Birth name: Cheryl Rae Tiegs
Date of birth: September 25, 1947
Place of birth: Breckenridge, Minnesota, U.S.
Ethnicity: German
Cheryl Tiegs is an American model and fashion designer, sometimes described as the “first American supermodel”. Her parents, Theodore Albert Tiegs and Phyllis June Kramer, were of German descent.
Cheryl’s paternal grandfather was Theodore Otto Tiegs (the son of Frank Tiegs Sr. and Anna Hohenstern). Theodore was born in Hankinson, North Dakota. Frank was the son of Hermann Tiegs Sr. and Johanna Buss, both German immigrants from Pomerania. Anna was a German immigrant from Pomerania, the daughter of Friedrich Carl Hohenstern and Emilie Braun.
Cheryl’s paternal grandmother was Emma Augusta Westphal (the daughter of Wilhelm Fredrich Ludwig Max Westphal and Mathilda F. Fiebelcorn). Emma was born in Brightwood, North Dakota. Wilhelm was a German immigrant from New Leipzig, the son of Fredrich August Westphal and Augusta Goonake. Mathilda was German too, from Dombrava, the daughter of Karl Heinrich Theodore Fiebelcorn and Ernestine Berg.
Cheryl’s maternal grandfather was Arthur Laurence Kramer (the son of Albert Lorenz Kramer and Anna Wolf). Arthur was born in Renville, Minnesota. Arthur was a German immigrant, the son of Hendrick W. Kramer and Johanna Wilhelmina Studelberg. Anna was born in Iowa, the daughter of parents from Germany.
Cheryl’s maternal grandmother was Antonia Alwina Amanda Burenhoff (the daughter of Franz Gottlieb August Butenhoff and Wilhelmine Koeppe). Antonia was born in Renville, Minnesota. Franz was a German immigrant from Gandelin, Pomerania, the son of August Ferdinand Butenhoff and Johanna Marth. Wilhelmine was the daughter of German immigrants, Ernest Koeppe and Henrietta M. Wilke.
Sources: Family tree of Cheryl Tiegs — https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8J2-8YZ
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