LOS ANGELES – FEB 8: Courtney Palm at the 2015 Society Of Camera Operators Lifetime Achievement Awards at a Paramount Theater on February 8, 2015 in Los Angeles, CA
Birth Name: Cortney Nacole Palm
Place of Birth: Castle Rock, Colorado, United States
Date of Birth: February 20, 1987
Ethnicity: English, German, Polish, Swedish, remote Dutch, French, and Jewish, possibly other
Cortney Palm is an American actress and author.
On his father’s side, Cortney seems to be a descendant of Jewish merchant Moses “Raphael” Levy, who was born, c. 1665, in Germany, and his wife, Rycha Michaels Asher de Paul, who was born, c. 1667, in New York.
Cortney’s paternal grandfather is Leo D. Palm (who likely was the son of Leo Henning Palm/Palen and Bernardine Alice Harris). Cortney’s great-grandfather Leo was born in Arkansas, the son of George Leonard “Leo” Palm, who was Swedish, and of Stella M. Combs. Bernardine was born in Ohio, the daughter of Theodore William Harris and Eunice Crown.
Cortney’s paternal grandmother is Nita Louise Poffel (the daughter of Milton Francis Poffel and Rita Mary Zinser). Nita was born in Texas. Milton was born in Maryland, the son of Frank Edward C. Poffel, whose parents were German, and of Agnes Gertrude Augustyniak/Agustiniak, whose own parents, John Augustyniak an Francziska “Frances” Dembeck/Dembek, were Polish. Rita was born in Maryland, the daughter of Frank Conrad Zinser and Angela M. Scheve, who were of German descent.
Source: Obituary of Cortney’s paternal great-grandfather, Milton Francis Poffel – https://allveterans.com/tribute/details/159336/MIlton-Poffel/obituary.html
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