Birth Name: Alexander Robert Hirsch
Place of Birth: Piedmont, California, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 18, 1985
Ethnicity:
*father – Ashkenazi Jewish
*mother – English, German, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, Jersey Channel Islander
Alex Hirsch is an American animator, writer and voice actor. He is best known for creating the animated series Gravity Falls.
Alex’s paternal grandfather was Stanley Hirsch, the son of Abraham/Abe Hirsch and Mary/Marl Liptitz. Stanley was born in Los Angeles, California. Abraham was born in New Jersey. Mary was born in Russia.
Alex’s paternal grandmother was Marilyn Evendorff, the daughter of Charles Evendorff and Dora Kahn. Marilyn was born in New York, to Jewish parents from Russia/Poland. Charles was born in Suwalk, the son of Jacob Evendorff and Mary Lewitt. Dora was born in Russia, the daughter of Henry Kahn and Clara Getz.
Alex’s maternal grandfather was Robert John Weston, the son of Joseph Fegan Weston and Carol Caskey. Robert was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Joseph was born in Clinton, Iowa, the son of Eugene Weston and Margaret Hannah Fegan. Carol was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of Robert John Caskey, whose parents were from Northern Ireland and Scotland, and Helen Sophia Wishard.
Alex’s maternal grandmother was Faith Schroeder/Geer, the daughter of Martin Ernest Schroeder and Mildred Estelle Vroom. Faith was born in Holland, New York. Martin was born in Boston, New York, to a German father, Wilhelm Ludwig Joachim Christopher Schroeder, from Warin, Mecklenburg, and Anna Mary Schroeder, whose parents were also German. Mildred was born in Marilla, New York, the daughter of Letson William Vroom and Julia J Geer.
Sources:
Genealogy of Alex Hirsch (focusing on his own mother’s side) https://www.geni.com/people/Alexander-Hirsch/6000000074185439847
Genealogy of Alex’s maternal grandparents https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/KHFL-3Y1
Alex’s paternal grandparents’s divorce registration https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPR6-3FS
Death registration of Alex’s paternal grandfather Stanley https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KML-NTXC
Alex’s paternal grandmother Marilyn on the 1930 Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4V4-CJ9
Charles Evendorff’s naturalization record https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7S9P-KPPZ
Alex’s great-grandparents on the 1940 Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K75L-VGQ
Marriage registration of Charles Evendorff and Dora Kahn https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2C2-6QZJ
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