Birth Name: Gillian MacLaren Jacobs
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Birth: October 19, 1982
Ethnicity: German, Irish, English
Gillian Jacobs is an American actress. She is the daughter of Martina (Magenau) and William Francis Jacobs.
Gillian’s paternal grandfather was William Francis Jacobs (the son of William Francis Jacobs and Elizabeth Ann Hillock). William was born in Burlington, Wisconsin, to German parents, Joseph Jacobs and Julia Kortenbusch. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Hillock, who was born in Canada, to Irish parents, and Julia Mackey, who was from Mullinakill, Ireland.
Gillian’s paternal grandmother was Mary Margaret Haskins (the daughter of Thomas Nicholas Haskins and Mary Agnes Gahan). Thomas was born in La Salle, Illinois, to Irish parents, Thomas N. Haskins and Mary White. Mary was the daughter of John Gahan, whose parents were Irish, and Winifred Hogan, who was Irish.
Gillian’s maternal grandfather was John Martin Magenau (the son of John Martin Magenau and Florence M. Koehler). John was the son of David Magenau and Bertha Reidinger, who were both of German descent. Florence was the daughter of Andrew Jackson Koehler and Ida Belle Dunlap.
Gillian’s maternal grandmother was Carol Marie Spiller (the daughter of Cornelius MacLaren Spiller and Inez Marie Daniels). Cornelius was the son of Frederick Spiller and Jennie M. Inez was the daughter of William O. Daniels and Patience Reed.
Sources: Genealogy of Gillian Jacobs (focusing on her father’s side)
Genealogy of Gillian’s great-grandfather, Thomas Nicholas Haskins
Genealogy of Gillian’s great-grandmother, Mary Agnes Gahan
Gillian’s great-grandmother, Mary Agnes Gahan, on the 1880 U.S. Census
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