Grace Van Patten – 24th Annual ELLE Women in Hollywood Awards – Arrivals – Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills, 300 S Doheny Drive – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: / PRPhotos.com
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: c. 1996/1997
Ethnicity: Italian (paternal grandmother), German, English, Dutch, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, 1/16th Danish
Grace Van Patten is an American actress.
She is the daughter of model Wendy Rossmeyer and director, producer, and actor Tim Van Patten (Timothy Van Patten). She is the half-niece of actors Dick Van Patten and Joyce Van Patten (Grace’s father is the half-brother of Dick and Joyce). Her half-cousin is actress Talia Balsam, who is the daughter of Joyce.
Grace’s father’s ancestry is Dutch, English, and German on his own father’s side and Italian on his own mother’s. Grace’s mother is of German, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Irish, English, and 1/8th Danish descent.
Grace’s paternal grandfather was Richard Byron Van Patten (the son of John Peter Van Patten and Florence Lucinda Tyler). John was the son of Byron Van Patten and Elizabeth Abigail Butler, whose mother was German. Florence was the daughter of Edwin Forest Tyler and Anna Otten.
Grace’s paternal grandmother was Eleanor Marie della Gatta (the daughter of Andrew della Gatta and Lucy J. Giamporcaro). Andrew and Lucy were Italian immigrants.
Grace’s maternal grandfather was Bruce O. Rossmeyer (the son of William H. Rossmeyer and Ella Susan Rosenvinge). William was born in New Jersey, to German parents, William R. Rossmeyer and Agathe. Ella was the daughter of Otto Johannes Peter Christian Rosenvinge, who was Danish, from Gimsing, Denmark, and Irene Adella Coyle/Coley, who was likely of Irish descent.
Grace’s maternal grandmother is Sandra “Sandy” Broadfoot (the daughter of James Kimbrough Broadfoot and Anna Quay Rowsey/Rowsay). James was the son of James Andrew Broadfoot and Minnie Epling. Anna was the daughter of Edward Smith Rowsey and Beulah May Robison.
Sources: Obituary of Grace’s great-grandmother, Anna Quay Rowsey – https://www.newspapers.com
Genealogy of Grace Van Patten – https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Grace’s father – https://gw.geneanet.org
Grace’s great-grandparents, Andrew della Gatta and Lucy J. Giamporcaro, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Grace’s great-grandfather, William H. Rossmeyer, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Grace’s great-grandmother, Ella Susan Rosenvinge, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Grace’s great-grandmother, Ella Susan Rosenvinge (through her own sister, Dorothy E. Rosenvinge; focusing on her own father’s side) – https://www.findagrave.com
Genealogy of Grace’s great-grandmother, Anna Quay Rowsey/Rowsay (through her own brother, Hubert Holms Rowsey; focusing on her own father’s side) – https://www.findagrave.com
Likely Grace’s great-great-grandmother, Irene Adella Coyle/Coley, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org