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Linz in 2004, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Alexander David Linz
Place of Birth: Santa Barbara, California, United States
Date of Birth: January 3, 1989
Ethnicity: * father – German, some Irish and English * mother – Ashkenazi Jewish
Alex D. Linz, also known as Alex Linz, is an American actor, and legal researcher. His roles include the films One Fine Day (1996), Home Alone 3 , Tarzan (1999), My Brother the Pig , Bruno , Titan A.E. , Bounce (2000), Max Keeble’s Big Move , Race to Space , The Amateurs , and Choose Connor ; the made-for-tv movies Danielle Steel’s Vanished , The Uninvited (1996), The Jennie Project , Full-Court Miracle , and Exit 9 ; and the series The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald , Providence , and Hey Arnold!
His father is of three quarters German, and one quarter Irish and English, ancestry. His mother is from a Jewish family, from Austria and France. Alex was raised Jewish and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.
Alex’s paternal grandfather was Raymond Edward Linz (the son of Raymond Harry/Henry Linz and Elizabeth Ann Rice). Alex’s grandfather Raymond was born in Ohio. Alex’s great-grandfather Raymond was born in Dayton, Campbell, Kentucky, the son of David Robert Linz, whose parents were German; and of Mary Ellen “Nellie” McDermot/McDermott, whose parents were Irish, with at least partial roots in Belfast, Antrim. Alex’s great-grandmother Elizabeth was born in Dayton, and had English and German ancestry. She was the daughter of George W. Rice and Caroline Henriette/Henrietta “Carrie” Joering, whose father was German, from Hanover, Region Hannover, Lower Saxony, and whose maternal grandparents were from Baden, Germany.
Alex’s paternal grandmother was Joan Amron Lankisch (the daughter of Paul A. Lankisch and Maria Norma Agnes Weick). Joan was born in Kentucky, and was of German descent. Paul was born in Kentucky, the son of Adolph Lankisch, who was an ethnic German emigrant, from Russia; and of Charlotte Schuster, who was German. Alex’s great-grandmother Maria was born in Kentucky, the daughter of Francis Joseph “Frank” Weick, whose father was from Prussia; and of Maria Louisa “Mary” Westermann, whose parents were from Alsace-Lorraine.
Alex’s maternal grandfather was Harold Alexander “Harry” Baltaxe (the son of Bernhard Baltaxe and Hedwig/Hedy Timfeld/Timföld). Harold was a Jewish emigrant from Austria, who was born in Vienna and left because of the Nazis. Bernhard was the son of Wilhelm/Wolf Leib/Leb Gottlieb Oder Baltaxe/Baltaksi and Eugenie/Eugeni “Jenny” Ehrenhaft. Alex’s great-grandmother Hedwig was the daughter of Albert Timföld and Rosalie Breier/Breuer.
Alex’s maternal grandmother was named Claire Marie. Claire was an emigrant from France.
Sources: Genealogy of Alex D. Linz – https://www.geni.com
Obituary of Alex’s paternal grandfather, Raymond Edward Linz – http://www.andrewsmortuary.com
Alex’s paternal great-grandfather, Paul A. Lankisch, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituaries of Alex’s maternal grandfather, Harold Alexander Baltaxe – http://texts.cdlib.org https://pubs.rsna.org
Birth record of Alex’s maternal great-grandfather, Bernhard Baltaxe – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Alex’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Wilhelm/Wolf Leib/Leb Gottlieb Oder Baltaxe/Baltaksi and Eugenie/Eugeni “Jenny” Ehrenhaft – https://www.familysearch.org