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Birth Name: Ryan Benjamin Tedder
Place of Birth: Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Date of Birth: June 26, 1979
Ethnicity: English, small amounts of German and Scottish, distant Scots-Irish (Northern Irish)
Ryan Tedder is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer. He is the lead singer of the pop rock band OneRepublic.
Ryan is the son of Marlene Grace (Watrous) Cunningham and Gary Tedder.
Ryan’s patrilineal line may trace back to Richard Tudor, who was born, c. 1629, in England.
Ryan’s paternal grandparents are Lawrence Edwin Tedder (the son of James Monroe Tedder and Lera Jane Shook) and Gladys.
Ryan’s maternal grandparents were Cornelius Benjamin Watrous (the son of Clifton Stephen Watrous and Clara Gertrude Whipple) and Mary Esther Crandall (the daughter of Harry/Henry Willis Crandall and Mary Jane Duncan).
Sources: Genealogy of Ryan’s paternal grandfather, Lawrence Edwin Tedder – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Ryan’s paternal great-grandmother, Lera Jane Shook (focusing on her own father’s side) – http://www.findagrave.com
Genealogies of Ryan’s mother – http://iwhipple.org
https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Ryan’s maternal grandmother, Mary Esther Crandall (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Obituary of Ryan’s maternal grandmother, Mary Esther (Crandall) Watrous – http://www.legacy.com
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