Birth Name: Eric Emerson Schmidt
Place of Birth: Falls Church, Virginia, United States
Date of Birth: April 27, 1955
Ethnicity: Cornish, English, German, Irish, Scottish, Swiss-German, Welsh
Eric Schmidt is an American software engineer and businessperson. He is the executive chairman of Alphabet Inc (formerly named Google). He is the son of Eleanor Butt (Parker) and Wilson Emerson Schmidt. He is married to Wendy Susan Boyle.
Eric’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his third great-grandfather, Justus Schmidt.
Eric’s paternal grandfather was Emerson Peter Schmidt (the son of John D. Schmidt and Barbara Wilhelm). Emerson was born in Tavistock (present-day East Zorra-Tavistock), Ontario, Canada. John was the son of German immigrants, Heinrich “Henry” Schmidt, of Hesse, and Maria Diebel, of Niederaula, Hesse. Barbara was the daughter of German immigrants Johann Peter Wilhelm and Anna Barbara Wittig.
Eric’s paternal grandmother was Gertrude Grace Willson (the daughter of John Wesley Wilson and Weltha Josephine Wilson). John was born in Drumbo, Blandford-Blenheim, Ontario, to Obediah “Obed” Wilson and Rachel Elizabeth Lawreson. Weltha was born in Waterford, Ontario, to David Lloyd Wilson and Weltha Gertrude Rounds.
Eric’s maternal grandfather was James Fletcher Parker, Jr. (the son of James Fletcher Parker, Sr. and Elizabeth Eleanor Cromartie). Eric’s great-grandfather James was the son of William James Parker and Amanda Jane Cromartie. Eric’s great-grandmother Elizabeth was the daughter of Patrick Lafayette Cromartie and Eleanor Juliette Faison.
Eric’s maternal grandmother was Hartley Adelia Butt (the son of Virgil Roscoe Butt and Dollie Electra Brown). Virgil was the son of John Butt and Sarah Hartley Gordon. Beatrice was the daughter of John Seawell Brown and Rebecca Burnett.
Eric’s matrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his sixth great-grandmother, Mary Ann.
Sources: Eric’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Eric’s paternal grandfather, Emerson Peter Schmidt – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Eric’s paternal great-grandparents, John D. Schmidt and Barbara Wilhelm – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Eric’s paternal great-grandparents, John Wesley Willson and Weltha Josephine Wilson – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Eric’s mother – http://www.genealogy.com
Death record of Eric’s maternal great-grandfather, James Fletcher Parker, Sr. – https://familysearch.org
Death record of Eric’s maternal great-grandmother, Elizabeth Eleanor Cromartie – https://familysearch.org