Clay Matthews III
Matthews III and Hines Ward – 2011 CMT Music Awards – Press Room – Bridgestone Arena – Nashville, TN, USA – Photo Credit: Andrew Evans / PR Photos
Birth Name: William Clay Matthews III
Place of Birth: Northridge, Los Angeles, California
Date of Birth: May 14, 1986
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, German, Irish, Norwegian, Welsh, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, distant Dutch
Clay Matthews III is an American professional football player. A linebacker, he played with the Green Bay Packers, as well as the Los Angeles Rams, of the National Football League (NFL).
Clay is the son of Leslie and William Clay Matthews, Jr., a professional football player. His brother is linebacker Casey Matthews. His uncle is Bruce Matthews and his cousins are Kevin Matthews, Jake Matthews, and Mike Matthews, all of whom are professional football players.
Clay is married to Casey Noble-Matthews, with whom he has three children.
Clay’s paternal grandfather was Clay Matthews, Sr., a professional football player (born William Clay Matthews, the son of Howard Lynn “Matty” Matthews and Elsa Wilhelmina Bargmann). Clay’s grandfather Clay was born in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina. Howard was born in Jeffersonville, Fayette County, Ohio, the son of George Washington Matthews and Maxie Jean Rankin. Clay’s great-grandmother Elsa was born in Charleston, South Carolina, to German parents, William John/Claus Bargmann, who had at least partial roots in Dedesdorf, Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen; and Catherine/Cathrine Elsa Tiedemann.
Clay’s paternal grandmother was Daisy Ezelle Crowson (the daughter of Thomas Walter Crowson and Daisy Ezelle Lilly). Daisy was born in Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina. Thomas was born in Wadesboro Township, Anson, North Carolina, the son of Thomas Seigic Crowson, Jr. and Nannie Rebecca Gulledge. Clay’s great-grandmother Daisy was born in Pittsboro, Chatham, North Carolina, the daughter of Frederick “Fred” Lilly and Roxanna/Roxana “Roxie” Goodwin.
Clay’s maternal grandfather was Robert Newman Lytle (the son of Jeremiah Lytle and Zilla Newman). Robert was born in West Virginia. Jeremiah was born in Pennsylvania. Zilla was born in Moundsville, Marshall, West Virginia, the daughter of Lewis Steenrod Newman and Clementine E. Pickett.
Clay’s maternal grandmother was Betty Dorothy Evans (the daughter of Oren Waters Evans and Connie/Consuelo/Consuello Henley). Dorothy was born in Los Angeles, California. Oren was born in Illinois, and was coast director of the Broadcasting and Film Commission of the National Council of Churches of Christ. He was the son of Dr. William Evans, who was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England; and of Laura Christine Torgerson, who was Norwegian. Clay’s great-grandmother Consuelo was born in California, the daughter of William Penn Henley and Edith Margaret Dietrick.
Sources: Genealogy of Clay Matthews (misidentifies his maternal grandparents) – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Clay Matthews III (focusing on his father’s side) – https://gw.geneanet.org
Genealogy of Clay’s father – https://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Matthew’s paternal grandfather, William Clay Matthews, Sr. – http://hosting-16052.tributes.com
Death record of Clay’s maternal grandfather, Robert Newman Lytle – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Clay’s maternal grandmother, Betty Dorothy Evans – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Clay’s maternal grandmother, Betty Dorothy (Evans) Lytle Zdenek – https://www.legacy.com
Obituary of Clay’s maternal great-grandfather, Oren Waters Evans – https://www.findagrave.com
Clay’s paternal grandparents familysearch page and their findagrave page https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177698922/clay-matthews
Also his geni.com page that says his mother’s surname is Raczynski
https://www.geni.com/people/Clay-Matthews/6000000056429166114. Also his geneanet.org page that says his mother’s surname is Zdenek https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&n=matthews&oc=2&p=william+clay
Clay’s maternal grandmother Dorothy Evans birth record with her parents https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLW-CPTV?lang=en and a record of her first marriage to Roy Page Hamman https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K861-R7Q?lang=en.
Also her parents page Dorothy Evans father Oren Waters Evans was born in Illinois to
Dr. William Evans born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England and Laura Christine Torgerson born in Norway.
Dorothy Evans Mom was Consuelo/Consuello “Connie” Henley born in California to William Penn Henley born in California and Edith Margaret Dietrick born in Indiana.
Also Dorothy’s father Oren Waters Evans findagrave page https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85396628/oren-waters-evans.
Also in that obituary link of Clay’s maternal grandmother, Dorothy (Evans) Lytle Zdenek it says She married Robert N. Lytle, with whom she had a son, Robert Oren, and a daughter, Leslie Ann, who was born a few short months after the unexpected death of her husband. After three years of being a widow, she met and married Frank C. Zdenek and they had 48 wonderful years of marriage.
With that information that Robert N. Lytle died a few short months before the birth of his daughter Leslie, I have Leslie’s birth record https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGLL-G5P?lang=en
Leslie’s birth date matches of this person’s birth record named Robert Newman Lytle who was born in 1902 and died in Jan 25, 1955 and Dorothy is listed as a spouse https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSP-QH6J?lang=en.
I think this is Clay’s maternal grandfather and this is Robert’s parents page
If anybody could check if I’m right and also here’s LYTLE, ROBERT N and DOROTHY EVANS HAMMAN had their marriage certificate, number 195103130365765, recorded in Clark County, Nevada, U.S.A. 13 March 1951.
https://sortedbyname.com/letter_l/lytle/index_171.html
Could you update his maternal side please and thank you
Can you check if the maternal side is right and expand it it with the information I gave you and update his page
He previously had czech ancestry entered here. I don’t know why that’s removed.
Clay’s paternal grandfather was William Clay Matthews Sr. (the son of Howard Lynn Matthews and Elsa Wilhelmina Bargmann). Howard was the son of George Washington Matthews and Maxie Jean Rankin. Elsa was born in South Carolina, to German parents, William John Bargmann and Catherine Elsa Tiedemann.
Clay’s paternal grandmother was Daisy Ezelle Crowson (the daughter of Thomas Walter Crowson and Daisy Ezelle Lilly). Thomas was the son of Thomas Seigic Crowson and Nannie Rebecca Gulledge. Clay’s great-grandmother Daisy was the daughter of Frederick Lilly and Roxanna Goodwin.
Clay’s maternal grandparents have last names Lytle and Evans.