Birth Name: Thomas Patrick Lennon
Place of Birth: Oak Park, Illinois
Date of Birth: August 9, 1970
Ethnicity:
*Irish (father)
*Irish, English, German (mother)
Thomas Lennon is an American actor. His paternal grandparents were Irish. His mother has Irish, English, and German ancestry. On his mother’s side, Thomas has some American-born ancestors dating back to the 1600s.
Thomas’s paternal grandparents were Michael Lennon (the son of Timothy Lennon and Catherine Harney) and Mary T. Crowe. Michael was born in Roscommon, Ireland. Mary was born in County Mayo, Ireland.
Thomas’s maternal grandparents were James Richard McSheehy (the son of Thomas Harrold McSheehy and Hazel Clatonia Lee) and Marguerite Mary Helme (the daughter of Myron Beach Helme and Stella Margaret Seery). Thomas was born in Indiana, to an Irish-born father, Henry James McSheehy, and to an Indiana-born mother, Minnie Ida Maurer. Stella’s mother, Bridget Ellen Masterson, was Irish, from Longford.
Sources: Obituary of Thomas’s paternal grandmother, Mary T. (Crowe) Lennon – http://legacy.suntimes.com
Genealogy of Thomas’s maternal grandfather, James Richard McSheehy (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Thomas’s maternal grandfather, James Richard McSheehy, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Thomas’s maternal grandmother, Marguerite Mary Helme, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Thomas’s maternal grandmother, Marguerite Mary (Helme) McSheehy O’Brien – http://articles.chicagotribune.com
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