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Heusinger in 2013, photo by s_bukley /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Patrick Thomas Heusinger
Place of Birth: Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 14, 1981
Ethnicity: German, as well as Irish and English, distant Dutch and French
Patrick Heusinger is an American actor. His roles include the films Sweet Land , Tie a Yellow Ribbon , Black Swan , Frances Ha , A Beautiful Now , and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back ; and the shows Gossip Girl , Royal Pains , Submissions Only , Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce , Casual , and Absentia .
Patrick’s paternal grandfather was John Lester Heusinger (the son of Lawrence William Heusinger, Jr. and Madeline Alene Meeks). John was born in Rochester, New York. Lawrence was born in Rochester, the son of Lawrence William Heusinger and Delia Werner, who were of German descent. Madeline was born in Yates, New York, the daughter of Elmer Augustus Meeks and Helen Augusta Huey, and was of part Irish descent.
Patrick’s paternal grandmother was Geraldine Agnes Miller (the daughter of Charles P. Miller and Agnes Elizabeth Glaser). Geraldine was born in Rochester, New York. Charles was born in New York, the son of Karl/Charles Müller/Miller, who was born in Jungenheim, Germany, and of Mary Batz, who was born in New York, also to German parents, from Bavaria. Agnes was born in New York, the daughter of Frank Frederick Glaser and Elizabeth M. Zenkel, and was also of German descent, with roots in Baden and Bas-Rin, Alsace.
Patrick’s maternal grandfather was Richard Wightman Silbernagel (the son of Edward Gottfried Silbernagel and Clara Angeline Wightman). Richard was born in Wausau, Wisconsin. Edward was the son of George Silbernagel and Katherine Wilhemina Nienaber, who were born in Wisconsin, both of them to German immigrants. Patrick’s great-grandmother Clara was the daughter of George Richard Wightman, whose parents were English; and of Myrtle Lucy Hunt, who had deep roots in the U.S.
Patrick’s maternal grandmother was Jean Elizabeth Weikert (the daughter of John Roosevelt Weikert and Elizabeth Nora Walsh). Jean was born in El Paso, Texas. John was the son Albert Daniel Weikert and Mary Ann Fleming, and had deep roots in America. Elizabeth was born in Illinois, to Irish parents.
Sources: Patrick’s paternal grandfather, John Lester Heusinger, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Patrick’s paternal great-grandfather, Lawrence William Heusinger, Jr., on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Patrick’s father (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://birkenhoerdt.net
Genealogy of Patrick’s mother – https://www.familysearch.org