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Birth Name: Rex Wayne Tillerson
Place of Birth: Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 23, 1952
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, German, distant French
Rex Tillerson is an American businessperson. He has been nominated to be the U.S. Secretary of State.
Rex is the son of Patty Sue (Patton) and Bobby Joe Tillerson.
Rex’s paternal grandfather was Varney Mastin Tillerson (the son of John William Tillerson and Ada Blanche Comer). John was the son of Richard Henry Tillerson and Leuvica Bibb. Ada was the daughter of Maston Cosby Comer and Nancy Carver.
Rex’s paternal grandmother was Julia Leo Marshall.
Rex’s maternal grandfather was Ray Vernon Patton (the son of James Horace Patton and Clara Mae Cagle). James was the son of James Harvey Patton and Julia Ann Rutherford. Clara was the daughter of Isaac R. Cagle and Euphema Hill.
Rex’s maternal grandmother was Emma Marie McInnis (the daughter of Frank McInnis and Mary Josephine Fredrick). Frank was born in Ontario, Canada, the son of Archibald McInnis, who was of Scottish descent, and of Diana Crawford, who was Scottish. Rex’s great-grandmother Mary Josephine was born in Wisconsin, the daughter of Frank Xavier Fredrick, who was born in Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and of Susanna Benzmuller, who was born in Saarburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Source: Genealogy of Rex Tillerson – https://www.geni.com