Birth Name: Joshua Granville Leonard
Place of Birth: Houston, Texas
Date of Birth: June 17, 1975
Ethnicity:
*German (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)
Joshua Leonard is an American actor. Joshua’s father, whose own father was a Lutheran minister, is of German descent. Joshua’s mother is Jewish.
The surname “Leonard” had been “Lehner” many generations back.
Joshua’s paternal grandparents were Luther Granville Leonard (the son of William Conway Leonard and Susan Davidia Huff) and Emilia Margaret Graef (the daughter of Alvin Henry Graef and Louise Elisabeth Koernes).
Sources: Genealogy of Joshua’s paternal grandfather, Luther Granville Leonard (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Joshua’s paternal grandfather, Luther Granville Leonard, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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