Who's Who -- The Family of Christian & Annie Godskesen

Amelia Godskesen's parents were Christian Godskesen and Annie Jensen.

They immigrated from Denmark to the Portland area, and married in about 1894 (I'm working on finding their marriage data!) and had the following children:

= William Christian Godskesen (31 Mar 1895 - Oct 1975)
[Note: William shortened his surname to Godsen sometime after his marriage)

= Amelia Cecilia Godskesen (05 Mar 1897 - 16 Jul 1960)

= Franklin Edward Godskesen (Abt. 1902 - 13 Nov 1922)

Who's Who -- The family of Joseph Marco Parisi and Marina Morelli

I'm going to go up a generation and talk about Anthony's parents and their children in the next several blogs. As I am still working on documenting many events in this line of my family, and am in the process of blending others' research into my own. To keep things straight, items marked with an asterisk (*) have not been documented by me (but I'm working on it).
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Joseph Marco Parisi married Marina Morelli in a small village (Premione) near Trento (now Italy), around 1885. They then immigrated to the United States and settled in Portland, OR. Like many immigrants, the family did not all move at once, but moved in stages. Joseph came first, secured a job and housing, then moved his family over. I will be discussing this and the area they came from in future posts.

They had the following children:

Anthony Peter Parisi -- "Tony" (10 Jan 1886 - 8 Nov 981); born in Premione
-- married Amelia Godskesen (see previous blog)

*Armida Maria Parisi -- (6 Nov 1888 - 13 Nov 1888); born in Premione

Mary Parisi -- (22 Feb 1892 - 13 Jan 1982); born Portland, OR
-- married Joseph A. Baldrica

Cecilia Parisi -- (16 Nov 1893 -- 2 Jul 1974); born Portland, OR

Rosa Parisi -- (Jul 1897 -- ???); born Portland, OR
-- *married John Cook

Alice Parisi -- (abt. 1901 - ???); born Portland, OR
-- *married William Raymond Jefferis

Henry William Parisi (15 Mar 1903 - 13 Mar 1987); born Portland, OR

George Parisi (17 Mar 1907 - 19 Jul 1981); born Portland, OR
-- * married Ellen Mallon


Just by looking at the place of birth for the children, you can narrow down the immigration date for the family, and see who would have come over. This is helpful in looking at ships' passenger lists, etc.

Who's Who -- The Family of Anthony and Amelia

I will be posting a Who's Who listing all members of a single family unit -- as far as I know them. There will also be a separate label to these listings. Hopefully this will help everyone (including me!) keep people and their relations to everyone straight! I'm starting with the household of Anthony and Amelia Parisi.

Anthony Peter Parisi -- "Tony" (10 Jan 1886 - 8 Nov 1981)
-- married* --
Amelia Cecilia Godskesen (5 Mar 1897 - 16 Jul 1960)

They raised the following three children:

Eleanor Cecilia Parisi (4 Aug 1919 - 21 Feb 1965)
-- married name: Bjore
Frank Edward Parisi (25 Feb 1924 - 13 Feb 1999)
Joseph Peter Parisi (b. 1934)

*I haven't found their marriage certificate yet, but I'm working on it!