Birth Name: Rory Joseph Scovel
Place of Birth: Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Date of Birth: August 6, 1980
Ethnicity: English, German, Scottish, 1/8th Swedish, 1/16th Cornish
Rory Scovel is an American comedian, writer, and actor. He is the son of Teresa (Clarkson) and Donald B. Scovel.
Rory’s paternal grandfather was Connard Joseph Scovel (the son of Donald E. Scovel and Arla Bryan Rawlings). Donald was the son of Joseph Conrad Scovel and Hannah/Anna Martha Hanawalt. Arla was the daughter of John Tamblyn Rawlings, whose parents were Cornish, and Retta Polen.
Rory’s paternal grandmother was Joyce D. Bruce (the daughter of Leonard Nelson Bruce and Ida Luella Klopp). Leonard was the son of Swedish parents, Nelson C. Bruce and Mary Jane Mollett. Ida was the daughter of Stephen H. Klopp and Mary Luella Stockburger.
Rory’s maternal grandfather was John A. Clarkson.
Rory’s maternal grandmother was Camilla Kennedy (the daughter of Simpson Kennedy and Eunice Rippy). Eunice was the daughter of William Lorenzo Rippy and Bessie Allen.
Sources: Obituary of Rory’s paternal grandfather, Connard Joseph Scovel – http://www.legacy.com/
Obituary of Rory’s paternal grandmother, Joyce D. Bruce – http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsherald/obituary.aspx?pid=174642371
Obituary of Rory’s maternal grandmother, Camilla Kennedy – http://www.legacy.com/
Genealogy of Rory’s great-grandfather, Donald E. Scovel – https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/donald-e-scovel_129547414
Marriage record of Rory’s great-grandparents, Donald E. Scovel and Arla Bryan Rawlings – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJQ1-CHM
Marriage record of Rory’s great-grandparents, Leonard Nelson Bruce and Ida Luella Klopp – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ56-NM5
Rory’s great-grandmother, Arla Bryan Rawlings, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M819-L33
Rory’s great-grandmother, Joyce D. Bruce, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMJ1-HYT
Genealogy of Rory’s great-grandmother, Eunice Rippy – https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91664643
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