Birth Name: Jeffry Lane Flake
Place of Birth: Snowflake, Arizona
Date of Birth: December 31, 1962
Ethnicity: Swedish (paternal grandmother), English, distant German
Jeff Flake is an American politician. A Republican, he has served as a U.S. Senator from Arizona, since 2013.
Jeff’s paternal grandparents were Virgil Maeser Flake (the son of James Madison Flake and Martha Amelia Smith) and Gerda Hendrickson (the daughter of Lars Wilhelm Hendrickson and Gerda Alma Reinholdson). Lars was born in Södermanlands län, Sweden. Gerda Reinholdson was also Swedish.
Jeff’s maternal grandparents were Leon Almond Hock (the son of Alma Theodore Hock and Cecille Helen Dawson) and Wilma Packer (the daughter of Joseph Alma Packer and Blanche Standing).
Sources: Genealogy of Jeff Flake – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Jeff Flake (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com
Genealogies of Jeff’s paternal grandparents, Virgil Maeser Flake and Gerda Hendrickson – http://www.findagrave.com
Genealogies of Jeff’s maternal grandparents, Leon Almond Hock and Wilma Packer – http://www.ancestry.com