Birth Name: Kirk Daniel Cousins
Place of Birth: Barrington, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 19, 1988
Ethnicity: German, English, Irish, Scotch-Irish/Northern Irish
Kirk Cousins is an American professional football player. A quarterback in the National Football League (NFL), he plays for the Minnesota Vikings.
Kirk is the son of Mary Ann and Donald Cousins.
Kirk’s paternal grandfather was Donald Jack Cousins (the son of Edward Jack Cousins and Gertrude Alma Abraham). Edward was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of an Irish father named John McLennon Cousins and a German mother named Anna Marie Mary Schwerin. Gertrude was born in Illinois, the daughter of German parents Charles Abraham and Bertha Chertin.
Kirk’s paternal grandmother was Emma Jean Kirkwood (the daughter of William Scotty Kirkwood and Mary Jane Hamilton). William was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to William Kirkwood and Ellen Millikin. Mary was born in Belfast, the daughter of William Henry Hamilton and Emma Whittle.
Kirk’s maternal grandfather was Ralph Earl Woodward (the son of Ernest G. Woodward and Josephine Fank). Ernest was born in Iowa, the son of George William Woodward and Minnie Alma Gentz. Josephine was born in Iowa, the daughter of John Fank and Lula Mae Brown.
Kirk’s maternal grandmother was Martha Jo Pray (the daughter of Thomas Carl William Pray and Velma Mae Keith). Thomas was born in Iowa, the son of Louis Clark Pray and Margaret McMahon. Velma was born in Iowa, the daughter of Manly Vernon Keith and Carrie Mabel Fuller.
Sources: https://heavy.com/
Genealogies of Kirk’s maternal grandparents, Ralph Earl Woodward and Martha Jo (Pray) Woodward – https://www.findagrave.com
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