Birth Name: Matthew Gray Gubler
Place of Birth: Las Vegas, Nevada
Date of Birth: March 9, 1980
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Type/Color: Golden Brown
Ethnicity: German-Swiss, German, English, Irish, Manx, Scottish, Dutch
Family info: Matthew Gray Gubler is an American actor. His father is of German-Swiss, English, Irish, Manx, and Scottish ancestry. His mother is of German, English, and Dutch ancestry.
Matthew’s paternal grandfather was Vivian Gray Gubler (the son of John G. Gubler and Alyce Wilomina Gray). John was born in Utah, to a Swiss-born father, Herman Gubler, and a mother, Selina Gubler, who was born in Utah, to Swiss parents. Alyce was born in Utah. Alyce’s father, William Alden Gray, had English ancestry, and was from a family that had lived in the United States since the 1600s, on many of his ancestral lines. Alyce’s mother, Anna Barbara Graf, was Swiss. Vivian’s Swiss lines were of German-Swiss ancestry.
Matthew’s paternal grandmother was Loreta Isabel Newton (the daughter of Leslie Joseph Newton and Isabella Murphy). Leslie was born in Utah. Leslie’s father, Hyrum James Newton, was English (from Manchester), and Leslie’s mother, Mary Jane Baddley, was born in Utah, to English parents. Isabella was born in Utah, and had Irish, English, Manx, and Scottish ancestry. Isabella’s parents were Mark Murphy and Annie Johnston MacKay.
Matthew’s maternal grandfather was Maxwell S. Kelch (the son of George H. Kelch and Margaret Maxwell). George was born in Illinois. George’s parents, Francis J. Kelch and Elizabeth Bitzel, were both born in Illinois, and all of George’s grandparents were German immigrants. Margaret was born in Ohio; her mother’s maiden name was Densmore. Margaret likely had English ancestry.
Matthew’s maternal grandmother was Laura Belle Gang (the daughter of Arthur Henry Gang and Gertrude E. Gaisser). Arthur was born in Ohio, to William Edward Gang, who was born in Ohio, to German parents Arthur George Gang and Katherine Willman, and Joanne Olivier, who was Dutch, born in Amsterdam (her parents’ names were Jean Henri Olivier and Joanne Lieve). Gertrude was born in Ohio, to John G. Gaisser and Elizabeth Oesper. Gertrude was of German descent, through both of her parents.
Source: Genealogy of Matthew Gray Gubler – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=kristi99&id=I52351
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