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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 (1883–1941), an irish american catholic, and nelle clyde wilson (1883–1962), who was of scottish, canadian and english descent and a member of the disciples of christ. his older brother was neil reagan (1908–1996). his paternal great-grandfather, michael reagan, came to the united states from ballyporeen, county tipperary, ireland, in the 1860s, and the rest of his paternal family immigrated from ireland in the 1800s as well.[3] prior to his immigration, the family name was spelled regan. his maternal great-grandfather, john wilson, immigrated to the united states from paisley, scotland, in the 1840s and married jane blue, a canadian from queens, new brunswick. reagan's maternal grandmother, mary anne elsey, was born in epsom, surrey, england.[4] although his father was catholic, reagan's mother was an active protestant and he was raised in the christian church (disciples of christ) denomination and attended a church school, eureka college.

reagan's father was an alcoholic and often unemployed; in great depression he was employed by the wpa, a new deal work relief program that reagan never criticized..[4] the family lived in chicago briefly and in small towns in northern illinois. reagan attended mount lebanon school district and dixon high school in dixon, illinois. there, he developed a gift for storytelling and acting. these abilities led to his selection as one of the freshman speakers during the late-night meeting prior to the student strike at eureka college. in 1926 reagan began work as a lifeguard at lowell park, near dixon. he was credited with saving 77 lives during the seven summers he worked there. in 1932, after graduating from eureka (b.a. in economics and sociology), reagan worked at radio stations woc in davenport, iowa, and then who in des moines as an announcer for chicago

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