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William F. Buckley, Jr.

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Birth Name: William Frank Buckley, Jr.

Date of Birth: November 24, 1925

Place of Birth: New York City, New York

Date of Death: February 27, 2008

Place of Death: Stamford, Connecticut

Ethnicity:
*Irish (father)
*Swiss-German, German, Irish (mother)

William F. Buckley, Jr. was an American author, political commentator, and television personality. He was a political conservative.

He was the son of Aloise Josephine Antonia (Steiner) and William Frank Buckley, Sr.

His father was of Irish descent. His mother was of Swiss-German, German, and Irish descent.

William’s paternal grandparents were John C. Buckley (the son of John Buckley and Ellen Doran) and Mary Ann Langford (the daughter of Charles Langford and Hannah Lane). William’s grandparents John and Mary were both born in Canada, both of them to Irish parents.

William’s maternal grandparents were Louis Aloysius Steiner (the son of Josef Alois Christian Steiner and Barbara Rohrbacher) and Marie Louise Wassem (the daughter of George Henry Wassem and Mary Ann Lee). Josef was Swiss. George was German, from Prussia. Mary Ann’s parents were Irish.

Source: Genealogy of William F. Buckley, Jr. – http://www.wargs.com

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