Birth Name: Rachel Ashley Platten
Place of Birth: Newton Centre, Massachusetts
Date of Birth: May 20, 1981
Ethnicity:
*Russian Jewish (father)
*Russian Jewish, English (mother)
Rachel Platten is an American singer and songwriter.
Her father is of Russian Jewish descent, as was her maternal grandfather. Her mother grandmother was Catholic. Rachel herself was raised Jewish.
Rachel’s paternal grandfather was Sumner M. Platten (the son of David Platten and Celia Grushka). David was born in Massachusetts, to Russian Jewish parents. Celia was a Russian Jewish immigrant.
Rachel’s maternal grandparents are Milton Jabush (the son of Hyman Jabush and Rebecca) and Bobbie Meese Henry (the daughter of Ulysses Grant Henry and Bessie Mae Smith). Hyman and Rebecca were Russian Jewish immigrants.
Sources: Rachel’s paternal grandfather, Sumner M. Platten, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Rachel’s paternal grandfather, Sumner M. Platten – http://www.legacy.com
Obituary of Rachel’s maternal grandmother, Bobbie Meese (Henry) Jabush Abrams – http://www.legacy.com