any relation to Antonia Pas Queshi?

[michaelross]

the document showing that name was handwritten, so there may be a slight variation to it. Maybe one word...Pasqueshi?

Any help on the surname would be helpful also.

This line has troubled my family for four generations.

On an SSN application, my gggrandfather "Michael (Mike) Ross" had her listed as his mother. His father is listed as "Jim Ross". My grandfather's sister said that Mike changed his name when he immigrated in 1895 from Italy, with his sister Mary. That is why I am checking his mother's name; it is the only one that sounds like it may be her actual name.

Maybe someone happens to be related to any of them?

Thanks.

[PeterTimber]

The greek word PASCHA was connected to the word PASCHEIN "to suffer, to leave"sothat the name became associated with the passion,death and resurrectioniof Christ. The Latin PASCHA in the late middle ages became PASCHUA being mated to PASCUA "pasture and fields of pasture" and, of course the word PASQUALI as a surname

Similarly PASQUESHI is no great leap from the PASCHA,PASCHUA, PASCUA and PASQUALI. It is no great leap to view the surname PASQUESHI as an alteration or derivation of the above combinations.

This is merely an opinion, an anecdote as it were,of su on my part since I am not a professional linguist of italian surnames but I do have access to the Dictionary of Italian surnames which assisted me.

Do you have any additonal information to provide about the oriign of the Pas Queshi surname since its root is Greek. =Peter=

[michaelross]

You seem to know much more than I do.

I have family history information which stops, on one line, with Mike Ross. I ordered a copy of his SSN application and saw the information about his mother listed.

I am exploring different possibilities to try and find more information on Mike Ross. All over the internet, any information about him stops with him.

I am just trying to get back further.

Thanks for all the info thus far.

[Tamberino]

Check out his Naturalization records. I would have the town he came from and the correct spelling of his last name.

[michaelross]

where would I look to get a copy of those?

[PeterTimber]

Try the circuit court for Eastern Pennsylvania if he lived within that jurisdiction. There is a website www.footnote.com which may offer you a freebie for locating Michele Rossi Petiton for Citize nship. =Peter=

[wldspirit]

There are a number of naturalizations for the name "Michele Rossi".
If you can provide further detail on Mike, state in which he lived as well as birthdate, we can provide you with a copy of the actual document itself.
wldspirit

[wldspirit]

1900 United States Federal Census

Name: Michele Rossi
[Michele Rosse]
Home in 1900: Manhattan, New York, New York
Age: 23
Birth Date: Jan 1877
Birthplace: Italy
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Immigration Year: 1896
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: Italy
Mother's Birthplace: Italy
Spouse's Name: Pefini
Marriage Year: 1899
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 1
Residence : New York City, New York, New York
Household Members: Name Age
Michele Rossi 23
Pefini Rossi 17
Petro Rossi 14

Corresponds with Peter's manifest find, as well as the dates provided on Mike for birth in your previous post.
Placing him on census will narrow down the time frame for naturalization.
wldspirit

[wldspirit]

By the WW1 draft, Mike is living in Pennsylvania.

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Name: Mike Ross
City: Not Stated
County: Huntingdon
State: Pennsylvania
Birth Date: 3 Jan 1877
Race: White
Roll: 1893238
DraftBoard: 0

wldspirit

[PeterTimber]

www.footnote.com will give you a free 7 day trial..They have about 27 Michele Rossi listed as being naturalized in eastern Pennsylvania. =Peter=

[michaelross]

You all are like a bunch of genealogical good samaritans.

Mike Ross changed his name early, and therefore all his kids took the last name Ross.

I do not know all their names, but one is Ernest - my ggrandfather. I have the names at home, but I think some were Carlos, William?

Mike Ross' wife was born in Virginia in 1881. Her name was Mary Elizabeth Weinman. She was not Italian; her parents both immigrated from Germany shortly before she was born.

I think Mike Ross and Mary Weinman met in New York where Mike worked for a time as a translator I believe.

They then moved to Pennsylvania where my ggrandfather, and most if not all, his brothers and sisters were born.

[suanj]

By the WW1 draft, Mike is living in Pennsylvania.

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Name: Mike Ross
City: Not Stated
County: Huntingdon
State: Pennsylvania
Birth Date: 3 Jan 1877
Race: White
Roll: 1893238
DraftBoard: 0

wldspirit

in adding to kind wldspirit find:

1910 United States Federal Census
about Michael Ross
Name: Michael Ross
Age in 1910: 32
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Birthplace: Italy
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Italy
Mother's Birth Place: Italy
Spouse's Name: Mary
Home in 1910: Carbon, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Year of Immigration: 1895
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Michael Ross 32
Mary Ross 30 (born in Virginia)
Carl Ross 8
Alonzo Ross 6
Earnest Ross 3





1920 United States Federal Census
about Michars Ross
Name: Michars Ross
[Mich?? Ross]
Home in 1920: Clay, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Age: 42 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Birthplace: Italy
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary
Father's Birth Place: Italy
Mother's Birth Place: Italy
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Year of Immigration: Un
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes Image: 421
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Michars Ross 42
Mary Ross 39 (born in Virginia)
Carl Ross 19
Longs Ross 16
Ernest Ross 13
Willim Ross 9
Margaret Ross 6
Evelyn Ross 3 10/12
Athina Ross 1 2/12
Thomas Fekmals 28
Eli Fekmals 24

suanj

[michaelross]

By the WW1 draft, Mike is living in Pennsylvania.

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Name: Mike Ross
City: Not Stated
County: Huntingdon
State: Pennsylvania
Birth Date: 3 Jan 1877
Race: White
Roll: 1893238
DraftBoard: 0

wldspirit

in adding to kind wldspirit find:

1910 United States Federal Census
about Michael Ross
Name: Michael Ross
Age in 1910: 32
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Birthplace: Italy
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Italy
Mother's Birth Place: Italy
Spouse's Name: Mary
Home in 1910: Carbon, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Year of Immigration: 1895
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Michael Ross 32
Mary Ross 30 (born in Virginia)
Carl Ross 8
Alonzo Ross 6
Earnest Ross 3





1920 United States Federal Census
about Michars Ross
Name: Michars Ross
[Mich?? Ross]
Home in 1920: Clay, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Age: 42 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Birthplace: Italy
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary
Father's Birth Place: Italy
Mother's Birth Place: Italy
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Year of Immigration: Un
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes Image: 421
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Michars Ross 42
Mary Ross 39 (born in Virginia)
Carl Ross 19
Longs Ross 16
Ernest Ross 13
Willim Ross 9
Margaret Ross 6
Evelyn Ross 3 10/12
Athina Ross 1 2/12
Thomas Fekmals 28
Eli Fekmals 24

suanj

This all looks like him. The children's names and ages match what I have too.

Thanks for looking for all this information.

The next thing I need to do is use the info to find any records that would show his original last name. Someone in the family thought it started with an "M"...but no one knows anything for sure.

[suanj]

last name of Michele ( MIKE) is ROSSI; the mother italian surname could be PASQUESI... what is the surname starting with "M"?