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Birth Name: Leila Marie Koerber
Date of Birth: November 9, 1868
Place of Birth: Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth: July 28, 1934
Place of Birth: Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Ethnicity: * father – Austrian * mother – Scottish, English
Marie Dressler was a Canadian and American actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Min and Bill (1930).
She was born in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada. Her father, Alexander Rudolph Koerber, was Austrian, and had fought in the Crimean War. Her mother, Anna (Henderson), was born in Port Hope, Ontario, and had Scottish and English ancestry. Marie moved to the U.S. with her family c. the 1870s. She was married to Maine businessperson James Henry Dalton, until his death.
Marie’s paternal grandparents likely were Johann Samuel Korber and Henriette Windt.
Marie’s maternal grandfather was named George Henderson. George was born in Hope Township, Leeds, Ontario, Canada.
Marie’s maternal grandmother was Jane Ann Marsh (the daughter of William Samuel Marsh and Lucia Rice). Jane was born in Hope Township, Leeds. William was born in Ontario, the son of Samuel William Marsh, from Bennington, Vermont, and of Jean Ostrum.
Source: Genealogy of Marie Dressler (focusing on her mother’s side) – http://www.geni.com