Birth Name: Joan Elizabeth Osborne
Date of Birth: July 8, 1962
Place of Birth: Anchorage, Kentucky, United States
Ethnicity:
* mostly English, some Irish and Welsh (father)
* 3/4 German, 1/4 Italian (mother)
Family Info:
Joan Osborne is an American singer known for her recording of the Eric Bazilian song “One of Us”. Her parents are Francis Gerald “Jerry” (Osborn) Osborne and Ruth Ann Yunker.
Her paternal grandparents are Thomas Walter Osborne (the son of Richard Matthew “Dick” Osbourn and Anna Alice “Allie/Annie” Blandford) and Clevie Marie Clements (the daughter of Robert Lee Clements and Mary Regina Simms).
Her maternal grandparents are Carl Annuociation Yunker (the son of Arthur Yunker and Carolyn “Carrie” Gazzollo) and Helen Marie Schimpeler (the son of Charles Henry Schimpeler and Helen Marie Bohne). Arthur was born in Louisville, Kentucky to German immigrants Johann (later John) Yunker and Elisabeth (later Elizabeth) Wolf. Carrie was also born in Louisville, Kentucky to Italian immigrants Jacko (later Jacob) Gazzollo and Angelina Gatto. All of Charles Henry and Helen Marie’s grandparents were Germans.
Sources:
* Joan’s birth record: http://birth-records.mooseroots.com/l/44735327/Joan-Elizabeth-Osborne
* Jerry’s birth record: http://birth-records.mooseroots.com/l/43652439/Francis-J-Osborn
* Jerry’s obituary: http://www.newcomerkentuckiana.com/obituary/91580/Francis-Gerald-Osborne/Louisville-Kentucky
* Genealogy of Jerry Osborne: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=edswoman&id=I80765
* Ruth’s birth record: http://birth-records.mooseroots.com/l/47199710/Ruth-A-Yunker
* Ruth’s 1940 US Census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7TX-WFR
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