Birth Name: Nicholas Ryan Waterhouse
Place of Birth: Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States
Date of Birth: February 8, 1986
Ethnicity: German, English, Polish, possibly other
Nick Waterhouse is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.
Nick’s maternal grandfather was Aloys/Aloise Philip Raupp, son of Alois John Raupp and Caroline Maria Wagner. Alois John was the son of John Raupp (son of Melchior Michael Raupp from Bavaria and Maria Theobald from Rhineland-Palatinate) and Mary Margaret Weidner (daughter of German immigrants Jacob Weidner and Barbara Lunz). Caroline was the daughter of Andrew Wagner (son of Michael Wagner and Kunigunda Leselle Kraus, both from Bavaria) and Maria C. Musser (daughter of Friedrick Johann Musser and Regina Rachel Hellriegel, both from Baden-Württemberg).
Nick’s maternal grandmother was Dorothy Ethel Schmitt, daughter of Joseph G. Schmitt and Irene A. Mayzure. Joseph was the son of John W. Schmitt (born in Illinois to German immigrant parents William Schmitt and Margaret Engels) and Annie Neugebauer (born in Germany to John Neugebauer and Emily Nues). Irene was the daughter of Walter Mayzure/Mazurowski (born in Poland to Anton Mazurowski) and Catherine Novak (daughter of Paul/Pawel Nowak and Anna Kaja).
Sources: Genealogy of Nick’s maternal grandfather – findagrave.com
Birth record of Nick’s maternal grandmother – familysearch.org
Nick’s maternal great-grandfather Joseph Schmitt on a 1910 U.S. census – familysearch.org
Nick’s maternal great-grandmother Irene Mayzure on a 1920 U.S. census – familysearch.org
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