Family History Project ... Part 2: Grandma Phyllis' side

 

Dear Niece ... 

I thought this would be the easiest way to organize the information for you.  

Your Dad's parents are your "Grandma" Bridgett and Mr. Unknown ....  then he was adopted by his grandparents, Clyde and Phyllis, Bridgett's parents.  This makes things a little confusing on how we recognize your dad because that makes his mom his "Sister" and his grandparents his "Mom & Dad" 

For the sake of the FAMILY TREE though, we are going to base things biologically..

Bridgett is your grandmother, born in Illinois.   Mr. Unknown, well, he is unknown. 

Clyde and Phyllis are your Great Grandparents....  they are both still alive.  Both born in Illinois.  

We just did Grandpa Clyde's side and now we'll do Phyllis' side ,,,,

YOUR 2x Great Grandparents 

Phyllis' parents were Claude and Philomena Roberts ... Claude was born in 1928 Wabasha, Minnesota, USA and Philomena was born in 1927 in Chicago, Illinois.

Philomena aka "Phyllis" was buried with her son, Patrick, whom died before her.  Also her death year was never added to the stone, that should be 2001.  

They are buried side by side though ... 

YOUR 3x Great Grandparents 

Claude's parents were Harold and Agnes Roberts. Harold was born in 1902 Wabasha, Minnesota and Agnes was born in 1903 in Minnesota.   

Philomena's parents were Ernesto and Concetta D'Ambrosio.  Ernesto was born in 1885 in Celle San Vito, Foggia, Italy.  He died in 1903.  Concetta was born in 1891 in Facta Taggia, Italy and she died around 1957.   I have had a very very hard time going back further from these two in this line.  However, I do believe I have the names of both their parents and all four of them were from Italy.  

But something interesting is that I did find the Passenger List where Ernesto came over from Italy to America and landed in Ellis Island.

YOUR 4x Great Grandparents 

So this is where it's going to get a little tricky.  This isn't as simple as Grandpa Clyde's side where by this generation or the 5x G-Gparents came from an area of origin. These guys, who ...  besides Ernesto and Concetta's families who were both born in Italy, Harold and Agnes' families had been here for centuries, aging up with America.  With the exception of one g-grandparent here, who was from Norway, everyone else goes way back and most (if not all) were immigrated from England.  

Ernesto's parents were Angelo & Donata D'Ambrosio.  I THINK.  This is my best guess at this point but I don't have any information beyond the possible names.  

Concetta's parents were Vito and Filomena Benedetto.  Vito was born in 1860 in Italy and Filomena was born in 1861 in Fieto, Italy. 

Harold's parents were William and Gussie Mae Roberts.  William was born in 1869 in Perry County, Pennsylvania and Gussie Mae was born in 1881 in Maxville, Buffalo, Wisconsin.  

William's family I ran into a lot of brick walls tracing back, I'm not 100% sure where they came from.  However, Gussie Mae's lineage goes all the way back to the 1600's to early America and most if not all of the ancestors came from England in the 1600's at some point.  

Agnes' parents were William and Inga Griffin.  William was born in 1881 Tomah, Monroe, Wisconsin and Inga was born in 1875 in Hasvåg, Nord-Trøndelag, NORWAY.

This is a photo of Inga's family before she was married.  She is the young lady, back row, all the way to the right behind the older lady.

This is where it gets a little interesting.  While Inga's family came over from Norway.  Williams went back to the 1600's America. William's lineage goes all the way back to the 1600's to early America and most if not all of the ancestors came from England in the 1600's at some point .... and this is where the Salem Witch Trials comes into play.  

Williams line goes back several generations ....  

So William to his mother Eva, to her father Marsena Martin, to his father Icabod Martin to his father, also Ichabod Martin....  

Ichabod Martin to his father Nathaniel Martin, to his father Samuel Martin, to his father John Martin, to his parents George Martin and his mother Susanna North Martin...  the "Salem Witch" that got hung.  

I hope that this helps you and is what you need!!