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Ladd in 2007, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Jordan Elizabeth Ladd
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: January 14, 1975
Ethnicity: English, one quarter Ashkenazi Jewish, German, smaller amounts of Swiss-German, Irish, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and Welsh
Jordan Ladd is an American actress.
She is the daughter of actor/producer David Ladd (David Alan Ladd) and actress Cheryl Ladd (born Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor), and the granddaughter of actor Alan Ladd and actress and talent agent Sue Carol. Her half-uncle was film executive and producer Alan Ladd, Jr.
Jordan’s father is of half Ashkenazi Jewish descent, with his other ancestry being English, and a small amount of Irish and Scottish. Jordan’s mother has German and English ancestry.
Jordan’s paternal grandfather was Alan Ladd, an actor (Alan Walbridge Ladd, the son of Alan Harwood Ladd and Selina Ina Rowley, who was known as Ina Raleigh). Jordan’s grandfather Alan was born in Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas. Jordan’s great-grandfather Alan was born in Neenah, Winnebago, Wisconsin, and had English, and a small amount of Irish and Scottish, ancestry. He was the son of Oscar F. Ladd and Julia Henriette/Henrietta Meigs, who was Canadian. Oscar and Julia had Colonial American ancestry, with roots in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. Selina was English, from County Durham, and was the daughter of Charles John Rowley and Kate Dee; she also had a small amount of Irish ancestry.
Jordan’s paternal grandmother was Sue Carol, an actress and talent agent (born Evelyn Jeanette Lederer, the daughter of Samuel/Salomon M. Lederer and Caroline/Carolyn Schmidt). Sue was born in Illinois. Samuel was a Jewish emigrant from Radnice, Bohemia, and was the son of Simon Lederer and Ewa/Eva Janette/Žanette Sofie Weiss/Weisz. Caroline was a German Jew, and was born in Elberfeld, Wuppertal, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia. She was the daughter of Otto Schmidt and Rebecca Perlstein.
Jordan’s maternal grandfather was Marion Wayne Stopplemore/Stoppelmoor (the son of Otto Aeilt Stopplemore/Stoppelmoor/Stoppelmoore and Irene Leona Day). Marion was born in Webster City, Hamilton, Iowa. Otto was born in Colfax Township, Grundy, Iowa, the son of German parents, Woltert/Walter Aielt Stopplemore/Stoppelmoor/Stapelmoor and Narsa/Maria/Mary Wilms Hayen/Hoyer/Haagen/Hagen/Hayden, who were from Aurich, Niedersachsen. Jordan’s great-grandmother Irene was born in Blairsburg, Hamilton, the daughter of Isaac Casper Day, whose maternal grandfather was Swiss, of Swiss-German descent; and of Alice Jane Hale, whose father was from Lydney, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England.
Jordan’s maternal grandmother was Dolores/Doloris Helen Katz (the daughter of Paul Hartman Katz and Lillian Alma Irene Hein). Dolores was born in Huron, Beadle, South Dakota. Paul was born in Lincoln, Logan, Illinois, the son of Charles Katz, whose parents were German, with at least partial roots in Baden-Württemberg; and of Ella Lawrence Kinman. Jordan’s great-grandmother Lillian was born in Belle Prairie Township, Beadle, the daughter of Arthur Robert Frank Hein, whose parents were German, from Stüdenitz, Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg; and of Daisy Dean Waldron, whose paternal grandparents were from Canada, with roots in Ontario, though their families were originally from the U.S.
Source: Genealogy of Jordan Ladd – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Jordan’s paternal grandfather, Alan Walbridge Ladd (focusing on his father’s side) – http://famouskin.com
Jordan’s paternal great-grandparents, Alan Harwood Ladd and Selina Ina Rowley, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Jordan’s paternal grandmother, Evelyn Jeanette Lederer, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Jordan’s maternal grandparents, Marion Wayne Stopplemore/Stoppelmoor and Dolores Mae Katz, on the 1950 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Jordan’s maternal grandfather, Marion Wayne Stopplemore/Stoppelmoor, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Jordan’s maternal grandmother, Dolores Mae (Katz) Stoppelmoor – https://www.familysearch.org