Jaime King
King in 2011, photo by Prphotos.com
Place of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 23, 1979
Ethnicity: English, one eighth Norwegian, German, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, 1/512 Sephardi Jewish
Jaime King is an American actress and model. Her roles include the films Slackers, Frank Miller’s Sin City (as twins), Cheaper by the Dozen 2, The Tripper (2006), The Spirit (2008), My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009), Waiting for Forever, Silent Night (2012), Barely Lethal, Out of Death, and Code Name Banshee. She has also been credited as James King, Jamie King, and Jaime King-Newman.
She is the daughter of Nancy and Robert King. Her mother was a beauty queen. Jaime has two children with her former husband, filmmaker, actor, and author Kyle Newman.
Jaime’s paternal grandfather was Robert Reeve King (the son of Paul Willet King and Helen Dow Duck). Robert was born in Nebraska. Paul was the son of Willet D. King and Ettie Geraldine Reeve. Helen was the daughter of Schuyler Hugh Buck and Martha Rogers.
Jaime’s paternal grandmother was Bette Marilyn Baggs (the daughter of Leonard Dean Baggs and Kathryn May Johnson). Bette was born in Iowa. Leonard was the son of Milton E. Baggs and Myra Dora Brown. Kathryn was the daughter of Norwegian parents, Ludwig Johnson and Maria Gulbrandsen Hjelt.
Jaime’s maternal grandfather was Lawrence Wagner “Larry” Rice (the son of Lawrence Raymond Rice and Helen Wagner Hainkel). Jaime’s grandfather Lawrence was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and was a staff sergeant of the Air Force, who fought in World War II. Jaime’s great-grandfather Lawrence was the son of James L. Rice and Mary Elizabeth Greer, and had deep roots in the U.S. Helen was the daughter of Sigel Hainkel and Helen L. Wagner, who were born in the U.S, both of them to German parents. Through Mary Elizabeth, Jaime is a descendant of Solomon Israel de Pisa (1713-1795), a Sephardi Jew, from Amsterdam, who settled in North Carolina.
Jaime’s maternal grandmother was Margaret Josephine Reed (the daughter of Clair Burton Reed and Josephine Etta Brede). Margaret was born in Iowa. Clair was the son of Herbert Valdimer Reed, who had deep roots in the U.S., and of Jennie Spence, who was born in Canada, and whose father, and maternal grandparents, were Irish. Josephine was the daughter of Daniel Brede, who was the son of German emigrants, from Hessen and Baden, respectively; and of Wilhelmina “Minna” Schmidt, whose parents were also German.
Sources: https://www.instagram.com
Marriage announcement of Jaime’s parents – https://desmoinesregister.newspapers.com
Paternal grandfather: Robert Reeve King Sr. (1920-1994) (Nebraska), the son of Paul Willet King (1890) and Helen Dow Duck (1893). Paul was the son of Willet D. King and Ettie Geraldine Reeve. Helen was the daughter of Schuyler Hugh Buck Sr. and Martha Rogers.
Paternal grandmother: Bette Marilyn Baggs (1921) (Iowa), the daughter of Leonard Dean Baggs and Kathryn May Johnson. Leonard was the son of Milton E. Baggs and Myra Dora Brown. Kathryn was the daughter of Norwegian parents Ludwig Johnson and Maria Gulbrandsen Hjelt.
Jaime King is 1/8th Norwegian!
oh btw she is 1/512th Sephardic Jewish or one Jewish 7th great-grandparent. I can show you the exact connection if you like.
Solomon Israel de Pisa (1713-1795) was her 7th great grandparents
That is pretty cool. Il Il
“de Pisa” indicates roots in Pisa that is just close to Livorno, a Sephardi Jewish hotbed in Italy. The family also lived in Jamaica. What a journey.
I made a mistake, Jaime’s grandfather’s name was not Rick Lawrence, it was Lawrence Rice, and here is his grave (on his wife’s grave Jaime’s parents are mentioned):
https://es.findagrave.com/memorial/190734868/lawrence-wagner-rice
And here is Jaime’s maternal family tree:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/GXJW-XCR
Jaime’s maternal grandfather was Lawrence Wagner Rice (the son of Lawrence Raymond Rice and Helen Wagner Hainkel). Lawrence Wagner was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and was a staff sergeant of the Air Force who fought in World War II. Lawrence Raymond was the son of James L. Rice and Mary Elizabeth Greer, and had deep lines in America. Helen was the daughter of Sigel Hainkel and Helen L. Wagner, both born in the U.S. to German emigrants.
Through Mary Elizabeth Greer, Jaime is a descendant of Solomon Israel de Pisa (1713-1795), a Sephardic Jew from Amsterdam who settled in North Carolina.
Jaime’s maternal grandmother was Margaret Josephine Reed (the daughter of Clair Burton Reed and Josephine Etta Brede). Margaret was born in Iowa. Clair was the son of Herbert Valdimer Reed, who had deep lines in the U.S., and Jennie Spence, who was born in Canada, and whose father and maternal grandparents were from Ireland. Josephine was the daughter of Daniel Brede, the son of German emigrants from Hessen and Baden, and Wilhelmina “Minna” Schmidt, whose parents were also German.
Jaime’s possible paternal family tree:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LRK3-JR3
Jaime’s paternal grandfather was likely Robert Reeve King Sr. (the son of Paul Willet King and Helen Dow Buck). Robert was born in Nebraska, and had deep lines in America. Paul was the son of Willet Dee King and Ettie Geraldine Reeve. Helen was the daughter of Schuyler Hugh Buck and Martha Rogers.
Jaime’s paternal grandmother is/was probably Bette Marilyn Baggs (the daughter of Len Dean Baggs and Kathryn May Johnson). Bette was born in Iowa, and had some deep lines in America. Len was the son of Milton Ebenezer Baggs, whose mother was German from Jever, Hanover, and Myra Dora Brown. Kathryn was the daughter of Norwegian emigrants, Ludwig Johnson and Mary Hjelt, who was from Nes, Hedmark.
If this are Jaime’s paternal grandparents, her ethnicirt would be:
English, German, one-eighth Norwegian, small amounts of Irish, French, Welsh, Scottish and Sephardic Jewish
This is her grandfather, more likely maternal:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BjWH33kFkLw/
I think his name was Rick Lawrence, a staff sergeant of the Air Force.