Post by the Scribe on Mar 22, 2020 12:48:28 GMT
I AM BORN
When Linda Ronstadt first sat down to work on “Simple Dreams,” a memoir that shares its title with a triple-platinum Ronstadt album from the ’70s, the singer turned for inspiration to a book she’d cherished growing up in Tucson.
“I looked at ‘Black Beauty,’ ” she says, “which was an early favorite of mine as a kid, and I think the first chapter is, ‘I am born.’
“I thought, ‘OK, that’s a good place to start.
Tucson
Monsoon clearing the way for Linda Ronstadt's "I AM BORN" moment
The first and longest chapter in the singer’s book is titled “Tucson.” The narrative starts with Ronstadt’s father driving badly flooded streets to get her mother to the hospital one rainy summer day in 1946. It’s her “I am born” moment. And from there, she goes on to describe a childhood that found her surrounded by music and people who knew how to make it.
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When Linda Ronstadt first sat down to work on “Simple Dreams,” a memoir that shares its title with a triple-platinum Ronstadt album from the ’70s, the singer turned for inspiration to a book she’d cherished growing up in Tucson.
“I looked at ‘Black Beauty,’ ” she says, “which was an early favorite of mine as a kid, and I think the first chapter is, ‘I am born.’
“I thought, ‘OK, that’s a good place to start.
Tucson
Monsoon clearing the way for Linda Ronstadt's "I AM BORN" moment
The first and longest chapter in the singer’s book is titled “Tucson.” The narrative starts with Ronstadt’s father driving badly flooded streets to get her mother to the hospital one rainy summer day in 1946. It’s her “I am born” moment. And from there, she goes on to describe a childhood that found her surrounded by music and people who knew how to make it.
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Linda Ronstadt
Birth Name: Maria Linda Ronstadt
Place of Birth: Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 15, 1946
Ethnicity:
*Mexican [Spanish, possibly other], 1/4 German, 1/8 English, 1/16th Italian (father)
*English, German, Dutch (mother)
Linda Ronstadt is an American singer and actress.
Linda is the daughter of Ruth Mary (Copeman) and Gilbert Ronstadt. Her father was of five eighths Mexican, two eighths German, and one eighth English, descent. Her mother had English, German, and Dutch ancestry. She has two children.
Linda’s paternal grandfather was Frederico/Frederick Jose Maria Augustus Ronstadt (the son of Friedrich/Friederich August Ronstadt and Margarita Redondo y Vasquez). Linda’s grandfather Frederico was born in Las Delicias, Sonora, Mexico, and was a business and cultural leader in early 20th century Tucson, Arizona. Linda’s great-grandfather Friedrich was German, born in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, the son of Gottfried Heinrich Ronstadt and Trienke Gerdes. Margarita was Mexican, the daughter of José María Redondo y Gortari, whose father was Spanish and whose mother was Italian, and of Antonia Jesusita/Jesus Vasquez.
Linda’s paternal grandmother was Maria Guadalupe Agustina Dalton (the daughter of Winnall Augustin/Agustin Dalton and Maria de Jesus Francisca “Jesusita” Vasquez). Winnall was the son of Henry Francis Dalton, who was English, from Middlesex, England, and of Maria Guadalupe Zamerano/Zamorano, who was of Mexican origin. Linda’s great-grandmother Maria was also of Mexican origin, the daughter of Francisco Vasquez and Maria Concepcion/Consepcion “Chona” Suastegui/Saustegui.
Linda’s maternal grandfather was Lloyd Groff Copeman (the son of John Wesley Copeman and Caroline Estelle Groff). Lloyd was a well-known inventor in his day. His parents were Canadian. John was born in Galt, Ontario, the son of Baldwin C. Copeman and Elizabeth Smith, who was from Jersey, Ontario. Caroline was the daughter of Henry Groff and Helen M. Henderson.
Linda’s maternal grandmother was Hazel Dawn Berger (the daughter of Charles Henry Berger and Adelaide M. Bowman). Adelaide was the daughter of Jonas Bowman and Mary Elizabeth Leffingwell.
Linda’s paternal grandfather, Frederick Augustus Ronstadt, was married to Sara Levin, who was the sister of Henry Levin, the maternal great-grandfather of actress Natalia Livingston. However, Sara was not Linda’s grandmother.
Sources: Genealogies of Linda Ronstadt – www.geni.com
wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
ethnicelebs.com/linda-ronstadt