Birth Name: Rory Joseph Scovel
Place of Birth: Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
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 of 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
Marriage record of Rory’s paternal great-grandparents, Donald E. Scovel and Arla Bryan Rawlings – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Rory’s paternal great-grandfather, Donald E. Scovel – https://www.ancestry.com
Rory’s paternal great-grandmother, Arla Bryan Rawlings, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Rory’s paternal grandmother, Joyce D. Bruce, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Rory’s paternal grandmother, Joyce D. (Bruce) Scovel – http://www.legacy.com
Marriage record of Rory’s paternal great-grandparents, Leonard Nelson Bruce and Ida Luella Klopp – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Rory’s maternal grandmother, Camilla (Kennedy) Clarkson – http://www.legacy.com
Genealogy of Rory’s maternal great-grandmother, Eunice Rippy – https://www.findagrave.com
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