Birth Name: Thomas Duane/Dwaine Arnold
Place of Birth: Ottumwa, Iowa
Date of Birth: March 6, 1959
Ethnicity: English, 1/4 Swedish, German, Scottish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish)
Tom Arnold is an American actor and comedian. He has English, at least 1/4 Swedish, as well as German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), ancestry. Tom is a convert to Judaism.
Tom’s patrilineal line can be traced back to his great-great-great-great-grandfather, Jacques “Jacob” Arnold, an Alsatian German, who was born, c. 1798, in Alsace, France.
On his father’s side, Tom is the grandson of Dwaine Berwyln “DB” Arnold (the son of Ulysses Sheridan Arnold and Elsie May Larson) and Florence Eleanor “Dottie” Copeland (the daughter of John Malcolm Copeland and Hannah Hedback). Dwaine was of German descent. Elsie was born in Illinois, to Swedish parents. Florence was born in Minnesota. John was Scottish. Hannah was Swedish, the daughter of Robert Wilhelm Hedbäck and Kristina Nilsdotter Arnquist.
On his mother’s side, Tom is the grandson of Thomas F. Graham (the son of Charles Felix Graham and India Bell Despain) and Dorothy.
India was the daughter of William Marshall DeSpain and Rachel Cox. Rachel was the daughter of Isaac Cox and Eleanor/Elenora Coens/Coen. Eleanor is sometimes cited as the daughter of Frederick Coens, a man who may have been of Dutch ancestry.
Sources: Genealogy of Tom Arnold (focusing on his father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Tom’s paternal grandmother, Florence Eleanor “Dottie” Copeland, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Tom’s maternal grandfather, Thomas F. Graham (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Tom’s maternal great-grandmother, India Bell DeSpain (focusing on her own mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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