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!!

A Tale of the Roberts Clan....

So ...... I have been working on some of my husband's Mom's side for a little while, and his Mom asked me to share some of the information I have thus far.

So his Mom's parents were

Claude Roberts & Philomena D'Ambrosio ...
(Dennis' Grandparents)

Claude was born on 5 January 1928 ...... and he died 9 September 1986 .... I haven't gotten a chance yet to see if I can find anything on him on the military website I use, I think Dennis did and didn't find anything.  But they are still working on a lot of records getting added....

AND I have to point out that (my kids) Calahan was born on January 5th and Kaedyn was born September 9th .. odd right?

Philomena J. D'Ambrosio was born as a first generation American Italian in Illionis 29 Aug 1927 and she died 3 Mar 2001 in Chicago.   She was buried with her son Patrick whom died from a cocaine overdose.

They had several children, of which most are alive right now.  Though I don't know much information on any of them.... there were 5 boys and two girls.  Daniel, David, Dennis, Jeff and Patrick, and then two girls Judy and Phyllis...  David, Dennis and Patrick have passed away.  Dennis (my husband) was named after his uncle Dennis.

We're going to discuss Philomena's parents in another blog.  So I'll continue with Claude's parents ...

Harold Owen Roberts and Agnes Griffin
(Dennis' Great-Grandparents)

 ... Harold was born 4 June 1902 in Minnesota and died 10 July 1982 in Minnesota.  Agnes was born 6 Feb 1903 in Minnesota and died in Minnesota on 21 Dec 1962.

Somone had posted this picture on Ancestry ....

Their graves are together....

They had five boys and two girls.  Harleth, Forrest, Bernice, Claude, Verna, Glen & Elmer ...  I have found infomation on Harleth, and of course Claude, but the rest are still a mystery.

They are resting in Memory Gardens Cemetery - Arlington Heights (Cook County), Illinois

Harold's parents are
William Edward Roberts & Gussie "Mae" Elnora Hyde ....
(Dennis' Great-Great-Grandparents)

Luckily one picture of Gussie with her sisters was shared on Ancestry ...

Sisters - Gussie, Clara Hall, Eloda Hyde, and Alice

It's absolutely WONDERFUL when people share these photos on their trees for others to see.  Because so many of us wouldn't be able to SEE our ancestors otherwise....

Gussie Elnora Hyde was born Jul. 28, 1881 in Maxville, Buffalo County, Wisconsin ...  She died Apr. 11, 1954 in Lake City, Wabasha County, Minnesota...

William Edward Roberts was born Nov. 1, 1869 in Perry County, Pennsylvania and he died on Jan. 2, 1929 in Lake City, Wabasha County, Minnesota

They are both buried at Lakewood Cemetery in Lake City, MN ...  

Now, Agnes' parents were 

William Leroy Griffin & Inga Dorothea Hasvog (Carlson)

(Dennis' Great-Great-Grandparents) 

Inga Dorothea Hasvog 

Carlson is attached to Inga because that's how people would normally be named in Norway, which she is an immigrant of - along with her family.  Truly - it would be Carldotter or Karldotter ... because of her being a girl, she wouldn't be a "son" ...  

As for Hasvog, that's where Inga is from .... Hasvåg, Nord-Trøndelag, NORWAY ...  so I'm not sure WHAT their TRUE surname is .... 

That's just my thoughts on that....  

So this is a family photo of Inga's family that someone posted on Ancestry.  Thank you!  

Standing Left to Right_ Lewis, Mary, Laura, Carl Anton, Inga Grandpa, Alena _ Carl's Wife, Grandma Children are Carl Anton and Olena

I haven't found their graves yet but from what I have (at the moment) William Leroy Griffin was born 1881 in and he died in 1969 in Wisconsin ....  Inga was born in Norway in 1875 and she died in Wisconsin in 1974.

In the above photo Inga's father is the older man sitting with his arms crossed, his name is Karl (Carl) Jacob Danielson, and his wife's name (holding the older baby) is named Antonette Ingebrigtsdatter....  

And that's where we are going to stop for now :)