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Priestley – 2014 Canada’s Walk of Fame Awards – Sony Centre For The Performing Arts – Toronto, Canada – Keywords: Orientation: Portrait Face Count: 1 – 0 – Photo Credit: Robin Wong / PR Photos
Birth Name: Jason Bradford Priestley
Place of Birth: North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Date of Birth: August 28, 1969
Ethnicity: English, some Northern Irish, Scottish, 1/16th French-Canadian, more distant Irish, German, Swiss-German, Dutch, and Welsh
Jason Priestley is a Canadian actor, director, and race car driver.
He is the son of actress Sharon Kirk and the brother of actress Justine Priestley. Jason became a U.S. citizen in 2007. He is married to makeup artist Naomi Lowde, with whom he has two children.
Jason’s paternal grandfather was John Priestley (the son of Benjamin Rothwell Priestley and Ada Park). John was born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Ada was the daughter of John Park and Margaret Ann Cowling.
Jason’s paternal grandmother was Edna Mary Smith (the daughter of Archibald Smith and Elizabeth May Marshall). Edna was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.
Jason’s maternal grandfather was Lorrace Eric Kirk (the son of Eric Arthur Kirk and Gertrude Irene Killips). Lorrace was born in Edmonton, Alberta. Eric was the son of Robert Thomas Kirk, whose father was from County Antrim, now Northern Ireland, and whose mother was Scottish; and of Susan Turner, whose parents were English, from Devon. Jason’s great-grandmother Gertrude was the daughter of Thomas Walter Killips, whose parents were also Northern Irish; and of Nancy Bellerose, who was French-Canadian.
Jason’s maternal grandmother was Dorothy Harriet Eliza Townsend (the daughter of George Edwin Townsend and Jessie Juanita Gillett). Dorothy was born in Edmonton, Alberta. George was the son of English emigrants, Edwin Townsend, from Gloucestershire, and Ruth Bryant, from Iver, Buckinghamshire. Jason’s great-grandmother Jessie was the daughter of George Mortimer Gillett and Eliza Ann Marvel, and had deep roots in the U.S.
Source: Genealogy of Jason Priestley – https://www.familysearch.org