Walker Scobell

Birth Name: Walker William Scobell

Place of Birth: Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.

Date of Birth: January 5, 2009

Ethnicity: Irish, as well as Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, English, Scottish, Polish, and Welsh

Walker Scobell is an American actor. He plays Percy in the Disney+ Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, and has starred in the films The Adam Project, Secret Headquarters, and Looking Through Water.

He is from a military family. He was partly raised in Colorado, and Fairview, Pennsylvania.

Walker’s paternal grandfather was Richard Hayes Scobell (the son of Richard H. Scobell and Elizabeth Addison “Betty” Hayes). Walker’s grandfather Richard was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. Walker’s great-grandfather Richard was born in Erie, the son of Richard Stanley Scobell, who was born in Canada, and was of at least part Irish descent; and of Jessie V. Hearn. Walker’s great-grandmother Elizabeth was born in Erie, the daughter of Arba Winfield Hayes and Addie Acheson Wilkins, whose maternal grandfather was from Dunsilly, County Antrim, Ireland.

Walker’s paternal grandmother was Kathleen Marie McGeeney (the daughter of William Stone McGeeney and Helen Marie Kovatch). Kathleen was born in Baltimore, Maryland. William was born in Maryland, the son of James McGeeney and Hannah Bradley. Helen was born in Pennsylvania, the daughter of Robert John Kovatch and Frances Kubacki, whose parents were Polish.

Walker’s maternal grandfather is Robert Walker (the son of Robert Lester Walker and Florence Belle Shaw). Walker’s great-grandfather Robert was born in Galion, Crawford, Ohio, the son of John Lester Walker and Carrie Marie Tallman. Florence was born in Galion, the daughter of Carl J. Shaw and Florence Naomi Frank.

Walker’s maternal grandmother is Margaret McMahon (the daughter of William Joseph McMahon and Margaret Veronica Smyth). William was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of William Joseph McMahon, whose father was from Limerick, Ireland, and whose mother was from England; and of Teresa Loretta Dillon, whose father, and maternal grandparents, were Irish. Walker’s great-grandmother Margaret was born in Philadelphia, the daughter of Thomas Francis Smyth, Jr., whose parents were Irish, with roots in County Cavan and County Monaghan; and of Margaret A. Flannigan, whose parents were also Irish, with roots in County Tipperary.

Sources: Genealogies of Walker’s paternal grandfather, Richard Hayes Scobell – https://www.findagrave.com
https://www.familysearch.org

Obituaries of Walker’s paternal grandmother, Kathleen Marie (McGeeney) Scobell – https://www.newspapers.com
https://www.familysearch.org

Genealogies of Walker’s paternal great-grandparents, William Stone McGeeney and Helen Marie Kovatch – https://www.familysearch.org

Walker’s paternal great-grandparents, William Stone McGeeney and Helen Marie Kovatch, on the 1950 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Genealogies of Walker’s maternal great-grandparents, Robert Lester Walker and Florence Belle Shaw – https://www.familysearch.org

Obituary of Walker’s maternal great-grandmother, Florence Belle (Shaw) Walker – https://www.legacy.com

Genealogies of Walker’s maternal grandmother, Margaret McMahon (through her brother) – https://www.findagrave.com
https://www.familysearch.org