Tim Allen

Birth Name: Timothy Alan Dick

Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado, U.S.

Date of Birth: June 13, 1953

Ethnicity: German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, distant Welsh

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Tim Allen is an American actor and comedian. His roles include The Santa Clause franchise, the films For Richer or Poorer, Galaxy Quest, Christmas with the Kranks, The Shaggy Dog, and Zoom (2006), and the series Home Improvement and Last Man Standing.

Tim is the son of Martha and Gerald Dick. He is married to actress Jane Hajduk. He has a daughter with his former wife Laura Deibel, and a daughter with Jane.

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Tim is a first cousin, once removed, of comedian, actor, and television host Jordan Klepper. Tim’s maternal grandparents, George H. Fox and Katherine McComb, were also Jordan’s maternal great-grandparents. Jordan has said that Tim introduced his parents.

Tim’s paternal grandfather was Lewis Albert Dick (the son of John Finley Dick and Clara Belle Ertel). Albert was born in Iowa. John was the son of James L. Dick and Mary Ann Allender. Clara was the daughter of Philip Ertel, who was German, and of Mary Ann Lawrence.

Tim’s paternal grandmother was Rebekah Cunningham Miller (the daughter of David Speer Miller and Carrie Samantha Myton). Rebekah was born in Kansas. David was the son of William Miller and Jane. Carrie was the daughter of Samuel D. Myton and Rebecca A. Cunningham.

Tim’s maternal grandfather was George H. Fox (the son of Arthur Linke Fox and Adeline Marguerite Knabe). George was born in New York. Arthur was of German descent, the son of Theodore Benjamin Fox and Georgiana/Georgianna V. Linke, who was form Darmstadt, Hessen. Adeline’s parents, Hugo Knabe and Maria Buschhorn, were German.

Tim’s maternal grandmother was Katherine McCombe (the daughter of Samuel Lewis McCombe and Olive Harriet Blunden). Katherine was born in Michigan. Samuel was Irish, the son of Robert G./T. McCombe and Mary Lewis. Olive was born in Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, the daughter of Albert Edward/Edwin Blunden and Emma Jane McMullen.

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Genealogy of Tim Allen (focusing on his father’s side) –

Tim’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census –

Marriage record of Tim’s paternal great-grandparents, David Speer Miller and Carrie Samantha Myton –

Tim’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census –

Marriage record of Tim’s maternal grandparents, George H. Fox and Katherine McCombe –

Tim’s maternal grandfather, George H. Fox, on the 1920 U.S. Census –

Marriage record of Tim’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Theodore Benjamin Fox and Georgiana/Georgianna V. Linke –

Tim’s maternal grandmother, Katherine McCombe, on the 1920 U.S. Census –

Marriage records of Tim’s maternal great-grandparents, Samuel Lewis McCombe and Olive Harriet Blunden –

Birth record of Tim’s maternal great-grandmother, Olive Harriet Blunden –