07/30/2012 – John Shiban – AMC’s “Hell on Wheels” Season 2 Premiere – Arrivals – Paley Center for Media – Beverly Hills, CA, USA – Keywords: Orientation: Portrait Face Count: 1 – False – Photo Credit: Emiley Schweich / PR Photos
Birth Name: John J. Shiban
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: February 8, 1962
Ethnicity:
*Syrian (father)
*Austrian, Danish, English, Irish (mother)
John Shiban is an American television writer, director, and producer.
John is the son of Ramona Marie (Wustner) and John Roosevelt Shiban. His father was of Syrian descent. His mother had Austrian, Danish, English, and Irish ancestry. John is married to Janet, with whom he has a son.
John’s paternal grandparents were John Shiban and Anna. John and Anna were born in Syria.
John’s maternal grandfather was Lorenz Josef Wustner (the son of Franz Josef Wustner and Sophia Dorothea Paulsen). Lorenz was born in North Dakota. Franz was born in Austria, the son of Lorenz Wustner and Rosina Mangeng. Sophia was born in Vamdrup, Denmark.
John’s maternal grandmother was named Rubie Hines/Haines Ward (who likely was the daughter of Roy Otis Ward and Katherine Delnore Madigan). Roy was born in Iowa, the son of William W. Ward and Ella Letitia Haines. Katherine was born in Canada.
Sources: Birth record of John Shiban – http://www.familysearch.org
John’s father on the 1940 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of John’s mother – http://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of John’s uncle (mother’s brother), Lorenz Franz “Larry” Wustner – http://www.findagrave.com