Scott Eastwood

Eastwood in 2014, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Scott Clinton Reeves

Place of Birth: Monterey, California, United States

Date of Birth: March 21, 1986

Ethnicity: English, some German, Irish, and Scottish, distant Dutch, remote Welsh

Scott Eastwood is an American actor and model. His films include An American Crime, Pride, Invictus, Enter Nowhere, The Forger, Trouble with the Curve, Texas Chainsaw 3D, The Perfect Wave, Fury, Dawn Patrol, The Longest Ride, Diablo, Mercury Plains, Snowden, Suicide Squad, The Fate of the Furious and Fast X, Overdrive, Pacific Rim Uprising, The Outpost, Wrath of Man, Dangerous, and I Want You Back. He has also been billed as Scott Reeves.

He is the son of actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood (Clinton Eastwood) and Jacelyn Ann Reeves, a flight attendant. He was raised in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, where his father was mayor, and in Hawaii. The press was initially not aware that he and his sister were Clint’s children; they were deliberately given their mother’s surname at birth. Among his half-siblings are actress and makeup artist Kimber Eastwood; actress and filmmaker Alison Eastwood, jazz musician Kyle Eastwood; actress, model, and television personality Francesca Eastwood; and actress Morgan Eastwood.

Scott’s Eastwood line apppears to trace to Richard Eastwood, who was born, c. 1620, in England. Richard moved to Virginia, United States.

Scott’s paternal grandfather was Clinton Eastwood (the son of Burr Eastwood and Jesse Mabel Anderson). Clinton was born in San Francisco, California. Burr was the son of Asa Bedesco/Bodisco Eastwood and Emily/Emma “Mabel” Young. Jesse was the daughter of Matthew Anderson, who was Scottish, and of Lois/Louise Sabra/Helen A. Gaskill.

Scott’s paternal grandmother was Margaret Ruth “Betty” Runner (the daughter of Waldo Errol Runner and Virginia May McClanahan). Margaret was born in Alameda County, California. Waldo was born in Buena Vista, Chaffee, Colorado, the son of Charles Claude “C.C.” Runner and Sophia Aurelia Bartholomew. Virginia was the daughter of James William McClanahan and Matilda Belle “Mattie Bell” Boyle; Matilda’s parents were John Pearis Boyle and Eliza D. Patterson.

Scott’s maternal grandfather was Maxwell Scott Reeves (the son of Joseph Austin Reeves and Elizabeth Scott). Maxwell was born in Washington. Joseph was the son of William Edward Reeves and Margaret Elizabeth “Maggie” Dry. Scott’s great-grandmother Elizabeth Scott was the daughter of Canadian parents, James Clifford Scott and Amelia Jane Driffel, who was born in Hepworth, Ontario.

Scott’s maternal grandmother was Bertha Miriam Wordsworth (the daughter of Ephraim Edward Wordsworth and Bertha May Curry). Scott’s grandmother Bertha was born in Ohio. Ephraim was born in Yorkshire, England, the son of William Wordsworth and Sarah J. Knox. Scott’s great-grandmother Bertha was the daughter of Emmett Schaeffer Curry and Alberta Bertha Jamieson.

Sources: Genealogies of Scott Eastwood (focusing on his father’s side) – http://gw.geneanet.org
https://www.geni.com

Genealogies of Scott’s father – http://www.wikitree.com
http://famouskin.com
http://sethwarddescendants.org
http://freepages.rootsweb.com

Genealogy of Scott’s paternal grandmother, Margaret Ruth Runner – https://www.findagrave.com

Scott’s maternal grandfather, Maxwell Scott Reeves, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Scott’s maternal grandmother, Bertha Miriam Wordsworth (“Marion Wordsworth”), on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org