Jennifer Landon – 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards – Arrivals – Kodak Theater – Hollywood, CA – Photo Credit: Glenn Harris / PR Photos
Birth Name: Jennifer Rachel Landon
Place of Birth: Malibu, California, United States
Date of Birth: August 29, 1983
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish (paternal grandfather), Italian (great-grandfather), English, Irish, small amounts of German, Swiss-German, and Scottish
Jennifer Landon is an American actress. She is the daughter of Cindy Kim (Clerico) and actor Michael Landon (Eugene Maurice Orowitz).
Jennifer’s paternal grandfather was Eli Maurice Orowitz (the son of Moses/Moshe/Joseph Orowitz and Bessie/Pessel Rosenfeld Solositzky/Solisitsky). Moses and Bessie were Russian Jewish immigrants. Moses was the son of Mordecai Horowitz and Channah. Bessie was the daughter of Lazarus/Eliezar Solositzky/Solisitsky and Eva.
Jennifer’s paternal grandmother was Kathleen “Peggy” Ignatius O’Neill (the daughter of William Joseph O’Neill and Mary “Muddy”). William was born in Ireland. Mary was born in England, to an Irish father and a mother who was either English or Irish.
Jennifer’s maternal grandfather was Richard Clerico (the son of Albert Clerico and Screlda Jane Jolley). Albert was the son of Italian parents, Batista Giovan Clerico and Gabriella Quaranta. Screlda had English, and some German, Swiss-German, and Scottish, ancestry, and was the daughter of Alma Franklin Jolley and Eldora Hutchings.
Jennifer’s maternal grandmother was Marilyn Parleen Jones.
Sources: Genealogy of Jennifer Landon (focusing on her father’s side) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Jennifer’s father (focusing on his own father’s side) – https://www.findagrave.com/
http://www.algerclan.org/
Genealogy of Jennifer’s maternal grandfather, Richard Clerico (through his sister, Barbara Clerico Koncher) – https://www.findagrave.com/
Obituary of Jennifer’s maternal grandfather, Richard Clerico – http://www.legacy.com/
Jennifer’s paternal grandmother, Kathleen “Peggy” Ignatius O’Neill, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/
Kathleen on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/