Birth Name: Maria Elizabeth Bamford
Place of Birth: Port Hueneme, California, United States
Date of Birth: September 3, 1970
Ethnicity: English, French, Norwegian, possibly German
Maria Bamford is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and voice actress. Maria is the daughter of Marilyn (Halverson) and Joel Bamford. She has English, French, and Norwegian ancestry, and has mentioned being of “Germanic” ancestry.
Maria’s maternal grandparents are H. L. Halverson and Mary Louise Leavitt (the daughter of Roger Leavitt and Catherine S. Townsend). Roger was the son of John Hooker Leavitt and Caroline Clark Ware.
Sources: Genealogy of Maria’s mother (focusing on her own mother’s side) – http://www.leavittfamilies.org
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