Pete Ploszek – “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – Regency Village Theatre – Westwood, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Kazuki Hirata / HollywoodNewsWire.net / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Peter D. Ploszek
Place of Birth: Hinsdale, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 20, 1987
Ethnicity:
*Polish (paternal grandfather)
*Croatian (paternal grandmother)
*Slovak, Hungarian, German, Irish, English (mother)
Pete Ploszek is an American actor.
Pete is the son of Karen (Sofranko) and Michael “Mike” Ploszek.
Pete’s paternal grandfather was Charles Frances Ploszek, Jr. (the son of Charles Frances Ploszek, Sr. and Genevieve Pankiewicz/Pankerwicz). Charles, Sr. was born in Illinois, to parents from Poland, Joseph Ploszek and Veronica Hoppe. Genevieve was also born in Illinois, to parents from Poland, Frank Pankiewicz and Magdalene Czubak.
Pete’s paternal grandmother was Rose Matias/Matijas (the daughter of Michael “Mike” Matijas and Maria/Mary Biocic/Brocia). Rose was born in Illinois, to parents from Yugoslavia, likely of Croatian descent.
Pete’s maternal grandfather was Eugene Michael “Gene” Sofranko (the son of John E. Sofranko and Elizabeth M. Kish). John was born in Pennsylvania, the son of John Sofranko and Katherine/Katarina Gretchko, who were from Spisská Nová Ves, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia). Elizabeth was born in Pennsylvania, the daughter of parents from Hungary, Steven “Steve” Kish and Theresa Goulish/Gulish.
Pete’s maternal grandmother was Betty Jane Kosman (the daughter of Anthony “Tony” Kosman and Helen B. Weck). Anthony was born in Ohio, to parents from Hungary, John Kosman and Marie. Helen was also born in Ohio, the daughter of William Weck, whose own parents were German, and of Mary Marshall Disley, whose own mother, Bridget Marshall Ryan, was Irish.
Sources: Birth record of Pete’s paternal grandfather, Charles Frances Ploszek, Jr. – http://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Pete’s paternal grandfather, Charles Frances Ploszek, Jr. – http://www.legacy.com
Birth record of Pete’s paternal great-grandfather, Charles Frances Ploszek, Sr. – http://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Pete’s paternal great-grandmother, Genevieve Pankiewicz/Pankerwicz – http://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Pete’s paternal grandmother, Rose Matias/Matijas – http://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Pete’s paternal grandmother, Rose (Matias/Matijas) Ploszek – http://www.legacy.com
Marriage record of Pete’s maternal grandparents, Eugene Michael “Gene” Sofranko and Betty Jane Kosman – http://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Pete’s maternal grandfather, Eugene Michael “Gene” Sofranko – http://www.loraincounty.com
Obituary of Pete’s maternal great-grandmother’s brother, Stephen J. Kish – http://www.morningjournal.com
Pete’s maternal great-grandfather, Anthony Kosman, on the 1920 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org