TR Knight – 2017 Tribeca Film Festival – National Geographic’s “Genius” TV Series New York City Premiere – Arrivals – Tribeca Performing Arts Center/BMCC – New York City, NY, USA – Photo Credit: Laurence Agron / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Theodore Raymond Knight
Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
Date of Birth: March 26, 1973
Ethnicity: German, French, English
T. R. Knight is an American actor.
T. R. is the son of Shirley Rose (Logelin) and Wayne Raymond Knight. His mother has German and French ancestry. T. R. is married to ballet dancer and writer Patrick B. Leahy.
T. R.’s maternal grandfather was Herbert Edmund Logelin (the son of Frank Felix Logelin and Rosa Segner). Frank was the son of a French father from Hannonville-sous-les-Côtes, Nicholas Felix Logelin, and a German mother from Kulshiem, Maria Constantina Blatz. Rosa was born in Germany.
T. R.’s maternal grandmother was Malinda/Melinda D. Dressel (the daughter of August A. Dressel and Louise Lohrke). August was the son of German parents from Saxony, Peter Dressel and Margret/Margretta Schouse. Louise was the daughter of German parents from Pomerania, Carl Lohrke and Florentine/Florentin Schultz.
Sources: Birth record of T. R. Knight – http://www.familysearch.org
Divorce record of T. R.’s parents – http://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of T. R.’s mother – http://www.familysearch.org