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Maslow in 2012, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: James David Maslow
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 16, 1990
Ethnicity: * father – Ashkenazi Jewish * mother – Irish, German, Swiss-German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, English
James Maslow is an American actor, singer, and dancer. He is a member of pop music boy band Big Time Rush, and starred on the series of the same name. The other members of the band are Logan Henderson , Carlos PenaVega , and Kendall Schmidt . He has also appeared on television’s Sequestered and Seeds of Yesterday .
His father is Ashkenazi Jewish. His mother, who is Catholic, has Irish, German, Swiss-German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and English ancestry. James was raised Jewish. He went to Hebrew School and was Bar Mitzvah. He has described himself as a “religious and spiritual person.” He grew up mostly in La Jolla, California.
James’s paternal grandfather was Robert Maslow (the son of Charles Weslow/Maslow and Fanny/Fannie Shapiro). Robert was born in New York, to Russian Jewish parents. Charles was born in Kiev, the son of Louis Maslow and Cyril/Cillie Berman, who were born in Minsk, Belarus.
James’s paternal grandmother was named Jean Noemi Rosner. Noemi was a Czech Jewish immigrant, who came to the U.S. after World War II.
James’s maternal grandfather was James Lynn “Jimmy” Burge (the son of Omar/Omer Archibald Burge and Ann Elma McLaughlin). James’s grandfather James Burge was born in Florida. Omar was the son of Silas Marion Burge and Rose/Rosa Caroline Pitts. Ann was the daughter of Joseph Knox McLaughlin, whose parents were from Ballymoney, Northern Ireland, and of Tirzah Elvira Morton, who had Scots-Irish ancestry.
James’s maternal grandmother is Mary Therese Huff (the daughter of Aloys Hicks Huff and Helen Marie Bowlds). Mary was born in Illinois. Aloys was the son of Seymour/Seymore A. Huff and Elizabeth Guth, who was of Swiss-German and German descent. Helen was the daughter of John Michael Bowlds and Julia Arthelia/Ann McDonald/McDonnell.
Maslow in 2010, photo by Paparazzo Presents
Sources: James discusses his Jewish religion – http://smashinginterviews.com http://mobile.twitter.com https://toofab.com
Genealogy of James’s paternal great-grandfather, Charles Weslow/Maslow – https://www.geni.com
Passenger record of James’s paternal grandmother, Noemi Jean Maslow, and paternal great-grandmother, Fanny/Fannie (Shapiro) Maslow – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of James’s maternal grandfather, James Lynn “Jimmy” Burge – http://www.findagrave.com