Birth Name: Michael Joseph Porcaro
Date of Birth: May 29, 1955
Place of Birth: South Windsor, Connecticut, United States
Date of Death: March 15, 2015
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, United States
Ethnicity:
* Italian (Calabrian and Lombard) (father)
* English, Welsh, remote Cornish (maternal grandfather)
* Irish (maternal grandmother)
Mike Porcaro was an American musician. He was best known as the bassist for the American rock band Toto. He was the son of Eileen Frances (Linnell) and jazz drummer Joe Porcaro.
Mike’s brothers, Jeff Porcaro and Steve Porcaro, are also musicians of Toto. His nephew, Chase Duddy, and niece, Paige Duddy, formed their electronic duo XYLO.
Mike was married to Cheryl Jaynne.
Mike’s paternal grandparents were Giuseppe Porcara (later Joseph Thomas Porcaro, the son of Francesco Saverio Porcara and Elisabetta Maria Alvaro) and Concetta Ciccariello (the daughter of Domenico Ciccariello and Maria di Nosia). Giuseppe and Concetta were Italian immigrants, from San Luca, Province of Reggio Calabria, and Brianza, respectively. Saverio was the son of Francescantonio Porcara and Antonia Pollifroni. Elisabetta was the daughter of Giuseppe Alvaro and Maria Giorgi.
Mike’s maternal grandfather was Rodney Stewart Linnell (the son of Winslow Warren Linnell and Mariette E. Hall). Winslow was the son of Lorenzo Dow Linnell and Phebe A. Munson. Mariette was the daughter of Albert Charles Hall and Lucy Ann Hodge.
Mike’s maternal grandmother was Verona Mary Parker (the daughter of Benjamin F[ranklin Parker] and Mary Jane Bryson, later Brayson). Benjamin was the son of Irish immigrants George Parker and Mary Ann McFadden. Mary Jane was born in Johnville, New Brunswick, Canada, to John Bryson, of Irish descent, and of Irish immigrant Mary.
Sources: Genealogy of Mike Porcaro (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com/people/private/4063298
Obituary of Mike’s maternal uncle, Samuel J. Porcaro – http://www.obittree.com/book-of-memories/515774/porcaro-samuel/obituary.php
Birth record of Mike’s paternal grandfather, Giuseppe Porcara – http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/
Marriage record of Mike’s paternal great-grandparents, Francesco Saverio Porcara and Elisabetta Maria Alvaro – http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/