Birth Name: Brock Richard Purdy
Place of Birth: Gilbert, Arizona, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 27, 1999
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, one eighth Armenian, some Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, and Frisian, remote Dutch, French [including Huguenot], and Welsh
Brock Purdy is an American professional football player. He is the quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League (NFL). Prior to the NFL, he played for Iowa State.
Brock’s patrilineal line can be traced back to his 13th great-grandfather Nicholas Purdy, who was born, c. 1490, in Norfolk, England.
Brock’s paternal grandfather is the son of Harold Goodwin “Hal” Purdy, Sr. and Lorraine Edna Morrill. Hal was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Canadian parents from Nova Scotia, Arthur Thornington Purdy, who was from Malagash, and had Scottish and Colonial American ancestry; and of Gertrude Hodgkiss MacKinnon, who was born in New West Annan, of Scottish descent. Brock’s great-grandmother Lorraine was born in Natick, Massachusetts, the daughter of Ralph Verner Morrill, who was of Colonial American (English) ancestry; and of Annie Helen Smith, who was Canadian, from Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and was of Scottish and Colonial American descent.
Brock’s paternal grandmother is the daughter of John Arthur Cannon and Carrie Lucille Cabe. John was an ethnic Armenian emigrant, from Sivas, Sivas, Turkey, and was the son of Arthur Malcolm Cannon and Alma Toofangian. Arthur and Elma were refugees from the Armenian genocide. Brock’s great-grandmother Lucille was born in Jackson County, North Carolina, and had deep American roots. She was the daughter of Joseph Dill “Fidelia” Cabe, who was from Macon County, and of Martha Cordelia Frizzell, who was from Sylva.
Brock’s maternal grandfather is the son of William Harrison “Bill” Hansen and Betty Jean Lemons. Bill was born in Everest, Kansas, the son of Charles Augustus Hansen, Jr., whose father was from Nysted, Denmark, and whose mother had deep American roots; and of Beda Johnson/Jonsson, who was a Swedish emigrant, born in Löten, Uppsala. Brock’s great-grandmother Betty was born in Anaheim, California, the daughter of Marvin Olan Lemmons and Margaret May Maxey, who were from Roff, Oklahoma. She was of Colonial American ancestry.
Brock’s maternal grandmother is the daughter of Vernon Otto “Barney” Michaelsen and Emma Jean “Jean” Jurgensen. Vernon was born in Holstein, Iowa, the son of Otto Albert Michaelsen, whose parents were German, from Schleswig-Holstein, and had German and Danish ancestry; and of Anna M. “Annie” Roarson, whose parents were Norwegian, with roots in Hordaland. Brock’s great-grandmother Jean was born in Cushing, Iowa, the daughter of Ernest Jurgen Jurgensen, who was born in Holsten, to German parents, of Danish, Frisian, and German ancestry; and of Florence Ethel Olson, who was from Battle Township, IA, and was the daughter of a Norwegian emigrant father, from Ulnes, Oppland and of a mother with deep American roots.
Brock’s matrilineal line can be traced back to his fifth great-grandmother Mary Jane Chesley, who was born, c. 1806, in Strafford, New Hampshire.
Sources: Genealogy of Brock’s paternal grandfather – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Brock’s paternal grandmother – https://www.wikitree.com
Genealogy of Brock’s maternal grandfather – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Brock’s maternal great-grandfather, John Arthur Cannon – https://www.findagrave.com
Genealogy of Brock’s maternal great-grandmother, Carrie Lucille Cabe – https://www.findagrave.com
Genealogy of Brock’s maternal great-grandfather, Vernon Otto “Barney” Michaelsen – https://www.familysearch.org
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