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Boone in 2015, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Megan Whitney Boone
Place of Birth: Petoskey, Michigan, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 29, 1983
Ethnicity: English, along with German, one eighth Swiss-German, some Scottish, 1/16th Ashkenazi Jewish, Irish, Dutch, and Welsh, more distant French, Swedish, Cornish, and Jersey Channel Islander
Megan Boone is an American actress. Her roles include the films My Bloody Valentine 3D , The Myth of the American Sleepover , Sex and the City 2 , Step Up Revolution , About Cherry , Leave Me Like You Found Me , and Welcome to the Jungle ; and the shows Law & Order: LA , Blue Bloods , The Blacklist , Robot Chicken , and The Blacklist: Redemption .
Her maternal grandfather, H. Gary Morse, was a billionaire, who developed the age-restricted community of The Villages, Florida; where she was raised. She has a daughter with her fiancé, artist Dan Estabrook.
Megan’s paternal grandfather was Daniel Musgrave Boone (the son of George Dewey Boone and Glenola Etta Musgrave). Daniel was born in Michigan, and had deep roots in the U.S. George was the son of Daniel Webster Boone and Catherine Dressler, and was of mostly Pennsylvania Dutch (German) descent. Megan’s great-grandmother Glenola was the daughter of John Wesley Musgrave and Florida Maine Matthew.
Megan’s paternal grandmother was Kay Leone Deskin (the daughter of Richard Roy Deskin and Leone Phyllis Whitney). Kay was born in Detroit, Michigan, and had partly deep American roots. Richard was the son of Harry Alvin Deskin and Matilda Mendon, whose mother was Irish, from Cork. Leone was the daughter of Leon Packard Whitney and Rosalyn Lula “Rossie” Buck.
Megan’s maternal grandfather was Harold Gary Morse (born Harold Gary Schwartz, the son of Harold Samuel Schwartz and Mary Louise Lee). Megan’s grandfather Harold was born in Chicago, Illinois, and took his stepfather’s surname Morse. Megan’s great-grandfather Harold’s father, Lajos/Louis Samuel Schwartz, was a Hungarian Jewish immigrant; one of Lajos’s own grandfathers was a Polish Jew. Megan’s great-grandfather Harold’s mother, Katherine/Catherine Isabel Decker, was the daughter of John D. Decker and Jessie Monro Storms, whose parents were Scottish. Megan’s great-grandmother Mary Louise was the daughter of George Clinton Lee and Marie Elizabeth Keller, and had deep lines in the U.S.
Megan’s maternal grandmother was Sharon Lee Gartenbein (the daughter of Charles Joseph Gantenbein and Ruby Rita Streiff). Sharon was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Charles was the son of John Charles Gantenbein, whose parents were Swiss-German; and of Laura Belle Smith. Ruby was the daughter of Jacob L. Streiff, whose parents were also Swiss-German; and of Luta Almira “Minnie” Benjamin.
Sources: http://www.villages-news.com
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