Bob Weir

Birth Name: Robert Hall Parber

Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States

Date of Birth: October 16, 1947

Ethnicity:
*Italian, German (father)
*English, some German, remote Welsh and Irish (mother)

Family Background: Bob Weir is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He was a member of the rock band Grateful Dead, in which he sung and played the rhythm guitar.

Bob is the biological son of Phyllis (Inskeep) Critchfield and John Louis “Jack” Parber. He was adopted by Frederic Utter and Eleanor Cramer Weir. Bob’s mother’s ancestry was English, with some German, and remote Welsh and Irish roots. His father was of half Italian and half German descent.

Bob’s biological paternal grandparents were James Victor Benvenuto (the son of Canio Benvenuto and Filiemina Mecca) and Evelyn Charlotte Heinzman/Heinzmann (the daughter of Joseph Heinzman/Heinzmann and Charlotte Newman). James was born in Italy. Evelyn was born in New Jersey, to German parents.

Bob’s biological maternal grandparents were Harry Burt Inskeep (the son of Frank E. Inskeep and Emily A. Hoffmann) and Roxanna B. Curtis (the daughter of Henry Clifford Curtis and Mary Luella Pinney).

Source: Genealogy of Bob Weir (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com/people/Bob-Weir/6000000034749065829

Genealogy of Bob’s paternal grandmother, Evelyn Heinzman – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=hgheinzmann&id=I08325

Genealogy of Bob’s mother (through her sister, Jane Inskeep) – https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&section=details&person=L22B-VLL&parents=L2ZV-QSQ_LVQ6-W9M

Genealogy of Bob’s great-grandfather, Frank Inskeep – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=kinship&id=I227366

Genealogy of Bob’s great-great-grandmother, Ann Gephart – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=delia1rose1&id=I09969

Genealogy of Bob’s great-great-great-grandmother, Lucy/Lucia Hinkle – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=tommyexc&id=I23803&style=TABLE

Genealogy of Bob’s great-grandfather, Henry Curtis – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=njpatrn&id=I024663&style=TABLE

Bob’s mother, Phyllis Inkeep, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X474-Y62
Bob’s mother, Phyllis Inkeep, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW86-QVX

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