Birth Name: George Robert Newhart
Place of Birth: Oak Park, Illinois
Date of Birth: September 5, 1929
Ethnicity: Irish, German, some English
Bob Newhart is an American actor and comedian.
Bob’s paternal grandparents were George Michael Newhart (the son of David Newhart and Caroline Marcy) and Emma F. O’Connor (the daughter of Thomas O’Connor and Mary Devaney). George was of German, and some English, descent. Emma was born in Canada, to Irish parents.
Bob’s maternal grandparents were John Joseph Burns (the son of Thomas Burns and Hanora Grady) and Laura Aloysius Shea (the daughter of John Albert Shea and Margaret Sheehan). John and Laura were both born in Kentucky, both of Irish descent.
Sources: Genealogy of Bob Newhart – http://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Bob Newhart (focusing on his father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Bob’s mother – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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