Birth Name: Heather Michelle O’Rourke
Date of Birth: December 27, 1975
Place of Birth: Santee, San Diego, California
Date of Death: February 1, 1988
Place of Death: San Diego, California
Ethnicity: German, Danish, English, Irish
Heather O’Rourke was an American actress. She is known for playing Carol Anne Freeling in the first three Poltergeist films (1982 to 1988).
On her father’s side, Heather was the granddaughter of Cordell O’Rourke (the son of Hardy O’Rourke and Irma May Paschal/Peacher/Paschar) and Melba Mae Cox (the daughter of Elmer L. Cox and Dovie Beatrice Hull).
On her mother’s side, Heather was the granddaughter of Walton Clyde Schwarm (the son of Ernest August Schwarm and Julia Bertha Franke) and ? Petersen (the daughter of Lawrence Andre Petersen and Gudrun Nielsen). Julia was born in Minnesota, to a Prussian German father, Carl Daniel Franke, and Bertha Wilken, who was of German descent. Laurence and Gudrun were Danish.
Sources: Genealogy of Heather O’Rourke – https://www.geni.com
Obituary of Heather O’Rourke – http://www.findagrave.com