St. Vincent

St. Vincent – BRIT Awards 2015 – Arrivals – 02 Arena – London, UK – Photo Credit: Landmark / PR Photos

Birth Name: Annie Erin Clark

Place of Birth: Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.

Date of Birth: September 28, 1982

Ethnicity: Irish, English, some Ashkenazi Jewish

St. Vincent is an American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and actress. She is also credited as Annie Clark.

St. Vincent is the daughter of Sharon and Richard “Rick” Clark. She is the niece of jazz duo Tuck & Patti. St. Vincent was raised in Dallas, Texas.

St. Vincent has referred to “my old Jewish grandmother.” She may have been speaking comically rather than biographically, though one of her great-grandmothers was Jewish.

St. Vincent has specified:

Psyched to be in the place that 23andme says makes up 80% of my DNA — Ireland tonight! (Other 20% Ashkenazi Jewish, since you asked.)

St. Vincent’s maternal grandfather was Robert Joseph Andress (the son of William Thomas Andress, Jr. and Stella A./Ruth Frankenstein). Robert was born in Ohio, and was a business executive. William was the son of William Thomas Jefferson Andress and Emma Octavia Howth. Stella was the daughter of Hyman W. Frankenstein, a German Jewish immigrant, and of Clara Frank, who was born in Ohio, to German Jewish parents.

St. Vincent’s maternal grandmother was Anna Christine Rimes (the daughter of Charles Franklin Rimes and Joree H. Kendrick). Anna Christine was born in Texas. Joree was the daughter of Samuel Wayne Kendrick and Elizabeth Bell/Belle Howard.

Sources: http://www.irishtimes.com

St. Vincent’s maternal grandfather, Robert Joseph Andress, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Robert Joseph Andress on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Biographical notes on St. Vincent’s maternal grandfather, Robert Joseph Andress – https://prabook.com

St. Vincent’s maternal great-grandparents, William Thomas Andress, Jr. and Stella A./Ruth Frankenstein, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Obituary of St. Vincent’s maternal great-grandparents, William Thomas Andress, Jr. and Stella A./Ruth Frankenstein – https://old.findagrave.com

St. Vincent’s maternal grandmother, Anna Christine Rimes, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

5 Responses

  1. follers says:

    Updated. She’s of one eighth Ashkenazi Jewish descent, rather than one quarter.

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