David Paetkau – CTV 2010 Upfront Party – Thompson Hotel, Toronto – Toronto, Canada – Keywords: Flashpoint – 0 – – Photo Credit: Robin Wong / PR Photos
Birth Name: David E. Paetkau
Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Date of Birth: November 10, 1978
Ethnicity:
*German, possibly other (father)
*Icelandic (mother)
David Paetkau is a Canadian actor. David is married to actress Evangeline Duy.
David is the son of Baldrun Bonnie (Johnson) and Eric Jacob Paetkau. David’s father has German, and possibly other, roots. David’s mother has Icelandic ancestry. Two of David’s siblings are Mark and Carla.
David’s father’s surname hails from the Chortitza Colony (now Zaporizhia, Ukraine), a village founded by German-speaking Mennonite settlers from West Prussia.
David’s maternal grandfather was Oskar Johnson (the son of Jóhannes Jónsson and Ólöf Sigurveig Jónsdóttir). Oskar was born in Manitoba, to parents from Iceland.
David’s maternal grandmother was Olga Thorhildur Eyford (the daughter of Baldrun Jörundsdóttir and Framar Jónsson Eyford). Olga was born in Manitoba, to parents from Iceland.
Sources: Obituary of David’s aunt (mother’s sister), Olof Sigurveig (Johnson) Nightingale – http://www.inlofna.org
Obituary of David’s maternal grandmother – http://www.legacy.com