Birth Name: Thomas Grant Gustin
Place of Birth: Norfolk, Virginia
Date of Birth: January 14, 1990
Ethnicity: English, some German, Irish
Grant Gustin is an American actor. He has English, and a small amount of German and Irish, ancestry. Most of his family has lived in the United States for many generations, usually since the 1600s.
Grant’s paternal grandparents were Harry Nelson Gustin II (the son of Earle Frank Gustin and Eddie Mae Avery) and Esther G. Callaham (the daughter of James Wilson Callaham and Rose Keech). Harry was Canadian, born in Woodstock, Ontario, to a Canadian-born father and an American-born mother from North Carolina. Rose was born in Ohio, to an English father and an Australian mother.
Grant’s maternal grandparents were Charles Leslie “Les” Sweeney (the son of William Robert Sweeney and Margaret “Maggie” Annette “Nettie” Purgold) and Edna Earl.
Sources: Genealogy of Grant’s father – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Grant’s paternal grandfather, Harry Nelson Gustin II, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Grant’s paternal grandmother, Esther G. Callaham, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Grant’s maternal grandfather, Charles Leslie “Les” Sweeney – http://www.nnhs65.com
Grant’s maternal great-grandparents, William Robert Sweeney and Margaret “Maggie” Annette “Nettie” Purgold, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Grant’s maternal grandmother, Edna E. Sweeney – http://articles.dailypress.com
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