Birth Name: Christopher Charles Geppert
Place of Birth: San Antonio, Texas, United States
Date of Birth: May 3, 1951
Ethnicity:
*German, Irish, possibly other (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)
Christopher Cross is an American singer-songwriter. He is the son of Leo Joseph Geppert and Edith Ann Guderman. Leo was born in South Dakota. Edith was a German Jewish immigrant.
Christopher’s paternal grandparents were Charles Henry Geppert (the son of Adolph Albert Geppert and Emma Feist) and Mathilda O’Connor (the daughter of Thomas O’Connor). Adolph and Emma were German immigrants from Baden. Thomas was an Irish immigrant. Mathilda’s mother was born in Iowa.
Christopher’s maternal grandparents were Samuel Guderman (the son of Rubin Guderman) and Martha Kassung (the daughter of Joseph Kassung). Samuel was a Polish Jewish immigrant from Warsaw. Martha was a German Jewish immigrant.
Sources: Christopher’s birth record – https://familysearch.org
Christopher’s parents’ marriage record – https://familysearch.org
Christopher’s father on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Christopher’s paternal grandmother, Mathilda O’Connor, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Christopher’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Death record of Christopher’s maternal grandfather, Samuel Guderman – https://familysearch.org
Death record of Christopher’s maternal grandmother, Martha Kassung – https://familysearch.org
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