Birth Name: Thomas Alan Waits
Place of Birth: Pomona, California
Date of Birth: December 7, 1949
Ethnicity: Norwegian (maternal grandmother), English, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Scottish, German, Swiss-German, Welsh
Tom Waits is an American singer and actor.
His maternal grandmother was of Norwegian descent. His other roots are English, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Scottish, German, Swiss-German, and Welsh.
Tom’s paternal grandparents were Jesse Scott Waits (the son of William Tell Waits and Sarah Jane Shook) and Beulah Clayton Williams (the daughter of David Frederick Williams and Mary Elizabeth Catherine Marshall).
Tom’s maternal grandparents were Wealthy Howard Johnson (the son of Silas Johnson and Nancy Ann Rodabaugh) and Olga Regina Olsen (the daughter of Tollef Olsen and Anna Marie Garrdarie Davidson). Tollef and Anna were Norwegian.
Source: Genealogy of Tom’s paternal great-grandfather, William Tell Waits – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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