Birth Name: Raymond Thomas Broussard Nicholson
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 20, 1992
Ethnicity:
*paternal grandfather – either Italian or Latvian/Ashkenazi Jewish
*Cajun/French, Irish, English, small amounts of Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, Welsh
Ray Nicholson is an American actor. He is the son of actor Jack Nicholson and actress Rebecca Broussard (Rebecca Ann Broussard).
Ray’s paternal grandfather was either Donald Furcillo or Edgar Alfred Kirschfeld/Kirschfeldt. Donald was of Italian descent. Edgar was born in Liepāja, Latvia, and was of either Ashkenazi Jewish or Latvian descent.
Ray’s paternal grandmother was June Frances Nicholson (the daughter of John Joseph Nicholson and Ethel May Rhoads). June was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. John was the son of Joseph J. Nicholson and Ella/Ellen Lynch, who was Irish. Ethel was the daughter of William Jakel Rhoads/Rhoades and Mary Alice Wilkinson.
Ray’s maternal grandfather was Jerome Thomas Broussard (the son of Jerome Anthony Broussard and Tommye Maude Griffis). Jerome was born in St. Martinville, Louisiana. Jerome was the son of Adolph Gaston Broussard and Anita Marie Millot. Tommye was the daughter of Thomas Owen Griffis and Bertha Virginia McCord.
Ray’s maternal grandmother was Rebecca Ann “Becky” Chaney (the daughter of John Edgar Chaney and Eleanor Grace Neff). Rebecca was born in Jeanerette, Louisiana. John was the son of Edgar Lincoln Chaney and Mabel Irene Ring. Eleanor was the daughter of Louis Claude Neff and Eleanor Philomine Bergeron.
Source: Genealogy of Ray Nicholson – https://gw.geneanet.org/
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