Birth Name: Alexander Jerome Gould
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California
Date of Birth: May 4, 1994
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Alexander Gould is an American actor. He is a practicing Conservative Jew.
Alexander’s paternal grandparents are Harold I. Gould (born Harold I. Evans, the son of Gene D. Evans and Beatrice Cecile Altman) and Elizabeth Goldberg (the daughter of Louis Goldberg and Helen Schorr). Alexander’s grandfather Harold’s surname was changed from “Evans” to “Gould”, the surname of his own stepfather, Erwin Gould. Alexander’s great-grandfather Gene Evans was either born in New York, to parents from Russia, or was born in Russia himself, as well. Beatrice was born in New York, to parents from Poland. Louis was born in London, England, and Helen was born in New York, both to families from Eastern Europe.
Alexander’s maternal grandparents are Stanford Ivan Zisser (the son of Lesser Jerome Zisser and Dorothy Bloom) and Miriam Berna Ginsburg (the daughter of Alexander Kipsan Ginsburg and Bertha Blackman). Lesser was born in Pennsylvania, to a father who was born in Russia, and to a mother who was born in New York, to parents from Russia. Dorothy was born in Poland. Alexander’s great-grandfather Alexander Ginsburg was born in Oregon, to parents from Romania. Alexander’s matrilineal great-grandmother Bertha Blackman was born in Oregon, to parents from Russia, Abe Blackman and Rebecca Broffman.
Sources: Genealogy of Alexander Gould (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.geni.com
Alexander’s paternal grandfather, Harold I. Evans (later Harold I. Gould), on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Harold I. Evans (Harold I. Gould) on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Alexander’s paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Goldberg, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Alexander’s maternal great-grandfather, Lesser Jerome Zisser, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Alexander’s maternal great-grandfather, Alexander Kipsan Ginsburg, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Alexander’s maternal great-grandmother, Bertha Blackman, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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