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Johnstad – “300: Rise of an Empire” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – TCL Chinese Theatre – Hollywood, CA, USA, 2014 – Photo Credit: Kazuki Hirata / HollywoodNewsWire.net / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Kurt Olaf Johnstad
Place of Birth: Wisconsin, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 14, 1968
Ethnicity: * father – Norwegian * mother – Austrian, German, English, Irish, Northern Irish, Welsh
Kurt Johnstad is an American screenwriter.
His maternal great-great-uncle was stage and film actor Charles Winninger .
Kurt’s paternal grandfather was Ernest Adolph Johnstad (the son of Stanphord Eugene Johnstad and Amanda Amundson). Stanphord was born in Wisconsin, the son of Norwegian parents, Sven “Sam” Johnstad/Johnsted and Julie Guro Knutson. Amanda was born in Wisconsin, also to Norwegian parents.
Kurt’s paternal grandmother was Geraldine L. Anderson (the daughter of Olaf Albert Anderson and Gena Nelson). Olaf was born in Wisconsin, the son of Norwegian parents, with his father being Mathias Tangbakken. Gena was born in Wisconsin, to a Norwegian father, Gunder Gabriel Nelson, and a mother from Wisconsin, Luella “Ella” Mathson Holte, whose own parents were Norwegian.
Kurt’s maternal grandfather was Josef Frances Winninger (the son of Josef Charles “Joseph” Winninger and Bonnie Mae Jones). Kurt’s grandfather Josef was born in Missouri. Kurt’s great-grandfather Josef was born in Austria, the son of Franz/Frank Winninger and Rosalia “Rosa”/Rose Grassler. Josef’s parents worked in showbusiness, with Franz being a violinist. Kurt’s great-grandmother Bonnie was born in Kentucky, the daughter of William Jones, who was possibly Canadian; and of Minerva “Minnie” Love.
Kurt’s maternal grandmother was Gertrude Elfrieda/Elfriede Sauerwald (the daughter of Conrad/Contrad Sauerwald and Ernestine/Ernistine Young McClelland). Elfrieda was born in Ontario, Canada, to parents from Germany and Ireland, respectively. Conrad was born in Oehna, Niedergörsdorf, the son of Liebert Sauerwald and Marie Busse. Ernestine was born in Goleen, County Cork, the daughter of Thomas Horatio McClelland, who was from Belfast, Northern Ireland; and of Elizabeth Young, who was English, from Lancashire.
Sources: Death record of Kurt’s father – http://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Kurt’s maternal grandfather, Josef Frances Winninger – https://www.newspapers.com
Obituary of Kurt’s maternal grandmother, Gertrude Elfrieda/Elfriede (Sauerwald) Winninger – https://www.newspapers.com
Kurt’s maternal great-grandparents, Josef Charles “Joseph” Winninger and Bonnie Mae Jones, on the 1905 Wisconsin State Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Kurt’s maternal great-grandfather, Josef Charles “Joseph” Winninger, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org Josef Charles “Joseph” Winninger on the 1905 Wisconsin State Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Information on Kurt’s maternal great-grandmother, Bonnie Mae Jones – https://www.newspapers.com
Kurt’s maternal great-grandmother, Bonnie Mae (Jones) Winninger, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org