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Hawke in 2018, photo by kathclick /www.bigstockphoto.com/
Birth Name: Maya Ray Thurman Hawke
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 8, 1998
Ethnicity: English, as well as German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, 1/16th Swedish, 1/32 Danish, small amount of Cornish, distant Welsh
Maya Hawke, also known as Maya Thurman-Hawke, is an American actress, model, singer, and songwriter. She is known for her roles on the show Stranger Things , in the mini-series Little Women (2017) and The Good Lord Bird , and in the films Ladyworld , Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood , Human Capital , Mainstream , Italian Studies , Fear Street Part One: 1994 , Do Revenge , and Asteroid City .
She is the daughter of actress and model Uma Thurman and actor and filmmaker Ethan Hawke . Her brother is model and actor Levon Hawke . Maya is married to singer and songwriter Christian Lee Hutson.
Maya’s paternal grandfather is James Steven Hawke (the son of Frank Taylor Hawke and Betty Virginia Hartsock). James was born in Illinois, to parents from Warren County, Ohio. Frank was the son of Ronald M. Hawke and Edith S. Mosher. Betty was the daughter of Herbert Clark “Bert” Hartsock and Winifred/Winifrede E. Macy.
Maya’s paternal grandmother is Leslie Carole Green (the daughter of Howard Lemuel Green and Carole Rosalie Turner). Leslie was born in Tarrant County, Texas. Howard was born in Swenson, Stonewall, Texas, and was a minor-league baseball commissioner; he also served five terms in the Texas Legislature. He was the son of Thomas Lemuel Green and Della Hall. Maya’s great-grandmother Carole was born in Stratford, Sherman, Texas, the daughter of George Ross Turner and Annie Ruth Lane.
Maya’s maternal grandfather was Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman (the son of Beverly Reid Thurman, Jr. and Elizabeth Dean Farrar). Robert was born in New York City, New York. He was an author, academic, and professor of Tibetan Buddhism at Columbia University, and was ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Beverly was born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, the son of Beverly Reid Thurman, Sr. and Huella Gibson/Glover Bedford. Maya’s great-grandmother Elizabeth was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, the daughter of Preston Cooke Farrar and Edna Violet Patterson, whose paternal grandparents were from Down, Ireland, and Scotland, respectively.
Maya’s maternal grandmother is Nena Birgitte Caroline von Schlebrügge (the daughter of Friedrich/Fredrik Karl/Carl Johannes/Johan Baron von Schlebrügge and Brigit Olga Holmquist/Holmqvist). Nena was born in Mexico City, Mexico, and is a model. Maya’s great-grandfather Friedrich was German, from Oberglogau, Schlesien, and was the son of Friedrich Karl Bernhard Felix Heinrich Franz von Schlebrügge, Kgl. preuß. Justizrat, Rechtsanwalt und Notar; and of Nanny Schultz. Maya’s great-grandmother Brigit was born in Trelleborg, Sweden. She was the inspiration for the 1930s statue Famntaget (“The Embrace”), by Axel Ebbe, of a nude woman, overlooking the harbor of Smygehuk, Sweden. Brigit was the daughter of Albert Emil Fredrik Holmquist/Holmqvist, who was Swedish, from Landskrona; and of Julie Tora Krüger/Krueger, who herself was born in Gedsholm, Ekeby, Sweden, to a German father, Carl Gustaf/Gustav Adolph Krüger, from Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, and to a Danish mother, Caroline Marie/Maria Sörensen, from Copenhagen.
Sources: Genealogy of Maya Hawke – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Maya’s father – https://famouskin.com
Genealogy of Maya’s father (focusing on his father’s side) – http://humphrysfamilytree.com
Genealogy of Maya’s paternal great-grandfather, Frank Taylor Hawke – https://www.findagrave.com
Genealogy of Maya’s paternal great-great-great-great-grandfather, Nathan Nichols Mosher (through Nathan’s sister) – https://www.wikitree.com
Maya’s paternal great-grandmother, Betty Virginia Hartsock, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org Betty Virginia Hartsock on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Maya’s paternal great-grandmother, Betty Virginia (Hartsock) Hawke – http://www.findagrave.com
Marriage record of Maya’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Herbert Clark “Bert” Hartsock and Winifred/Winifrede E. Macy – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Maya’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Winifred/Winifrede E. Macy – http://findagrave.com
Birth record of Maya’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Winifred/Winifrede E. Macy – https://familysearch.org
Death record of Maya’s paternal great-great-great-grandfather, Edmund/Edmond Antram “Ed” Macy – https://familysearch.org
Genealogies of Maya’s father (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://familypedia.wikia.com http://www.wikitree.com
Genealogy of Maya’s mother – http://www.wargs.com