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Birth Name: Joel Gordon Hodgson
Place of Birth: Stevens Point, Wisconsin, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 20, 1960
Ethnicity: English, German, some Scottish and Dutch, 1/16th French-Canadian
Joel Hodgson is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He created, showran, and starred as Joel Robinson in, the series Mystery Science Theater 3000 ; later revived as Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return .
He was partly raised in Green Bay, and Fort Atkinson, in Wisconsin, west of Milwaukee. Joel was raised an Evangelical Christian.
Joel’s paternal grandfather was Gordon William Hodgson (the son of Walter Hodgson and Harriet Sawle). Gordon was born in Wisconsin. Walter was born in Wisconsin, to English parents. Harriet was born in England.
Joel’s paternal grandmother was Vesta Pearl Guernsey (the daughter of Earl Joseph Guernsey and Mae Hanby). Vesta was born in Wisconsin. Mae was the daughter of Grafton Elmer Hanby and Isabel Elizabeth Sopher.
Joel’s maternal grandfather was Mathias Theis (the son of John Theis and Katherine Renner). Mathias was born in Wisconsin. John was born in Germany. Katherine was born in Wisconsin, to German parents.
Joel’s maternal grandmother was Hazel Gladys Pecore (the daughter of Robert Douglas Pecore and Edna May Van Brunt). Hazel was born in Wisconsin. Robert was the son of Joseph Pecore, who was born in Québec; and of Mary Ann Ward, who was born in England. Edna was the daughter of William Edgar Van Brunt and Phoebe Rouse.
Sources: Obituary of Joel’s father – https://www.legacy.com
Death record of Joel’s mother – https://www.familysearch.org