Place of Birth: Bristol, England
Date of Birth: 21 January 1965
Ethnicity:
* 50% Italian
* 43.75% English
* 6.25% Irish
Robert Del Naja is an English artist, musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the member of the English trip hop group Massive Attack. His father, Franco Del Naja, was an Italian immigrant, from Naples. His mother, Ann Rosemary (Peters), is English, of Irish descent.
Robert’s maternal grandfather was Edward Peters (the son of Frederick William Peters and Jemima “Mima” Grenyer). Frederick was the son of Edward Peters and Ann Tingley. Jemima was the daughter of James Grenyer and Elizabeth Baker.
Robert’s maternal grandmother was Elsie Florence Quantrill (the daughter of Charles Quantrill and Elizabeth Padwick). Charles was the son of Richard Quantrill and Martha Ann Heron. Robert’s great-grandmother Elizabeth was born in Belgaum, British India (present-day India), to English immigrant Charles John Padwick, of Portsmouth, Hampshire, and Irish immigrant Fanny Johnston, of County Donegal.
Sources: Robert’s birth record – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVWZ-FZD5
Marriage record of Robert’s parents – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV64-8D9G
Obituary of Robert’s father – http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Obituary-Franco-Del-Naja/story-16528614-detail/story.html
Birth record of Robert’s mother – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVQL-3DLG
Marriage record of Robert’s maternal grandparents, Edward Peters and Elsie Florence Quantrill – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV84-D15H
Baptismal record of Robert’s maternal grandfather, Edward Peters – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJGQ-722
Genealogy of Robert’s maternal grandfather, Edward Peters – http://familia.evemor.com/person-29000490_30808121_30808121/edward-peters
Birth record of Robert’s maternal grandmother, Elsie Florence Quantrill – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FP3-32N
Marriage record of Robert’s maternal great-grandparents, Charles Quantrill and Elizabeth Padwick – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NX4S-P1N
Baptismal record of Robert’s maternal great-grandmother, Elizabeth Padwick – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGHB-P4Y
Marriage record of Robert’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Richard Quantrill and Martha Ann Heron – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NN3T-BJ7
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