Birth Name: Andrew Samuel Griffith
Date of Birth: June 1, 1926
Place of Birth: Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: July 3, 2012
Place of Death: Manteo, North Carolina, United States
Ethnicity: English, small amounts of Irish, German, French, and Scottish, likely distant Welsh
Andy Griffith was an American actor, comedian, producer, singer, musician, writer, and teacher. He was known for his roles in the film A Face in the Crowd and the series The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock. Andy was the son of Geneva Nannie (Nunn) and Carl Lee Griffith.
Andy’s paternal grandparents were John D. Griffith (the son of William Martin Griffith and Charity A. Childress) and Sarah Frances Taylor (the daughter of Henry Clayton Taylor and Rebecca Ann Simmons).
Andy’s maternal grandparents were Samuel Nunn (the son of John Nunn and Scenna Phillips) and Jopina Frances Cassel (the daughter of Peter Cassel and Nancy Jane Rogers).
Andy’s surname, “Griffith”, is of Welsh origin, indicating that he might have had distant Welsh ancestry.
Sources: Genealogies of Andy Griffith – https://www.geni.com
https://familysearch.org
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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