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Dolley in 2016, photo by kathclick /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Jason Scott Dolley
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: July 5, 1991
Ethnicity: English, as well as Irish, Scottish, German, Swedish, Norwegian
Jason Dolley is an American actor and musician. He is a Twitch streamer. He has starred in the movies Saving Shiloh , The Air I Breathe , and Helicopter Mom ; in the made-for-tv movies Read It and Weep , Minutemen , Hatching Pete , and Good Luck Charlie, It’s Christmas! , and on the shows Complete Savages , Cory in the House , Good Luck Charlie , and American Housewife .
Jason’s paternal grandfather is Harry Harrison Dolley, Jr. (the son of Harry Harrison Dolley and Karmee Alvina Olson). Jason’s grandfather Harry was born in California. Jason’s great-grandfather Harry was born in Indiana, the son of William C. Dolley and Mary E. Rowe. Karmee was born in Montana, to a Swedish father, Andrew A. Olson, and to a Norwegian mother, Janna Grimsrud.
Jason’s paternal grandmother was Charlotte Hertha Cavett (the daughter of Norval Percy/Percey Cavett and Hertha Charlotte Lehfeldt). Jason’s grandmother Charlotte was born in Iowa. Norval was the son of Norville Pollard Cavett and Nancy Jemima “Nina”/”Mina” Woody. Jason’s great-grandmother Hertha was the daughter of Rudolf/Rudolph Carl Henry Lehfeldt, who was German, and of Sophie/Sophia Leptien, who had German ancestry.
Jason’s maternal grandfather was named Barry Scott (who may have been the son of Floyd Milo Archambault III and Eltha Laurian Hubbard). Barry was born in New Hampshire.
Jason’s maternal grandmother was Elaine Joy Drynan (the daughter of Walter Highley Drynan and Edna Elaine Robinson, born Audrey Elaine Bradford). Jason’s grandmother Elaine was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Walter was the son of Thomas Robert Drynan and Rebecca Elizabeth Highley. Edna was the biological daughter of James Percival/Percy Bradford and Loretta Merrill Neving, and had Irish ancestry.
Jason is a third cousin of actress and comedian Maria Thayer . Jason’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Rudolf/Rudolph Carl Henry Lehfeldt, was also Maria’s maternal great-great-grandfather.
Sources: Marriage records of Jason’s paternal grandparents, Harry Harrison Dolley, Jr. and Charlotte Hertha Cavett – https://www.familysearch.org https://www.familysearch.org
Jason’s paternal grandfather, Harry Harrison Dolley, Jr., on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage records of Jason’s paternal great-grandparents, Harry Harrison Dolley and Karmee Alvina Olson – https://www.familysearch.org https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Jason’s paternal great-great-grandparents, William C. Dolley and Mary E. Rowe – https://www.familysearch.org
Jason’s paternal grandmother, Charlotte Hertha Cavett, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Jason’s paternal great-grandparents, Norval Percy/Percey Cavett and Hertha Charlotte Lehfeldt – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Jason’s maternal grandfather, Barry Scott – https://www.familysearch.org