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Mirchoff in 2012, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: William Beau Mirchoff
Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 13, 1989
Ethnicity: Irish, English, German, 1/16 Danish, 1/16 Swedish, some Swiss-German and Scottish, more distant Dutch and French
Beau Mirchoff is an American and Canadian actor.
Born in Seattle, he was raised mostly in Victoria, British Columbia. He is a citizen of the U.S. and Canada.
Beau’s paternal grandmother’s husband, Frederic Mirchoff, was the son of Bulgarian immigrants. It appears that Frederic was Beau’s father’s stepfather, whose surname Beau’s father took.
Beau’s biological paternal grandfather likely was Charles Fred Brown (the son of Frederick/Fred C. Brown and Alene Nancy Forbes). Frederick was the son of ethnic German parents, from Saratov, Russia, Heinrich Emanuel “Robert/Bobby” Braun and Christina Marie Hinkle. Alene was the daughter of Charles Willard Forbes, who had deep roots in the U.S.; and of Vera Harriet Green, whose paternal grandparents, and mother, were English.
Beau’s paternal grandmother is Marilyn Grace Weir (the daughter of Willett Hawkins Weir, Jr. and Catherine Elizabeth Dlaney). Marilyn was born in New Jersey. Willett was the son of Willett Hawkins Weir and Theresa Ward, and had partly deep American roots. Beau’s great-grandmother Catherine was the daughter of Matthew John Delaney, who was Canadian; and of Martha A. Bradley, whose parents were Irish.
Beau’s maternal grandfather was John Ben Maulsby (the son of John Hughes Maulsby and Margaret Viola Johnson). Beau’s grandfather John was born in Washington. Beau’s great-grandfather John was the son of John Henry Maulsby and Madge Hughes, and had deep lines in the U.S. Margaret was the daughter of a Danish father, Lewis Johnson, and of an American mother, Ethel Caroll, who was of Irish descent.
Beau’s maternal grandmother is Ann/Anne Elizabeth Cross (the daughter of Ray Cross and Violette Agnes Jones). Ann was born in Washington. Ray was the son of Ivan Orphan Cross and Emma Elizabeth Armon, and had deep roots in the U.S. Violette was the daughter of Edward Jones, whose parents were born in England, of Irish descent; and of Hilda Carlson, whose parents were Swedish.
Sources: Genealogy of Beau Mirchoff – https://www.familysearch.org
Frederic Mirchoff on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org