reagan was born on february 6, 1911, in an apartment above a bank in tampico, illinois. he was the second of two sons born to john edward reagan (1883C1941), an irish american catholic, and nelle clyde wilson (1883C1962), who was of scottish, canadian and english descent and a member of the disciples of christ. his older brother was neil reagan (1908C1996). his paternal great-grandfather, michael reagan, came to the united states from ballyporeen, county tipperary, ireland, in the 1860s, an
