Birth Name: Christopher Eugene O’Donnell
Place of Birth: Winnetka, Illinois
Date of Birth: June 26, 1970
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Type/Color: Brown
Ethnicity:
*Irish, 1/16h Scottish/English (father)
*German, Swiss-German, English, Swiss-French (mother)
Family info: Chris O’Donnell is an American actor.
Chris’s father was of Irish and 1/16th Scottish/English ancestry. On his mother’s side, Chris has German, Swiss-German, English, and Swiss-French ancestry.
Chris’s paternal grandparents were John Joseph O’Donnell (the son of William O’Donnell and Johanna Kennedy) and Sarah Regina McCabe (the daughter of Henry McCabe and Mary Josephine McEnnis). John was born in Missouri, to Irish parents, with his father being from County Donnegal. Regina was born in Missouri. Henry was born in Ireland. Mary’s father, Michael Joseph McEnnis, was the son of John McEnnis, an immigrant from Wexford, Wexford, Ireland, and Elizabeth Campbell McNeir; Elizabeth was the daughter of George Thomas McNeir and Elizabeth Thompson, who had Scottish and English ancestry. Mary’s mother, Eliza Dunn, was of Irish descent.
Chris’s maternal grandfather was Karle Hermann Rohs (the son of Hermann A. Rohs and Julia M. Karle). Hermann A. Rohs was born in Kentucky, to German parents. Julia M. Karle was born in Indiana, to a German-born father and a Swiss-born mother, likely of Swiss-German descent.
Chris’s maternal grandmother was Gertrude Hummel (the daughter of Joseph “Joe” H. Hummel, Jr. and Julia M. Davis). Joseph had German ancestry. Julia’s father, Hubbard Davis, was from Nova Scotia, Canada, and likely had English ancestry. Julia’s mother, Victoria E. Vallat, was born in Oswego, Oswego, New York, to Jean Claude Vallat and Victoria Loichat, who were Swiss immigrants, of French-Swiss descent.
Source: Family history of Chris O’Donnell (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://beechwoods.tripod.com/id1.html
Chris’s father, William Charles O’Donnell, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHNT-7DW
Genealogy of Chris’s father’s family – http://www.geni.com/people/John-O-Donnell/6000000021698818137
Article mentioning Chris’s Irish roots – http://www.heritagecertificate.com/who-else-has-a-certificate/5430
Genealogy of Chris’s paternal great-great-great-grandfather, Elizabeth Campbell McNeir – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=:2334585&id=I61
Family history of Chris’s McNeir ancestors – http://www.paulridenour.com/mcneir.htm
Chris’s maternal grandfather, Karle Hermann Rohs, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XM6B-4Y5
Profile and obituary of Chris’s maternal grandfather, Karl Rohs (Karle Hermann Rohs) – http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/Players/Rohs_Karl.html
Genealogy of Chris’s maternal great-grandmother, Julia M. Davis – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=ks%2Ddecoursey&id=I2737
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