Ancestry of Gov. Tom Vilsack

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Tom Vilsack should not be considered either exhaustive or definitive, but rather as a first draft.

William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com


Ancestry of Tom Vilsack
1 ... [unknown], b. Pittsburgh, Pa., 13 Dec. 1950, placed in a Catholic orphanage (where he was called "Kenneth"), adopted 10 April 1951 by Bud and Dolly Vilsack and named "Thomas James (Tom) Vilsack", Governor of Iowa 1999 to present
m. ... Aug. 1973, Ann Christine (Christie) Bell, b. ... , dau. of Thomas Freeman Bell and of Fyrn Lureaux Scrivner.
PARENTS
2 ... [unknown]
3 ... [unknown]




EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS


NOTES




1 -- For an interview with Gov. Vilsack on the subject of his adoption, see http://www.christievilsack.org/biography/gov_adopt.html.

According to an article in the 23 December 2006 issue of the Des Moines Register, a Roman Catholic nun who runs an orphanage in western Pennsylvania wrote to him, saying that he had been born in her orphanage (a home for unwed mothers), and offering to provide him some information on his birth parents.

Bud Vilsack's grandfather, Leopold Vilsack, was an owner of Iron City Brewery.

Christie's ancestry can be traced at various webpages, such as:









SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED


See above.



William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com