Birth Name: George Lee Anderson
Place of Birth: Bridgewater, South Dakota, USA
Date of Birth: February 22, 1934
Place of Death: Thousand Oaks, California, USA
Date of Death: November 4, 2010
Ethnicity: 25% Norwegian (paternal grandfather), German, English, Irish
Ancestry/Genealogy: Sparky Anderson was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman, coach, and manager. He won two Manager of the Year awards and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager in 2000.
Sparky Anderson was the son of LeRoy William Anderson and Shirley Velma McDaniel.
His paternal grandfather was Oscar Adolf Anderson, the son of Norwegian parents named Sam J. Anderson and Annette Oline Marie Host. Sam was the son of Andrew Olsen and Karine Moen. Annette was the daughter of Hans Julius Host and Marie Olsdatter.
His paternal grandmother was Etta Milissa Presuhn, the daughter of William Presuhn and Louise Janeta Freeman. William was born in Lower Saxony, Germany, the son of Christian Presuhn and Wilhelmina Koenig. Louise was the daughter of Phillip Freeman and Melissa Elizabeth Strong.
His maternal grandfather was William Archie McDaniel, the son of Francis Marion McDaniel and Mary Catherine Blackwood.
His maternal grandmother was Zoe Hart, the daughter of Floyd Tillman Hart and Sarah Catherine Barrett.
Source: ancestry.com public records
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