Profile Text
Devine in 2013, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Adam Patrick Devine
Place of Birth: Waterloo, Iowa, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 7, 1983
Ethnicity: Dutch, Irish, English, some German, more distant Swiss-German and Swiss-French
Adam Devine is an American actor, comedian, singer, producer, and screenwriter. He has starred in the films The Final Girls , Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates , Isn’t It Romantic , Magic Camp , and Jexi . He is a member of sketch group Mail Order Comedy, along with Blake Anderson , Anders Holm , and Kyle Newacheck .
He was raised in Omaha, Nebraska. Adam is married to actress Chloe Bridges , with whom he has a son.
Adam’s paternal grandfather was William James “Bill” Devine (the son of William James Devine and Anna Elizabeth Ward). Adam’s grandfather William was born in Iowa. Adam’s great-grandfather William was the son of William James Devine, who was Irish, and of Clara Brown, who was born in Iowa, to Irish parents, her father from Druminorwerst, Kilmacshalgan Parish, Sligo, Connaught. Adam’s great-grandmother Anna was the daughter of Dennis James Ward, who was born in Iowa, to Irish parents, from Armagh, Ulster, Ireland, and of Lydia Blankenburg, who was born in Iowa, to German parents from Prussia.
Adam’s paternal grandmother was Arvilla V. Drenth (the daughter of Sievert “Sam” Drenth and Elizabeth Grimmius). Arvilla was born in Iowa, to Dutch parents. Sievert was born in Finsterwolde, the son of Berend/Ben Sijwerts/Sieverts Drenth and Jantina/Jennie Alida Bos. Elizabeth was born in Midwolda, Groningen, Netherlands, the daughter of Mentko Grimmius and Jantje “Jennie” Ottens.
Adam’s maternal grandfather was Jack Blain/Blane Cobb (the son of George William Cobb and Ethel M. Tennyson). Jack was born in Missouri. George was born in Darlington, Gentry, Missouri, the son of John Dorphin Cobb and Mary Susan Hartman. Ethel was born in Gentry, the daughter of Geal Albert “G. A.” Tennyson, whose parents were Dutch, with roots in Gelderland; and of Emma Mitt Burgess, whose paternal grandmother was from Staffordshire, England.
Adam’s maternal grandmother was Freda Evelyn Smith (the daughter of Russell Everett Smith and Etta Pearl Scott). Freda was born in Jameson, Daviess, Missouri. Russell was born in Jameson, the son of Henry O. Smith and Lillie J. Leach. Etta was born in Trenton, Grundy, Missouri, the daughter of John Martin Scott and Elizabeth Ann Brown.
Sources: Genealogy of Adam DeVine (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Genealogies and obituaries of Adam’s paternal grandparents, William James “Bill” Devine and Arvilla V. Drenth – https://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Adam’s paternal grandfather, William James “Bill” Devine – http://iagenweb.org
Adam’s maternal great-grandmother, Ethel M. Tennyson, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Adam’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Geal Albert “G. A.” Tennyson – https://www.newspapers.com