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Marsden in 2013, photo by s_bukley /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: James Paul Marsden
Place of Birth: Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 18, 1973
Ethnicity: English, German, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, distant French
James Marsden is an American actor, singer, and Versace model. His roles include the X-Men and Sonic the Hedgehog films, as well as Disturbing Behavior , Superman Returns , 10th & Wolf , Hairspray , Enchanted (2007), 27 Dresses , Hop , Straw Dogs (2011), Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues , and The Best of Me , and the series Westworld , Dead to Me , The Stand , and Paradise .
James is the son of Kathleen and James Luther Marsden, a professor of animal sciences. James has two children with his former wife Lisa Linde; and a son with his former partner, Brazilian model Rose Costa. Lisa’s father was country music songwriter Dennis Linde.
James’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced to George Marsden, who was born, c. 1808, in England.
James’s paternal grandfather is Luther Durwood Marsden (the son of James Luther Marsden and Virgie Lois Hill). James’s grandfather Luther was born in Texas. James’s great-grandfather James was the son of Daniel Edward Marsden and Rosetta/Rose/Rosa McKinney. Virgie was the daughter of Robert Dudley Hill and Buena Vista Victoria Caldonia Perkins.
James’s paternal grandmother is Norma Junelle Owrey (the daughter of The Rev. Norman Sidric Owrey and Alma G. Anderson). Norma was born in Oklahoma. The Rev. Norman Owrey was the son of Augustus Norman Owrey and Mary Catherine/Ann Kaser/Kaiser. Alma was the daughter of Solomon Wilson Anderson and Lela Agness Threlkeld.
James’s maternal grandfather is William George Scholz (the son of Adolph Henry Scholz and Lillie Elizabeth Foster). William was born in Texas. Adolph was born in Texas. His father, William Guillermo Scholz, was born in Mexico, to German parents, Adolph Sholz, from Brieg, and Pauline Algog. Adolph’s mother, James’s great-great-grandmother Eva Katherine/Kathryn Wolf, was born in Pennsylvania, of German descent, the daughter of Phillip J. Wolf and Anna Diettler. James’s great-grandmother Lillie was the daughter of Ephraim E. Foster and Alta McBride.
Also Lillie Elizabeth Foster was born in Texas and her father Ephram Eli Foster was born in Louisiana to William Henderson Foster and Matilda Ann Womack both born in Mississippi. Lillie Elizabeth Foster mother Alta McBride was born in Missouri to Bryant M. McBride and Melissa Wilson both also born in Missouri. James’s maternal grandmother is Mary Louise Orr (the daughter of Jack Columbus Orr and Anita Louise/Lydia Conring). James’s grandmother Mary Louise was born in Texas. Jack was born in North Carolina, the son of John Columbus Orr and Sallie E. Barnes. James’s great-gradnmother Anita’s father, Julius Conring, was born in either Texas or Mexico, to German parents, Carl Heinrich Hermann Conring and Emma Benner. Anita’s mother, James’s great-great-grandmother Anita M. Myrick, was born in West Derby, Lancashire, England, the daughter of Joseph Swainson Myrick and Mary Jane Newth.
Sources: Genealogy of James Marsden – http://www.geni.com
James’s paternal grandmother, Norma Junelle Owrey, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
James’s paternal great-grandmother, Alma G. Anderson, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of James’s paternal great-grandmother, Alma G. (Anderson) Owrey – http://newsok.com
James’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Solomon Wilson Anderson and Lela Agness Threlkeld, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
James’s maternal grandfather, William George Scholz, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of James’s maternal great-grandfather, Adolph Henry Scholz (focusing on his own father’s side) – https://www.findagrave.com
James’s maternal great-grandfather, Adolph Henry Scholz, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
James’s maternal great-grandmother, Lillie Elizabeth Foster, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
James’s maternal grandmother, Mary Louise Orr, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org