Hunter King

King in 2016, photo by kathclick/bigstock.com

Birth Name: Haley Ashley King

Place of Birth: Ventura, California, United States

Date of Birth: October 19, 1993

Ethnicity:
*father – English, other
*mother – one quarter Italian, three quarters Ashkenazi Jewish

Hunter King is an American actress. She has starred in the films Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer and A Girl Like Her, the series Hollywood Heights, The Young and the Restless, and Life in Pieces, and made-for-tv movies including A Royal Corgi Christmas and The Santa Summit. She was previously credited as Haley King.

Hunter is the daughter of Jamie and Terry King. Among Hunter’s siblings is actress Joey King.

Her father has English ancestry. Hunter’s mother is of three quarters Ashkenazi Jewish and one quarter Italian Catholic descent; her own paternal grandfather was Italian-American, and likely converted to Judaism. Hunter’s sister Joey has stated that (she is) “part Jewish and part Christian, but I’m mostly Jewish,” and has also described herself as “Jewish.”

Hunter’s paternal grandfather was Alvin Fulton King (the son of Garland Pinkney King and Susie Rebecca Parker). Alvin was born in Arkansas. Garland was the son of Charlie/Charles King and Nancy/Nan Green Wooley. Susie was the daughter of Jessie Henry Parker and Susan Asenith Lambert.

Hunter’s paternal grandmother was Mildred/Millie Anne/Ann Spooner (the daughter of Samuel/Sam Walter Mason Spooner and Eula/Beaulah Maude Rhodes). Millie was born in Arkansas. Samuel was the son of John Buie Spooner and Frances Octavia “Fannie” Marcus. Eula was the daughter of Joseph Hugh Rhodes and Alpha Antoinette Bird.

Hunter’s maternal grandfather was Joseph Farrar (the son of James Farrar and Helen Frame). Joseph was in Pennsylvania. James was the son of Joseph/Giuseppe Ferrara and Julia/Angelina Villani, who were Italian Catholics, of Sicilian and Campanian descent. James is buried in the same Jewish cemetery as Hunter’s great-grandmother, so he may have converted to Judaism. Helen was the daughter of Russian Jewish parents, Samuel Frame and Rose Horowitz.

Hunter’s maternal grandmother is Elaine Braverman (the daughter of William Braverman and Rose Goldsmith). Elaine was born in Pennsylvania, to a Jewish family. William was the son of Ellix Braverman and Becca Milkowsky/Milkawsky.

Sources: Genealogies of Hunter’s paternal grandparents, Alvin Fulton King and Mildred/Millie Anne/Ann (Spooner) King – https://www.findagrave.com

Hunter’s paternal grandmother, Mildred/Millie Anne/Ann Spooner, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Hunter’s paternal great-grandparents, Samuel/Sam Walter Mason Spooner and Eula/Beaulah Maude Rhodes, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org