Birth Name: Steven John Wilkos
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 9, 1964
Ethnicity:
*50% Polish
*25% Hungarian
*12.5% Czech/Bohemian
*12.5% German
Steve Wilkos is an American an American television personality, United States Marine Corps veteran, and former law enforcement officer with the Chicago Police Department. He is the host of The Steve Wilkos Show.
Steve is the son of Jeanette A. (Pelikan), a beauty school instructor, and Stanley John Wilkos, a former police officer.
Steve’s paternal grandparents were Stanley Wilkos and Angeline/Angela Kostecki/Kostasvi. Stanley and Angeline were born in Dąbrowa Tarnowska, Poland.
Steve’s maternal grandfather was Orville James Pelikan (the son of Joseph Thomas Pelikan/Polkan/Pelkan and Anna Marie Koehler). Joseph was the son of Bohemian parents, John Pelikan and Barbara. Anna was the daughter of German parents, Joseph Koehler, from Baden-Baden, and Barbara Hammerschmitt/Hamerschmid, from Trier.
Steve’s maternal grandmother was Anna/Anne/Ann/Annie R. Evans/Evan (the son of George Ivan Evans/Evan/Eaven and Elizabeth). George and Elizabeth were born in Austria-Hungary, and appears to have been of Hungarian descent.
Sources: Obituary of Steve’s maternal grandmother, Anna/Anne/Ann/Annie R. Evans/Evan – https://www.legacy.com/
Steve’s great-great-grandparents, John Pelikan and Barbara, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK8V-98R
John and Barbara on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ7R-YC7
Steve’s great-grandparents, Joseph Thomas Pelikan/Polkan/Pelkan and Anna Marie Koehler, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKZN-BJQ
Steve’s maternal grandmother, Anna/Anne/Ann/Annie R. Evans/Evan, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX92-6XF
Anna on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS5X-26S
Steve’s great-grandparents, George Ivan Evans/Evan/Eaven and Elizabeth, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M39N-RGH
George and Elizabeth on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4MP-HS7
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