Birth Name: David Packard Corenswet
Date of Birth: c. 1993
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*English, some Irish (mother)
David Corenswet is an American actor. He is known for co-starring on the show The Politician.
David’s father, John Corenswet, had been a stage actor. He was from a Jewish family from New Orleans, Louisiana, with roots there stretching back to the 1860s. David tagged a Christmas picture of himself and his sister, “jewsonchristmas.”
David’s mother, who has ancestry in New York, Kentucky, and Nova Scotia, is the daughter of Edward Packard, who came up with the Choose Your Own Adventure idea.
David’s paternal grandfather was Sam J. Corenswet, Jr. (the son of Samuel/Sam Corenswet and Hilda Seelig). David’s grandfather Sam was born in Louisiana. David’s great-grandfather Sam was a Russian Jewish immigrant, and was the son of Solomon Corenswet and Rosa Rabinowitz. Hilda was born in Louisiana, the daughter of Philipp Wolf Seelig, a German Jewish immigrant, and of Dora Bertha Lazarus, who was born in Louisiana, to German Jewish parents.
David’s paternal grandmother was Ann/Anne R. Schornstein (the daughter of Richard Schornstein and Sarah Cecile Alcus). Ann was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Richard was born in Texas, the son of Simel/Samuel Schornstein, who was a Jewish emigrant, from Welitchka, Austria, and of Emma Bonart, who was born in New York, to Jewish emigrant parents, her father from Krakow, Poland, and her mother from Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Sarah was born in Louisiana, the daughter of Samuel/Sam T. Alcus, who was born in Louisiana, to German Jewish parents, and of Felicie/Felicia/Falicia Levy, who was born in Louisiana, to a German Jewish father and a French Jewish mother.
David’s maternal grandfather is author, lawyer, essayist, and poet Edward Packard (Edward Burtt Packard, Jr., the son of Edward Burtt Packard and Charlotte Eden/Stenson Burne). David’s grandfather Edward was born in New York, and created the concept for the Choose Your Own Adventure books. David’s great-grandfather Edward was born in Roslindale, Massachusetts, the son of Edward Henry Packard and Lillian Edna Burtt, who was born in Nova Scotia, Canada. Charlotte was the daughter of Richard Cotton Walker Burne, who was born in Dublin, Ireland; and of Charlotte/Lottie Anna Stinson.
David’s maternal grandmother was Rosa Barret Covington (the daughter of Robert Wells Covington and Rosa Robinson Barret). David’s grandmother Rosa was born in New York, to parents from Kentucky. Robert was the son of Robert Wells Covington and Mary Wickliffe Cooper. David’s great-grandmother Rosa was the daughter of Mason Wilson Brown Barret and Rosa Johnston Robinson.
Sources: Genealogy of David Corenswet (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Marriage record of David’s paternal grandparents, Sam J. Corenswet, Jr. and Ann/Anne R. Schornstein – https://www.familysearch.org
David’s paternal grandfather, Sam J. Corenswet, Jr., on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage records of David’s paternal great-grandparents, Samuel/Sam Corenswet and Hilda Seelig – https://www.familysearch.org
https://www.familysearch.org
David’s paternal great-grandmother, Hilda Seelig, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of David’s father (focusing on his own mother’s side) – https://www.ics.uci.edu
Marriage record of David’s paternal great-grandparents, Richard Schornstein and Sarah Cecile Alcus – https://www.familysearch.org
David’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Samuel/Sam T. Alcus and Felicie/Felicia/Falicia Levy, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of David’s maternal great-grandparents, Edward Burtt Packard and Charlotte Eden/Stenson Burne – https://www.familysearch.org
David’s maternal great-grandparents, Edward Burtt Packard and Charlotte Eden/Stenson Burne, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth records of David’s maternal great-grandmother, Charlotte Stenson Burne – https://www.familysearch.org
https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage records of David’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Richard Cotton Walker Burne and Charlotte/Lottie Anna Stinson – https://www.familysearch.org
https://www.familysearch.org
https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of David’s maternal grandmother, Rosa Barret (Covington) Packard – https://www.cpti.ws