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:
*father – Lebanese
*mother – Austrian, Danish, English, Irish
John Shiban is an American television writer, director, and producer. He has been a writer on the shows The X-Files, Breaking Bad, Torchwood: Miracle Day, Hell on Wheels, Shut Eye, and Ozark, and directed episodes of Hell on Wheels, Better Caul Saul, Shut Eye, and NOS4A2.
John is married to Janet, with whom he has a son.
His father was born in Ohio, to Lebanese parents.
John’s paternal grandfather was named John Shoeeb/Schbeeb Shiban.
John’s paternal grandmother was named Anna Agnes Shady.
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: John’s father on the 1940 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org
Naturalization record of John’s paternal grandmother, Anna Agnes (Shady) Shiban – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of John’s mother – http://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of John’s uncle (mother’s brother) – http://www.findagrave.com
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