Josh Pence

Pence – 22nd Annual Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation’s “Taste for a Cure” Fundraiser Honoring Yael and Scooter Braun – Arrivals – Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, 9500 Wilshire Boulevard – Beverly Hills, CA, USA, 2017 – Photo Credit: PRPhotos.com

Birth Name: Joshua Charles Pence

Place of Birth: Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: June 8, 1982

Ethnicity: English, one quarter Norwegian, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, German, remote Swedish and Mohawk Native American

Josh Pence is an American actor.

Josh’s paternal grandfather was Dr. Orville Leon Pence (the son of Manley Luther Pence and Melissa Edna “Millie” Bicknell). Dr. Orville was born in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa. Manley was born in Buck Grove, Crawford County, Iowa, the son of Richard Anderson Pence and Clara Alice Carpenter. Melissa was born in Buck Grove, the daughter of Orlando Melvin Bicknell and Eva Leona Capitola Viola “Cappie” Thew.

Josh’s paternal grandmother was Amy Christina/Christine Buringrud (the daughter of Theodore Samuel Buringrud and Else Kristine “Elsie” Haugen). Amy was born in Bucyrus, Adams County, North Dakota. Theodore was born in Iowa, the son of Norwegian parents, John Buringrud Jacobson and Aagot Kolsrud, who were from Buskerud. Josh’s great-grandmother Else was born in Domkirken, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway, the daughter of Sveinung Eriksen Haugen and Ellen Marie Anderson.

Josh’s maternal grandfather was Clarence Allen Pangburn (the son of Ludlow Elmer Pangburn and Maude Bonner). Clarence was born in Killoween, New Brunswick, Canada. Ludlow was born in Killoween, the son of Edward Pangburn and Hannah Grant, whose paternal grandfather was from Inverness-shire, Scotland. Josh’s great-grandmother Maude was born in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, the daughter of Robert Nelson Bonner, whose parents were Irish; and of Johanna Harris, whose maternal grandparents were English, from Lancashire and Dorset, respectively.

Josh’s maternal grandmother was Helen Alice Parks (the daughter of Frank Leslie Parks and Mary Jane Mae Kent). Helen was born in Fort Fairfield, Aroostook, Maine. Frank was born in Caribou, Aroostook. His father, George William Parks, was the son of parents from New Brunswick, Canada. Frank’s mother, Alice Maud Seinouds Osgood, was born in Lakeville, Wilmot, Carleton, New Brunswick, to parents from Maine; her own maternal grandfather was from Belfast, Ireland. Josh’s great-grandmother Mary Jane was born in Coldstream, New Brunswick, the daughter of Benjamin F. Kent, whose father was from Norwich, Norfolk, England; and of Helen Marr “Nell” Brodrick, whose paternal grandfather, and maternal grandparents, were from Tyrone, Ireland.

Sources: Genealogies of Josh’s parents – https://www.familysearch.org

Genealogies of Josh’s paternal grandparents, Dr. Orville Leon Pence and Amy Christina/Christine (Buringrud) Pence – https://www.findagrave.com

Obituary of Josh’s maternal grandmother, Helen Alice (Parks) Pangburn – http://bangordailynews.com