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Birth Name: *Austin John Durry *Taryn Durry
Place of Birth: Hennepin, Minnesota, United States (Austin)
Date of Birth: *September 16, 1992 (Austin) *May 2000 (Taryn)
Ethnicity: English, Irish, German, including Bessarabia German, Scottish, one eighth Austrian, Cornish, Welsh, Northern Irish, Swedish, French, Swiss, Luxembourgish, distant Finnish, Norwegian, and Belgian
Durry is a brother-sister indie rock band, consisting of Austin and Tary Durry, from Burnsville, Minnesota. They are known for their song “Who’s Laughing Now.” Austin is on vocals, guitars, and production. Tary is on vocals, guitars, and keyboards. Austin’s wife Ashley has been a touring member of the band, on bass.
Durry’s paternal grandfather was John Joseph Durry III (the son of John Joseph Durry II and Victoria Elizabeth Woodhead). Durry’s grandfather John was born in Sparrows Point, Baltimore, Maryland. Durry’s great-grandfather John was born in Maryland, the son of John J. Durry and Sarah Fisher. Durry’s great-grandmother Victoria was born in Maryland, the daughter of James Woodhead, who was English; and of Elizabeth Burley, who was born in Llantrisant, Glamorgan, Wales, to Cornish parents.
Durry’s paternal grandmother was Jeannine Fay Cahill (the daughter of William Joseph Cahill and Cecilia Sofia Kirsch). Jeannine was born in Fowler, Indiana. William was born in Sheldon, Sheldon Township, Iroquois, Illinois, the son of Michael Francis Cahill, whose parents were Irish, with roots in Roscommon, Mayo, and Cavan; and of Alice Agatha McCormick, whose parents were also Irish, with roots in Longford, Cavan, and Meath. Durry’s great-grandmother Cecilia was born in Rosenberg, Fort Bend, Texas, the daughter of William J. Kirsch, whose father was Luxembourgish, and whose mother was born in Neibsheim, Baden-Wuttemberg, Germany; and of Ella Pitstick/Puetzstuch, whose parents were also German, from Siegkreis, Rhineland, Prussia.
Durry’s maternal grandfather was Thomas LeRoy Howey (the son of Charles Garland Howey and Vida Mae McCumsey). Thomas was born in Alzada, Carter, Montana. Charles was born in Moon, Pennington, South Dakota, the son of Thomas Alexander Howey and Ida Viola Young, whose maternal grandparents were German, from Württemberg and Darmstadt, Hessen, respectively. Durry’s great-grandmother Vida was born in Chalk Buttes, Carter, the daughter of James L. McCumsey and Minnie Ruby Terrill.
Durry’s maternal grandmother was Delena Marie Exner (the daughter of Bernard Sylvester Exner and Rose Schlosser). Delena was born in Edgeley, North Dakota. Bernard was born in North Dakota, the son of Adolf Exner, whose parents were Austrian, his father from Neumoletein, Hohenstadt, Mähren, and his mother from Vienna; and of Clara Catherine Duncan, whose father was from Maine, and whose maternal grandparents were German, with roots in Silberhausen, Dingelstadt, Thuringian. Durry’s great-grandmother Rose was born in Kintyre, Emmons, North Dakota, the daughter of Frank A. Schlosser and Magdalena Feist, who were ethnic Germans, from Bessarabia.