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Pyfrom in 2011, photo by PrPhotos
Birth Name: Shawn Caminiti Pyfrom
Place of Birth: Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 16, 1986
Ethnicity: Italian/Sicilian (one eighth), Hungarian (one eighth), as well as German, English, Dutch, French, Welsh, Irish, Scottish
Shawn Pyfrom is an American actor and singer.
He is the son of Gail and Stanley Pyfrom. The surname Pyfrom is Welsh.
Shawn’s paternal grandfather was Stanley Coe Pyfrom (the son of Harold Theodore Pyfrom and Priscilla Elizabeth Coe). Stanley was born in Miami, Florida. Harold was born in Western Dist, Eleuthera, the Bahamas, the son of Lucien Arnaud Murat Pyfrom and Ella Thurmutus Bethel. Harold had deep roots in the Bahamas, and had Welsh, English, and Scottish ancestry. Shawn’s great-grandmother Priscilla was from Minnesota, and was the daughter of Clarence Stanley Coe and Lulu/Lula Nettie Joy.
Shawn’s paternal grandmother was Mary Bright (the daughter of Charles Albert Bright and Else Tavera Boehmer). Else was the daughter of George H. Boehmer, who was German, and of Lucy C. Schultze, who born in Washington, D.C., to German parents.
Shawn’s maternal grandfather was Anthony Dante Caminiti (the son of Natale Caminiti and Ida Veronka (Filipovics) Caminiti). Natale was Italian, born in Messina, Sicily, the son of Antonino Caminiti and Eugenia Locascio. Ida was Hungarian, and was born in Budapest. She wrote the book Reward (Jutalom): The Adventure of Veronka, the Little Immigrant , 1978.
Shawn’s maternal grandmother was Regina Mae Housteau (the daughter of James Augustus Housteau and Regina A. O’Neil). Regina was born in Youngstown, Ohio.
Sources: Shawn’s paternal grandfather, Stanley Coe Pyfrom, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Shawn’s paternal grandfather, Stanley Coe Pyfrom – http://www.findagrave.com
Shawn’s paternal great-grandparents, Harold Theodore Pyfrom and Priscilla Elizabeth Coe, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Shawn’s paternal great-grandparents, Charles Albert Bright and Else Tavera Boehmer, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Shawn’s paternal great-great-grandparents, George H. Boehmer and Lucy C. Schultze, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Shawn’s maternal grandfather, Anthony Dante Caminiti – http://www.legacy.com
Birth record of Shawn’s maternal great-grandfather, Natale Caminiti – https://familysearch.org
Shawn’s maternal grandmother, Regina Mae Housteau, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Shawn’s maternal grandmother, Regina Mae (Housteau) Caminiti – http://www.legacy.com