Birth name: Cassandra Gay Peterson
Date of birth: September 17, 1951
Place of birth: Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.
Ethnicity: German (around a half), Swedish (37.5%), smaller degrees of English, Polish and Scot-Iirsh.
Cassandra Peterson is an American actress, writer and singer, best known for her portrayal of the horror hostess character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. She is the daughter of Dale Warren August Peterson and Phyllis Arlene Schmidt.
Cassandra’s paternal grandfather was August Robert Peterson (the son of August Frederick Peterson/Carlsson and Bettie Ostrand). August Robert was born in Kansas. August Frederick was a Swedish immigrant, the son of Carl Persson and Brita Lisken Jaensdotter. Bettie was a Swedish immigrant.
Cassandra’s paternal grandmother was Ivah Amanda Singer (the daughter of John Martin Singer and Anna L. Held). Ivah was born in Randolph, Kansas. John was the son of Franz B. Singer and Victoria Eva Stoehr, both German immigrants from Württemberg. Anna was the daughter of Jacob Gaboren Held, a German immigrant from Bavaria, and Amanda Jane Reddick, who was approximately of 75% German and 25% Scot-Irish ancestry, with some distant English.
Cassandra’s maternal grandfather was Herbert Arthur Schmidt (the son of John Schmidt and Catherine Trudnowski). Herbert was born in Nebraska. John was German, the son Phillip Schmidt and Elizabetha Flieshouer. Catherine was born in Germany, the daughter of Anton Trudnowski and Mary Schultz, both born in Germany. Catherine obviously had some degree of Polish ancestry.
Cassandra’s maternal grandmother was Ethel Augusta Dooley (the daughter of Jacob Dooley and Hannah Christine Danielson). Ethel was born in Ceresco, Nebraska. Jacob was the son of Jacob Dooley, whose own mother was of German descent, and Margaret Wakefield who was of British descent. Hannah was a Swedish immigrant, the daughter of Johannes Gustave Danielson and Christina Andersdotter.
Sources: Family tree of Cassandra Peterson — https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscapSJMe/GD5X-
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