary Susan Mitchell.
Sources: Sarah’s paternal grandfather, Douglas Lyle Paulson, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Sarah’s maternal great-grandparents, John Henry Dolcater and Julia Anna Waters, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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