Birth Name: Cornelius Crane Chase
Place of Birth: New York City, New York
Date of Birth: October 8, 1943
Ethnicity: English, as well as Scottish, Irish, Danish, distant Dutch
Chevy Chase is an American actor. His parents were both from prominent families. Much of his ancestry is English, with smaller if recent amounts of Scottish, Irish, and Danish, and distant Dutch, roots.
Chevy’s paternal grandparents were Edward Leigh Chase, a painter (the son of Charles Denison Chase and Grace Metcalfe) and Mabel Penrose Tinsley (the daughter of Edward Tinsley and Laura Penrose Thornton).
Chevy’s maternal grandparents were Miles Rutherford Browning, a prominent U.S. Navy officer (the son of Oren Fogle Browning, Jr. and Sarah Louise Smith) and Catherine/Cathalene Isabella Parker (the daughter of Edward Graham Parker and Charlotte Margaret Linné).
Sources: Genealogy of Chevy Chase – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Chevy Chase (focusing on his father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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