Birth Name: Robert Archer Delaney
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Birth: January 19, 1977
Ethnicity: Irish, some English, remote Welsh
Rob Delaney is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He is the son of Nancy (Archer) Gwin and Robert Gerard Delaney.
Rob’s maternal grandfather was Clement Charles Archer (the son of Charles Asa Archer and Mary A. O’Connell). Charles was born in Salem, Massachusetts, to Charles Ephraim Archer and Sarah Elizabeth Hayford, and had English ancestry. Mary was born in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland, the daughter of Daniel P. O’Connell and Mary A.
Rob’s maternal grandmother was Helen Margaret Cantwell (the daughter of Walter Francis Cantwell and Margaret Mary Golden). Walter was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, to Irish parents, Richard Cantwell and Alice T. Greer. Margaret was born in Janesville, Wisconsin, to Philip Golden and Mary Ann McKugo, and all of her grandparents were Irish.
Sources: Genealogy of Rob Delaney (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Rob’s mother – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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