Birth Name: Charles Carver Martensen
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States
Date of Birth: July 31, 1988
Ethnicity: German, English, Irish, Scottish, likely Danish and French-Canadian
Charlie Carver is an American actor. His twin brother is actor Max Carver (born Robert Maxwell Martensen, Jr.).
Charlie is the son of Anne Douglas (Carver) and Robert Lawrence Martensen, Sr.
Charlie’s paternal grandfather was Lorenz Thomas “Marty” Martensen, Jr. (the son of Lorenz Thomas Martensen and and Marie/Mary Eleanor Copenhafer). Charlie’s great-grandfather Lorenz was born in Bredtstatt, Germany, the son of Zacharius Martensen and Agatha Andreasen, and likely had Danish ancestry. Marie was born in Illinois, the daughter of John Copenhafer and Mary A. Shettle.
Charlie’s paternal grandmother was Bernice Helen Sommer (the daughter of Walter S. Sommer and Anna).
Charlie’s maternal grandfather was George William Douglas Carver (the son of Clifford Nickels Carver and Helene/Helena Philae Olive Virginia Maxwell). Clifford was the son of Amos Dow Carver and Inez Scott Morgan. Helene was born in England, the daughter of John Grenfell Maxwell and Louise Selina Bonynge, and was of English, Irish, and distant German, descent.
Charlie’s maternal grandmother was Margaret Hitchcock (the daughter of Fremont Bodine Hitchcock and Pauline Chamberlain). Fremont was the son of Howard Horace Hitchcock, whose mother was Canadian, and of Nellie Watters, whose own parents was Scottish. Pauline was the daughter of Paul F. Chamberlain and Frances Margaret Harbaugh.
Sources: Birth record of Charlie Carver – http://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Charlie’s parents – http://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Charlie’s father – http://birth-records.mooseroots.com
Birth record of Charlie’s paternal grandfather, Lorenz Thomas “Marty” Martensen, Jr. – http://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Charlie’s paternal great-grandfather, Lorenz Thomas Martensen – https://www.familysearch.org
Charlie’s paternal grandmother, Bernice Helen Sommer, on the 1940 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Charlie’s mother (through her own sister, Abigail Hitchcock Carver) – http://www.ancestry.com
Birth record of Charlie’s mother – http://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Charlie’s maternal grandfather, George William Douglas Carver – http://www.nytimes.com
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