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Botti in 2013, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Christopher Stephen Botti
Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 12, 1962
Ethnicity: * father – Italian * mother – English, Scottish, distant Welsh and Dutch, remote French Huguenot
Chris Botti is an American jazz trumpeter and composer. He won a Grammy Award in 2013.
His mother, Shirley Louise, was a pianist and piano teacher, and his father, Lido Botti, was a teacher of Italian. His father was born in Oregon, to Italian parents, who were from Montevarchi, Province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, and had emmigrated in 1922. Chris was raised in Corvallis, Oregon.
Chris’s paternal grandfather was named Severino Botti.
Chris’s paternal grandmother was named Livia/Lidia M.
Chris’s maternal grandfather was Warren C. Stewart (the son of John Franklin Stewart and Ella Frances Collins). Warren was born in Oregon. Ella was the daughter of Henry Edward Collins and Nancy Catherine Hubbard.
Chris’s maternal grandmother was Kathleen Stewart (the daughter of Melville Clifford Stewart and Kate/Katie/Katherine Pearl Groesbeck/Grosbeck). Kathleen was born in Oregon. Melville was the son of Elmer Franklin/Frank Stewart and Amanda Elizabeth Mechem. Kate was the daughter of John Wallace Grosbeck and Emeline Emely Sarah “Amy” Edwards.
Sources: Chris’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Chris’s father – http://obits.oregonlive.com
Chris’s mother on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Chris’s maternal grandfather, Warren C. Stewart, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogies of Chris’s maternal great-grandparents, Melville Clifford Stewart and Kate/Katie/Katherine Pearl Groesbeck/Grosbeck – https://www.findagrave.com
Chris’s maternal great-grandmother, Kate/Katie/Katherine Pearl Groesbeck/Grosbeck, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Chris’s maternal great-great-grandfather, John Wallace Grosbeck (focusing on his own father’s side) – https://www.wikitree.com