Birth Name: Jake Weinberger
Place of Birth: Evanston, Illinois
Date of Birth: May 28, 1978
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Type/Color: Brown
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*English, Irish, Polish (mother)
Family info: Jake Johnson is an American actor.
He was born Jake Weinberger. His father is Ashkenazi Jewish (from a family from Hungary, Poland, and Russia). His mother is of approximately one quarter English, one quarter Irish, and half Polish, descent. Jake’s mother is Catholic.
Jake’s paternal grandfather was Carlyle Weinberger (the son of Emmanuel Weinberger and Julia Waldman). Carlyle was born in Illinois. Emanuel was born in Illinois, to Hungarian Jewish parents Frank Weinberger and Cecelia Schret. Julia was born in Illinois, to Hungarian Jewish parents Carl Waldman and Kate Greenfield.
Jake’s paternal grandmother was Lilyan Turek (the daughter of Joseph Turek and Hesha Leavitt). Lilyan was born in Illinois. Joseph was born in Russia, to Polish Jewish parents, Isadore Turek and Libeh. Hesha was a Russian Jewish immigrant, born to Yisroel Chaim or Hyman Leavitt and Raisel.
Jake’s maternal grandfather was Edward James Johnson. He was of English and Irish ancestry.
Jake’s maternal grandmother was Lucille or Lucy Kopacz, later Kopacz-Torner (the daughter of Julius Kopacz and Josephine Kowalska). Lucille was born in Wisconsin. Julius was born in Poland, to Marian Kopacz and Mary Wisnieioska. Josephine was born in Poland, to Thomas Kowalski and Elzbieta Malinowska. Elzbieta was from Suwalki in Poland.
Source: Jake’s paternal grandfather, Carlyle Weinberger, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XS5L-T49
Jake’s paternal grandmother, Lilyan Turek, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XS52-YQF
Genealogy of Jake Johnson (fcousing on his mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=:2420898&id=I248
Jake’s maternal grandmother, Lucille Kopacz, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X994-75Q
Marriage record of Jake’s maternal great-grandparents, Julius Kopacz and Josephine Kowalska – https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRXD-KP2
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