Birth Name: Neil McGill Gorsuch
Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 29, 1967
Ethnicity: English, German, Irish
Neil Gorsuch is an American judge. He has been a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, since August 8, 2006. He has been nominated to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
His father, David Gorsuch, is a lawyer with Gorsuch & Kirgis. His mother, Anne Gorsuch Burford (born Anne Irene McGill), was an attorney and politician, who was the administrator of the EPA from 1981 to 1983.
The surname “Gorsuch” is English.
Neil’s paternal grandfather was John Gorsuch (the son of John Crittenden Gorsuch and Nancy Johnson). Neil’s great-grandfather John was the son of John Benjamin Gorsuch and Mary E. Elliott.
Neil’s paternal grandmother was Freda Henrietta Munz (the daughter of Alexander Munz and Caroline/Carrie F. Wolf). Freda was born in Colorado. Alexander was German. Caroline/Carrie was born in Indiana, to German parents.
Neil’s maternal grandparents were Joseph John McGill and Dorothy Jean O’Grady.
Sources: Biography of Neil’s paternal grandfather, John Gorsuch – http://www.cba.cobar.org
Neil’s paternal great-grandparents, Alexander Munz and Caroline/Carrie F. Wolf, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org