Birth name: Henry Herman McKinnies Jr.
Date of birth: November 25, 1926
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Date of death: May 27, 1969
Place of death: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Ethnicity: English, about one eighth German, smaller amounts of Scottish, Welsh and Irish, remote Patawomek Native American
Jeffrey Hunter was a well-known American film and television actor and producer. He was the son of Henry Herman McKinnies Sr. and Edith Lois Burgess.
Except for his maternal grandfather, George Henry Burgess, and his maternal great-grandmother, Emma Mollenkott, most of Jeffrey lines go deep in America. Through his ancestor, Elizabeth Bryant (1684-1757), Jeffrey is a descendant of Chief Wahanganoche and his family.
Jeffrey’s paternal grandfather was William Daniel McKinnis (the son of Willis McKinnis and Dicey Jane Gwaltney). William was born in Indiana, U.S. Willis was the son of James McKinnis, the son of a Scotsman from Edimburgh and a women from North Carolina, and Jane Elkins.
Jeffrey’s paternal grandmother was Ora Ethel Bradbury (the daughter of Charles H. Bradbury and Marion Emeline Taylor). Ora was born in Williamson, Illinois. Charles and Marion were also from Illinois.
Jeffrey’s maternal grandfather was George Henry Burgess (the son of William Burgess and Elizabeth Taylor). William and Elizabeth were both English immigrants. William was from Morley, Cheshire, the son of John Burgess, and Elizabeth was from Bradwell, Derbyshire, the daughter of John Taylor.
Jeffrey’s maternal grandmother was Anna Hedwig Barnes (the daughter of William Taylor Barnes and Emma Johanne Florentine Mollenkott). Anna was from St. Louis, Missouri. William was the son of Nathan Barnes and Tremendia Garnett, both from Alabama. Emma was a German immigrant from Lippstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia, the daughter of Johann Melchior Mollenkott and Sophie Margaretha Eleonore Lange.
Sources: Family tree of Jeffrey Hunter — https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/21TW-MVM
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