Jennifer Wayne – 51st Academy of Country Music Awards – Arrivals – MGM Grand Garden Arena Arena – Las Vegas, NV, USA – Photo Credit: PRN / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Jennifer Anne Kuhle
Place of Birth: Orange, California, United States
Date of Birth: April 1, 1982
Ethnicity: Peruvian (maternal grandmother), German, Irish, Swedish, English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, 1/32 Swiss
Jennifer Wayne is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She is the daughter of Aissa Wayne and Earl Lawrence Kuhle II.
Jennifer’s father was of German, one quarter Irish, one quarter Swedish, and one sixteenth Swiss, descent. Her mother was of English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and Irish ancestry on one side, and Peruvian on the other.
Jennifer’s paternal grandfather was Earl Lawrence Kuhle (the son of August/Augustus Henry Kuhle and Elizabeth Rosella Lacy). August was the son of German parents, Ferdinand Herman Kuhle and Christiana Jane Keister, who was possibly born in Czechoslovakia. Elizabeth was the daughter of Irish parents, John Lacy and Margaret Ryan.
Jennifer’s paternal grandmother was June Audrey Bilgere (the daughter of Charles Clarence Bilgere and Agnes Wilhelmine Johanson). Charles was the son of Michael John Bilgere/Bilgeri, who was born in Illinois, to a Swiss father and a German mother, and Susan C. Schlader, who was born in Alsace, France, of ethnic German descent. Agnes was born in Wisconsin, to Swedish parents, Alfred Johanson and Wilhelmine Erickson.
Jennifer’s maternal grandfather was actor, director, and producer John Wayne (the son of Clyde Leonard Morrison and Mary Alberta Brown). John was born in Iowa. Clyde was the son of Marion Mitchell Morrison and Wealtha Chase Parsons, and had English and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish ancestry. Mary was the daughter of Robert Emmet Brown, who had Scots-Irish/Northern Irish ancestry, and Margaret Cullenan or Kennedy, who was Irish.
Jennifer’s maternal grandmother was actress Pilar Pallete (the daughter of Miguel Arturo Pallete and Carmela). Pilar was born in Paita, Peru.
Sources: Genealogy of Jennifer’s father, Earl Lawrence Kuhle II (through his brother, Michael Alfred Kuhle) – https://www.findagrave.com
Jennifer’s paternal grandfather, Earl Lawrence Kuhle, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Earl on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Jennifer’s paternal grandmother, June Audrey Bilgere, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Jennifer’s great-grandfather, Charles Clarence Bilgere, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Charles on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org