Birth Name: Lewis James Pullman
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: January 29, 1993
Ethnicity:
*25% British Isles [English, Scottish, Northern Irish]
*25% Dutch
*25% Ashkenazi Jewish
*25% Norwegian
Lewis Pullman is an American actor. He is the son of actor Bill Pullman and modern dancer and artist Tamara Hurwitz.
Lewis’s paternal grandfather was James Pullman (the son of James Pullman and Mabel Ross Brazier). Lewis’s grandfather James was born in New York. Lewis’s great-grandfather James was the son of The Rev. Joseph Pullman, who was a Protestant minister, from Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland, and of Mary Elizabeth Cooke, who was English. Mabel was from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and was the daughter of Henry Brazier and Elizabeth/Eliza McCallum.
Lewis’s paternal grandmother was Johanna Blaas (the daughter of Albertas Gysbertus Blaas and Helena Rookus). Johanna was born in New York, to Dutch parents. Albertas was the son of Hendrikus Blaas and Johanna Maria Bernardina van Wijk. Helena was the daughter of Johan Rookus and Carolina/Caroline/Cornelia Henrietta Beeke.
Lewis’s maternal grandfather was Albert “Al” Hurwitz (the son of Benjamin/Boris Hurwitz and Rachel/Ray Pushkin). Albert was born in Maryland, to Jewish immigrants. Benjamin was born in Usviaty, Vitebsk reg, Russia, the son of Shmuel Gurevich and Dina Zak, from Krustpils, Latvia. Rachel was born in Viciebsk, Vitebsk province, Belarus.
Lewis’s maternal grandmother was Helen Olga Trilhus (the daughter of Miller A. Trilhus and Hannah E. Windloss). Helen was born in Iowa. Her immigrant grandfather homesteaded in exchange for service in the Civil War. Miller was born in Iowa, to Norwegian parents. Hannah was born in North Dakota, also to Norwegian parents, Osmund H. Windlos/Windloss and Anne Margarette Eriksdatter Bjerke, who was from Røsaasen, Hurdal, Akershus.
Sources: Genealogy of Lewis Pullman – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Lewis’s father – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Marriage record of Lewis’s paternal great-grandparents, James Pullman and Mabel Ross Brazier – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Lewis’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Johanna Maria Bernardina van Wijk – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Lewis’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Johan Rookus – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Lewis Pullman (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Lewis’s maternal grandmother, Helen Olga Trilhus, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org