Anne Rice – Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo 2012 – Day 3 – McCormick Place – Chicago, IL, USA – Photo Credit: Adam Bielawski / PR Photos
Birth Name: Howard Allen Frances O’Brien
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 4, 1941
Ethnicity: Irish, as well as 1/8th German
Anne Rice is an American author. She is known for her series of novels The Vampire Chronicles, and for writing gothic fiction, Christian literature, and erotica.
Anne is the daughter of Katherine (Allen) and Howard O’Brien. She was married to poet and artist Stan Rice, until his death, with whom she has two children.
Anne’s paternal grandparents were Michael John Joseph Samual O’Brien (son of Thomas O’Brien and Mary A. Duggan) and Bertha Agnes Curry (daughter of James Curry and Josephine Becker).
Anne’s maternal grandparents were Richard Allen (son of John Allen and Jane Hughes) and Alice O’Connell/Connell (daughter of Edward Connell and Mary Dwyer).
Sources: Genealogy of Anne Rice – https://www.geni.com
Marriage record of Anne’s parents – https://www.familysearch.org
Anne’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Anne’s paternal grandparents, Michael John Joseph Samual O’Brien and Bertha Agnes Curry – https://www.familysearch.org
Anne’s paternal grandmother, Bertha Agnes Curry, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Anne’s paternal great-grandparents, James Curry and Josephine Becker – https://www.familysearch.org
Anne’s mother on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Anne’s maternal grandparents, Richard Allen and Alice O’Connell/Connell – https://www.familysearch.org