Rachel Korine

Korine at the Los Angeles Premiere of “Spring Breakers” Arclight, Hollywood, CA, 03-14-13, photo by s_bukley/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Rachel Anna Simon

Place of Birth: Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

Date of Birth: April 4, 1986

Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Irish, German, one eighth Norwegian, one sixteenth Swiss-German, distant Welsh

Rachel Korine is an American actress. She starred in the film Spring Breakers.

Rachel is married to film director and screenwriter Harmony Korine, with whom she has two children. She is also sometimes credited as Rachel Simon.

Rachel’s paternal grandfather was Leonard William Simon (the son of William Silas “Bill” Simon and Beulah Ellie Martin). Leonard was born in Oklahoma. William was born in Missouri, the son of Valentine Simeon “Val” Simon and Malisa Catherine Crawford. Beulah was born in Oklahoma, the daughter of John Matson Martin and Gussie May Young.

Rachel’s paternal grandmother is Velda Ruth Baldridge (the daughter of Finis Ewing Baldridge and Annie Marie Amyx). Velda was born in Texas. Finis was born in Texas, the son of Robert Franklin Baldridge and Lelia Herman Bulls. Annie was born in Oklahoma, the daughter of Peter Horston Amyx and Myrtle Lou Fannin.

Rachel’s maternal grandfather is Cordell Halverson (the son of Kenneth Benford Halverson and Annabelle L. Yaeger). Cordell was born in North Dakota. Kenneth was born in Minnesota, the son of Carl Oscar “Charlie” Halverson/Halvorson, whose parents were Norwegian, and of Rachel Cecelia Arneson, whose father was Norwegian, and whose mother was the daughter of Norwegian parents. Annabelle was born in North Dakota, the daughter of Jakob/Jacob Yaeger, who was Swiss-German, from Davos Frauenkirch; and of Ida Louise Catherine Albrecht, whose parents were German.

Rachel’s maternal grandmother is Patricia Koch (the daughter of Arthur Wilhelm Koch and Francis Elvira Emery). Patricia was born in North Dakota. Arthur was born in North Dakota, to parents from Germany, Johannes Heinrich Koch and Augusta Bandt. Francis was born in North Dakota, the son of Walter Samuel Emery and Angie Anna Beal.

Sources: Obituary of Rachel’s paternal grandfather, Leonard William Simon – http://chapman-black.com

Rachel’s maternal grandfather, Cordell Halverson, on the 1950 U.S. Census – http://familysearch.org

Rachel’s maternal grandmother, Patricia Koch, on the 1950 U.S. Census – http://familysearch.org