Birth Name: Francesca Ruth Eastwood
Place of Birth: Redding, California U.S.
Date of Birth: August 7, 1993
Ethnicity:
*English, with some German, Irish, Scottish, and distant Dutch (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish, Norwegian (mother)
Francesca Eastwood is an American actress, model, and television personality. She is the daughter of actor/filmmaker Clint Eastwood (Clinton Eastwood) and actress Frances Fisher (Frances Louise Fisher). She is the half-sister of Scott Eastwood, who is also an actor.
Francesca’s father has English, with some German, Irish, Scottish, and distant Dutch, ancestry. Francesca’s mother was born in New Forest, Hampshire, England, to American parents, and spent some of her teenage years in Orange, Texas. Francesca’s maternal grandfather was Jewish (of Russian Jewish and Hungarian Jewish descent). Francesca’s maternal grandmother was of Norwegian ancestry.
Francesca’s “Eastwood” line seems to trace back to Richard Eastwood, who was born, c. 1620, in England. Richard moved to Virginia, United States.
Francesca’s paternal grandfather was Clinton Eastwood (the son of Burr Eastwood and Jesse Mabel Anderson). Burr was the son of Asa Bedesco Eastwood and Emily/Emma Maraya Young. Jesse was the daughter of Matthew Anderson, who was Scottish, and of Lois Sabra Gaskill.
Francesca’s paternal grandmother was Margaret Ruth Runner (the daughter of Waldo Erroll Runner and Virginia May McClanahan). Waldo was the son of Charles Claude Runner and Sophia Aurelia Bartholomew. Virginia was the daughter of James William McClanahan and Matilda Belle Boyle; Matilda’s parents were John Pearis Boyle and Eliza D. Patterson.
Francesca’s maternal grandfather was William Irving Fisher, Sr. (the son of Louis Fisher and Fannie Miller). Louis was a Russian Jewish immigrant, the son of David Fisher and Anna. Fannie was a Hungarian Jewish immigrant. Fannie’s father was Rabbi Moshe Miller.
Francesca’s maternal grandmother was Olga Rosine Moen (the daughter of Marcus M. Moen and Rosine Caroline Preus). Marcus was Norwegian, the son of John Mortenson Moen and Pauline Olsdatter Hagerud. Rosine was born in Wisconsin, to Norwegian parents, Hans Nicolai Preus and Ludoviska Christophora Suckow.
Sources: Genealogies of Francesca Fisher – http://gw.geneanet.org
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogies of Francesca’s father – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Family history of Francesca’s father (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://www.americanancestors.org
Genealogy of Francesca’s maternal grandparents, William Irving Fisher and Olga Rosine Moen – http://www.geni.com
Francesca’s maternal grandmother, Olga Rosine Moen, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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