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Birth Name: Susan Ellen Anton
Place of Birth: Oak Glen, San Bernardino, California, United States
Date of Birth: October 12, 1950
Ethnicity: English, German, one eighth Norwegian, possibly Hungarian, smaller amounts of Scottish, French, Irish, Welsh, and Cornish, distant Dutch
Susan Anton is an American actress, model, and singer. She was Miss California 1969. She also placed 2nd runner-up in Miss America. She has appeared in the films Goldengirl , Spring Fever (1982), and Cannonball Run II , and on the shows Stop Susan Williams and Baywatch . She is 5′11″.
Susan is the daughter of Lulu and Wallace Anton. She is married to actor Jeff Lester.
Susan’s paternal grandfather was named Peter Lawrence Anton (the son of Victor Anton and Schmonia). Peter was born in Hungary.
Susan’s paternal grandmother was Fern Normanda Johnson (the daughter of John Lawrence A. Johnson and Clara Marie Lahr). Fern was born in Tennessee. John was the son of Anders Hansen “Andrew” Johnson, a Norwegian immigrant; and of Jorgine Caroline “Jane” Rosholt, whose parents were also Norwegian, from Vestfold. Susan’s great-grandmother Clara was the daughter of Mathias “Math” Lahr, whose parents were German; and of Maria “Mary” Bassel/Bassill, whose father, and maternal grandparents, were German as well.
Susan’s maternal grandfather was Clarence Joseph “Blackie” Wilshire (the son of Joseph Edes Wilshire and Melissa Agnes Meek). Blackie was born in Redlands, California. Joseph was the son of George Tolly Wilshire, who was an English emigrant, from Worcester; and of Susan T. Edes, who was born in Boston. Susan’s great-grandmother Melissa was the daughter of Francis Marion Meek and Salina A. Haught, who both had deep roots in the U.S.
Susan’s maternal grandmother was Edna Adalissa Huckaby (the daughter of George Allen Huckaby and Mamie May Barker). Edna was born in San Bernardino, California, and had deep roots in the U.S. George was the son David Huckaby and Elmina Adalissa Miller. Mamie was the daughter of Edmund D. Barker and Augusta Harris.
Source: Susan’s paternal grandfather, Peter Lawrence Anton, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org