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Peck in 2010, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Jeffrey Austin Peck
Place of Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 9, 1971
Ethnicity: English, one quarter Italian Sicilian, Irish, more distant Scottish
Austin Peck is an American actor.
He was raised in San Francisco, California. Austin has two four children, including two with his current wife, actress Terri Conn.
Austin’s paternal grandfather was Charles Underwood Peck (the son of Harry Horatio Peck and Ethel Augusta Bliss). Charles was born in East Hartford, Connecticut, and had deep roots in the U.S. Harry was the son of Austin Lemuel Peck and Susan Maria Root. Ethel was the daughter of Henry Putnam Bliss and Caroline Roxanna Underwood.
Austin’s paternal grandmother was Roberta Agatha Wells (the daughter of Alfred Wells and Mary A. Mason). Roberta was born in Middletown, Connecticut. Alfred was the son of English immigrants, William Wells and Jane. Mary was also the daughter of English immigrants, Robert Mason and Agnes Furnival.
Austin’s maternal grandfather was James Vincent “Jim” Castiglia (the son of Joseph Castiglia and Susan “Susie” LaPlaca). James was born in Passaic, New Jersey, to Italian emigrants, from Palermo, Sicily. Joseph was from Castelbuono, the son of Pietro Castiglia and Giovanna Cammarata. Susan was from Castellana Sicula, the daughter of Domenico LaPlaca and Adrianna Riotto.
Austin’s maternal grandmother was Catherine Marie Kane (the daughter of Francis Joseph Kane and Gertrude E. Mann). Austin’s grandmother Catherine was born in Washington, D.C. Francis was born in New Jersey, the son of John J. Kane and Ellen Cecilia Hagerty, who were born in New Jersey, both of them to Irish immigrants. Austin’s great-grandmother Gertrude was the daughter Charles Francis Mann, whose paternal grandparents were Irish, and whose mother was English; and of Mary Baulsir, whose mother was also English.
Sources: Genealogy of Austin Peck – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Austin’s maternal grandfather, James V. Castiglia – http://www.legacy.com
Obituary of Austin’s maternal grandmother, Catherine (Kane) Castiglia – http://www.legacy.com