Birth Name: Gregory David Kriesel
Place of Birth: Glendale, California, United States
Date of Birth: January 20, 1965
Ethnicity:
*German, Irish, English, Dutch (father)
*French-Canadian (mother)
Greg K. is an American musician and songwriter. He is the bass guitarist and backing vocalist of the punk rock band The Offspring.
Greg is the son of Donna Ann Marie (Lapointe) and David Eric Kriesel. His mother is of French-Canadian descent. His father has German, Irish, English, and Dutch, ancestry.
Greg’s paternal grandfather was Bernard Albert Kriesel (the son of Albert Bernard Kriesel and Helen McCarthy). Albert was born in New York, to German parents, John Kriesel and Albertina Tetzlaff. Helen, and her parents, were born in New York, presumably of Irish ancestry.
Greg’s paternal grandmother was Leona Madeline Miner (the daughter of Leon D. Miner and Laura Madeline Braisted). Leon was the son of Brownell “Brownie” W. Miner and Mary A. Vrooman/Vroman. Madeline was the daughter of George Washington Braisted and Mary Ann Summers, whose parents were Irish.
Greg’s maternal grandparents were Donald George Lapointe (the son of Wilfred Israel Lapointe and Mary Palmire Perreault) and Cecile Marie Begin (the daughter of Odias Begin and Lauza Jacques). Wilfred and Mary were Canadian. Odias was also Canadian. Lauza was born in Maine, to Canadian parents.
Sources: Marriage record of Greg’s parents – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFBT-214
Marriage record of Greg’s paternal grandparents – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KN3X-55M
Greg’s paternal grandfather, Bernard Albert Kriesel on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV97-LRK
Greg’s great-grandfather, Albert Bernard Kriesel, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS2R-8S7
Greg’s great-grandmother, Laura Madeline Braisted, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSK6-YZZ
Laura Madeline Braisted on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5SJ-Y85
Greg’s maternal grandfather, Donald George Lapointe, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMZQ-63L
Greg’s maternal grandmother, Cecile Marie Begin, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYHZ-MKR
Greg’s great-grandmother, Lauza Jacques, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMLH-KSZ
Genealogies of Greg’s great-grandfather, Leon D. Miner – http://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/leon-miner_141002259
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
Genealogy of Greg’s great-grandmother, Laura Madeline Braisted – http://www.findagrave.com/