Birth Name: Lee Grinner Pace
Place of Birth: Chickasha, Oklahoma
Date of Birth: March 25, 1979
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Type/Color: Brown
Ethnicity:
*English, Scottish, German, Welsh (father)
*German (mother)
Family info: Lee Pace is an American actor.
His father has English, Scottish, German, and Welsh ancestry. His mother is of either mostly or entirely German ancestry.
Lee’s paternal grandparents were Alton Pace (the son of James Polk Pace and Mary Ann Mayberry) and Ima Lee Utley (the daughter of Roy Utley and Nora Belle Sullins). Alton was born in Mississippi. Ima was born in Oklahoma.
Lee’s maternal grandfather was Forrest Henry Kloeckler (the son of Edward J. Kloeckler and Lottie). Edward was born in Germany, to Joseph Kloeckler and Theresa Abt. Lottie was born in the United States. It is not clear if she was also of German descent.
Lee’s maternal grandmother was Rosalie Margaret Billen (the daughter of Jonathan Henry Billen and Adehiede Mary Mollman). Jonathan was born in Illinois, to Peter Billen, who was from Orenhofen, Germany, and Barbara Schafer, who was born in New York, and had German ancestry. Adehiede was born in Iowa, to Theodore Mollman, who was German-born, and Catherine/Katharina Lensing, who was the daughter of Henry Lensing and Adelhaid Flamer, German immigrants.
Sources: Genealogy of Lee Pace (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.e-familytree.net/F260/F260210.htm
Genealogy of Lee Pace (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.kencrouse.com/crouse/fam01756.htm
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