09/17/2018 – Savannah Guthrie – 70th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Arrivals – Microsoft Theater, 777 Chick Hearn Court – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Savannah Clark Guthrie
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date of Birth: December 27, 1971
Ethnicity: Irish, English, German, Scottish, remote Dutch and French
Savannah Guthrie is an Australian-born American broadcast journalist and attorney.
Savannah is the daughter of Nancy E. (Long) and Charles Errol Guthrie.
Savannah’s paternal grandfather was Clyde Guthrie (the son of Elzo Guthrie and Sally/Sallie J. Adkins). Elzo was the son of Isham Prince Guthrie and Savannah Frances Rhoda Clark.
Savannah’s paternal grandmother was Edythe Draffen (the daughter of Edwin Wellington Draffen and Lula Storts). Edwin was the son of John Draffen, whose father was Irish, and Mary Agnes Lillard. Lula was the daughter of James Robert Storts and Elizabeth Sarah Armstrong.
Savannah’s maternal grandfather was Pierce F. Long (the son of Frank Everete/Everette Long and Rose Young). Frank was the son of Pierce Long and Flora/Florence V. Johnson. Rose was the daughter of Henry Young and Lena Anna Fisher/Fischer, and all of her grandparents were German.
Savannah’s maternal grandmother was Margaret Ann McDermott (the daughter of Joseph Felix McDermott and Nancy Ellen Cloherty). Joseph was the son of Irish parents, Felix McDermott and Ellen Morris. Nancy was also the daughter of Irish parents.
Sources: Genealogy of Savannah Guthrie – https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&p=savannah+clark&n=guthrie
Savannah’s great-grandfather, Edwin Wellington Draffen, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCHB-FXV
Marriage record of Savannah’s great-grandparents, Frank Everete Long and Rose Young – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD8V-SKZ
Savannah’s great-grandmother, Rose Young, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM8Z-JZW
Obituary of Savannah’s maternal grandmother, Margaret Ann McDermott – https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/cincinnati/obituary.aspx?n=margaret-long&pid=150460746
Savannah’s maternal grandmother, Margaret Ann McDermott, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M286-BCP
Margaret on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH25-1H1