Rory Scovel

Sovel in 2017, photo by kathclick/www.bigstockphoto.com

Birth Name: Rory Joseph Scovel

Place of Birth: Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.

Date of Birth: August 6, 1980

Ethnicity: English, German, Scottish, one eighth Swedish, 1/16th Cornish

Rory Scovel is an American comedian, writer, and actor. He is the son of Teresa and Donald Scovel. He is married to actress Jordan Scovel, with whom he has a daughter.

Rory’s paternal grandfather was Connard Joseph Scovel (the son of Donald E. Scovel and Arla Bryan Rawlings). Connard was born in Iowa. 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). Joyce was born in Iowa. 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 named 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

Geneaology of Rory’s paternal great-grandmother, Ida Luella Klopp (focusing on her father’s side) – https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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