Birth Name: David Raphael Moscow
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States
Date of Birth: November 14, 1974
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*English, French-Canadian, German, Scottish, distant Dutch and Swiss-German (mother)
David Moscow is an American actor, writer, director, producer, and activist.
David is the son of Patricia Joan (Sterner) and Jonathan Moscow. His father is Jewish. His mother is a Mormon, and has English, one quarter French-Canadian, German, Scottish, and distant Dutch and Swiss-German, ancestry.
David’s paternal grandparents were ? Moscow and Elsa H. Moolten (the daughter of Raphael/Rafael Jacob Moolten and Minnie H. Tigner). Raphael was born in Poland, the son of Jacob/Levi Moolten and Rose Ralph. Minnie was born in New York, the daughter of Elkan Tigner, who was born in Austria, and Rebecca Joseph, who was born in Germany.
David’s maternal grandfather was Harry Horace Sterner (the son of William Robert Sterner and Ida May Lucier). William was the son of W. M. Sterner and Norand Robenson. Ida was born in Maiden, Montana, to French-Canadian parents, Octave Michael Lucier and Virginia Lorando/Laurendeau.
David’s maternal grandmother was Susan Helen Teeter (the daughter of Hartle Paris Teeter and Opal Ora Jones). Hartle was the son of Homer Paris Teeter and Susan Frances Hazelrigg. Opal was born in Sardis, Canada, to American parents, Thomas La Fayette Jones and Helen V. Colyer.
Sources: Obituary of David’s paternal grandmother – http://www.legacy.com/
David’s paternal grandmother, Elsa H. Moolten, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJGF-2V3
Elsa on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X78P-DV6
David’s great-grandmother, Ida May Lucier, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM54-9G3
Obituary and genealogy of David’s maternal grandmother – https://www.findagrave.com/
Genealogies of David’s great-grandfather, Hartle Paris Teeter (through his brother, Archie Harl Teeter) – https://www.findagrave.com/
http://www.smlawsonkinnexions.com/
https://www.ancestry.com/(incorrectly identifies his mother as Ethel Violet Walbridge)
Genealogies of David’s great-grandmother, Opal Ora Jones – https://www.ancestry.com/
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/