Kansas Carradine

Carradine with father David Carradine in 2003, photo by Joe Seer/Bigstock.com

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: April 19, 1978

Ethnicity: English, along with Irish, German, Scottish, Welsh, Dutch, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Cree Native American, remote French

Kansas Carradine is an American actress.

She is the daughter of actors David Carradine and Linda Gilbert, and a granddaughter of actor John Carradine. She is a half-niece of actors Christopher Carradine, Keith Carradine, and Robert Carradine, and a half-cousin of actresses Martha Plimpton and Sorel Carradine, who are Keith’s daughters; and of actress Ever Carradine, who is Robert’s daughter.

Kansas’ mother is described as being of at least part Cree Native American descent.

Kansas’ paternal grandfather was John Carradine (born Richmond Reed Carradine, the son of William Reed Carradine and Genevieve Winifred Richmond). John was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, and had English, some Irish and Scottish, and distant Welsh, German, and French, ancestry. William was born in Mississippi, and was a correspondent for the Associated Press. His father, The Rev. Beverly Francis Carradine, was a Methodist minister, author, and leading evangelist for the holiness movement, whose own father was planter. William’s mother, Kansas’ great-great-grandmother, was Laura Green Reid/Reed. Kansas’ great-grandmother Genevieve was born in Milford, Otsego County, New York, and was a surgeon. She was the daughter of Horace Culver Richmond and Winifred/Winnie Ryan, whose own parents were Irish.

Kansas’ paternal grandmother was Ardanelle Abigail McCool (the daughter of Ambrose Rucker McCool and Edith Foster). Ardanelle was born in Denver, Colorado. Ambrose was born in Illinois, the son of John S. McCool and Lucy C. Rucker. Edith was born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, the daughter of William Benjamin/Bolliver Foster, whose paternal grandfather was English; and of Emma Koch.

Kansas’ maternal grandfather was William Isaac Gilbert (the son of William Isaac Gilbert and Mary Lucy Witt). Kansas’ grandfather William was born in Oklahoma. Kansas’ great-grandfather William was the son of Horace W. Gilbert and Trescina Wren. Mary was the daughter of George Albert Witt and Nancy J. Buchanan.

Kansas’ maternal grandmother’s surname was Gordon.

The surname Carradine is sometimes said to have an Italian or Spanish origin. Kansas’ last traceable patrilineal ancestor is believed to have been a man named Parker Carradine, who was born in Georgia, in North America, c. 1755. There is no evidence that Parker had Italian or Spanish ancestry.

Sources: Genealogy of Kansas Carradine (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com

Genealogies of Kansas’ father – http://famouskin.com
http://www.familytreecircles.com
http://www.findagrave.com
https://www.wikitree.com