{"id":244936,"date":"2019-05-16T05:40:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T12:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/?p=244936"},"modified":"2025-11-10T00:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T08:46:15","slug":"tim-matheson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/tim-matheson","title":{"rendered":"Tim Matheson"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Matheson in 2008, pic by Prphotos<\/p><\/div>\n

Birth Name: Timothy Lewis Matthieson<\/p>\n

Place of Birth: Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States<\/p>\n

Date of Birth: December 31, 1947<\/p>\n

Ethnicity: Irish, English, Swedish, Danish, German, Welsh<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tim Matheson is an American actor and director.<\/p>\n

He is the son of Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” and Clifford Matthieson. He has three children with his former wife Megan.<\/p>\n

Tim’s paternal grandfather was Henry Hans Matthieson (the son of Peter Matthiesen and Margaret Flora Virginia Alstadt). Henry was born in California. Peter was Danish. Flora was the daughter of John Alstadt and Rachel Ann Laughlin.<\/p>\n

Tim’s paternal grandmother was Marea Wilhelmina C. “Willa” Olsen\/Olson (the daughter of Charles G. Olson and Margaret Thunnel). Marea was born in New York, and likely was of Swedish descent.<\/p>\n

Tim’s maternal grandfather was Louis Gower Lewis (the son of Samuel C. Lewis and Caroline Gower). Louis born in Tennessee. Samuel was born in Tennessee, the son of Thomas Lewis and Elizabeth Hays. Caroline was born in North Carolina, the daughter of Lewis Francis Gower and Mary J. Fowler.<\/p>\n

Tim’s maternal grandmother was Sadie Embry Dodson (the daughter of Bird E. Dodson and Agnes T. Cotter). Sadie was born in Missouri. Bird was born in Tennessee, the son of Caleb Dodson and Mary Fitzgerald. Agnes was born in Tennessee, the daughter of Patrick Cotter and Frances, who were Irish.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong> Marriage record of Tim’s paternal grandparents, Henry Hans Matthieson and Marea Wilhelmina C. “Willa” Olsen\/Olson – https:\/\/www.familysearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Tim’s paternal grandfather, Henry Hans Matthieson, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https:\/\/www.familysearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Tim’s paternal great-grandmother, Margaret Flora Virginia Alstadt, on the 1860 U.S. Census – https:\/\/www.familysearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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