Birth Name: Anne Celeste Heche
Place of Birth: Aurora, Ohio
Date of Birth: May 25, 1969
Ethnicity: Swiss-German, German, Norwegian, English, Scottish, some Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Welsh
Anne Heche is an American actress. Her father was of one half Swiss-German and one quarter Norwegian descent, with his other roots being German and English. Her mother has English, Scottish, and more distant Scots-Irish (Northern Irish) and Welsh, ancestry.
Anne’s paternal grandparents were Charles Hobart Heche (the son of Emanuel Heche and Martha Ellen Heller) and Clara L. Baumgartner (the daughter of John E. Baumgartner and Anna Vattum Opperud). Emanuel was born in Bern, Switzerland, of Swiss-German descent, the son of Emanuel Ferdinand Heche and Elisabeth Simon. Martha had German and English ancestry. John’s parents, Jacob Baumgartner and Anna Gisel, were Swiss, of Swiss-German descent. Anna’s parents were Norwegian.
Anne’s maternal grandparents were Richard Carleton Prickett (the son of Lora Alden Prickett and Nancy Anna Sheron) and Marietta Susan Tukey (the daughter of Walter Bradley Cubberley Tukey and Marietta Swayzee Coffin).
Sources: Genealogy of Anne Heche (focusing on her father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Anne’s father – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Anne’s maternal grandfather, Richard Carleton Prickett (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Anne’s maternal grandmother, Marietta Susan Tukey (focusing on her own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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