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Block in 2009, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Stephanie Janette Block
Place of Birth: Brea, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: September 19, 1972
Ethnicity: * father – German (one half), Frisian, French-Canadian, Scottish, Irish, English * mother – Italian
Stephanie J. Block is an American actress and singer.
Stephanie is the daughter of Rosemarie, who worked for the local school district, and Steven Block, a welfare fraud investigator. Stephanie was raised Catholic. She is married to actor Sebastian Arcelus , with whom she has a daughter.
Stephanie’s paternal grandfather was Louis/Lewis James Block (the son of Albert Block and Louise Marie Backus). Louis was born in South Dakota. Albert was born in Missouri, to German parents, Johann/John Bonnen Block and Anna Dorothea Debuhr. Louise was German, the daughter of Wilhelm Backhaus and Louisa Williams.
Stephanie’s paternal grandmother was Audrey Marguerite Fields (the daughter of Moses Alexander Fields and Hilka Cecelia/Cecilia Van Gerpen). Audrey was born in South Dakota. Stephanie’s great-grandfather Moses was the son of Frederick/Fredrick William Fields and Margaret/Marguerite Almina Bressord/Brossour/Brossor/Bressard. Frederick’s mother was born in Québec, Canada, possibly of Irish descent, and his father was born in either Canada or Scotland, and likely was of part English ancestry. Marguerite was born in Burlington, Vermont, to a Canadian mother, and to a father who was born in either Vermont or Canada, of French-Canadian descent. Stephanie’s great-grandmother Hilka was the daughter of Franz Cornelius Van Gerpen, who was Frisian, from Ostfriesland, Germany, and of Christina Dreszen/Driesen, who was born in Iowa, to parents from Germany; it is not clear if she was also of Frisian ancestry.
Stephanie’s maternal grandfather was Nicholas/Nicola F. Garritano (the son of Emilio Garritano and Maria Rosaria/Rose C. Stancato). Nicholas was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Italian parents, from San Lucido, Cosenza, Calabria. Emilio was the son of Nicola Garritano and Anna Maria Filippo. Rosaria was the daughter of Francesco/Franco Stefano Stancato and Carolina Franzese.
Stephanie’s maternal grandmother was Maria Anastasia Gesperini (the daughter of Matteo Gesperini and Caterina Retosi). Maria was born in Visigaiano, Istria, Italy.
Sources: Genealogy of Stephanie J. Block – https://gw.geneanet.org
Stephanie’s paternal grandfather, Louis/Lewis James Block, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org Louis/Lewis James Block on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Stephanie’s paternal grandmother, Audrey Marguerite Fields (through Audrey’s brother) – http://findagrave.com
Stephanie’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Franz Cornelius Van Gerpen and Christina Dreszen/Driesen, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org Franz Cornelius Van Gerpen and Christina Dreszen/Driesen on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Death record of Stephanie’s maternal grandfather, Nicholas/Nicola F. Garritano – https://www.findagrave.com