Rose Marie Zappa - Revision history

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-[[Image:YoungFrankRose.jpg|right|none|thumb|200px|Frank Zappa with his mother]]
+[[Image:YoungFrankRose.jpg|right|none|thumb|500px|Frank Zappa with his mother]]
 '''Rose Marie Zappa''' ([[Baltimore]], Maryland, 7 June 1912 - Burbank, California, 30 January 2004)<ref name="Miles">Barry Miles - [[Frank Zappa: A Biography]]</ref> was Frank Zappa's mother.
-<blockquote>My mother seems to like it if she sees my name in the papers, and if she sees me on TV she thinks it's good -- but she's a devout Catholic, so who can tell what she really thinks about what I do or the things I say?<ref name="TRFZB">[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</ref></blockquote>
+==Biography==
-She was born in 1912 as '''Rose Marie Colimore'''<ref>It is not clear if the family name was the English Colimore while living in Italy or if that was allocated during the immigration process. Often documents were Anglicised at the point of departure or a name was adopted after arriving in the US.</ref> the tenth of eleven<ref>Several of her siblings died at birth or during infancy - as was often the case at the time.</ref> children born to Charles Louis Colimore and Thereza Fava who had arrived in the USA in the 1890s and, settling in Maryland, ran a restaurant.<ref name="Miles"></ref>  Her strict Catholic family objected to her dating the divorced [[Francis Zappa]] so they dated in secret for four years.  Her mother eventually relented and agreed to them marrying if they came and lived at the Colimore's family home.  They were married on 11 June 1939 and moved into the home on Whittier Avenue<ref name="Miles"></ref>. They had four children: [[Biography|Frank]] (1940-1993), [[Bobby Zappa|Bobby]] (1943-2018), [[Carl Zappa|Carl]] (1948-2020) and [[Patrice Zappa|Patrice]] (1951).
+She was born in 1912 as '''Rose Marie Colimore'''<ref>It is not clear if the family name was the English Colimore while living in [[Italy]] or if that was allocated during the immigration process. Often documents were Anglicised at the point of departure or a name was adopted after arriving in the US.</ref> the tenth of eleven<ref>Several of her siblings died at birth or during infancy - as was often the case at the time.</ref> children born to Charles Louis Colimore and Thereza Fava who had arrived in the USA in the 1890s and, settling in [[Maryland]], ran a restaurant.<ref name="Miles"></ref>  Her strict Catholic family objected to her dating the divorced [[Francis Zappa]] so they dated in secret for four years.  Her mother eventually relented and agreed to them marrying if they came and lived at the Colimore's family home.  They were married on 11 June 1939 and moved into the home on Whittier Avenue<ref name="Miles"></ref>. They had four children: [[Biography|Frank]] (1940-1993), [[Bobby Zappa|Bobby]] (1943-2018), [[Carl Zappa|Carl]] (1948-2020) and [[Patrice Zappa|Patrice]] (1951).
 <blockquote>
-On my fifteenth birthday, my mother said she would spend five dollars on me (a lot of money for us then), and asked me what I wanted. I said, "Well, instead of buying me something, why don't you just let me make a long-distance phone call?" (Nobody in our house had ever made a long-distance phone call.)<ref name="TRFZB"></ref></blockquote>
+''"On my fifteenth birthday, my mother said she would spend five dollars on me (a lot of money for us then), and asked me what I wanted. I said, "Well, instead of buying me something, why don't you just let me make a long-distance phone call?" (Nobody in our house had ever made a long-distance phone call.)'' <ref name="TRFZB"></ref></blockquote>
 She passed away in 2004 at age 91.
 ==Notes==

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 [[Image:YoungFrankRose.jpg|right|none|thumb|200px|Frank Zappa with his mother]]
-'''Rose Marie Zappa''' ([[Baltimore]], Maryland, 7 June 1912 - Burbank, California, 30 January 2004)<ref>Barry Miles - [[Frank Zappa: A Biography]]</ref> was Frank Zappa's mother.
+'''Rose Marie Zappa''' ([[Baltimore]], Maryland, 7 June 1912 - Burbank, California, 30 January 2004)<ref name="Miles">Barry Miles - [[Frank Zappa: A Biography]]</ref> was Frank Zappa's mother.
 <blockquote>My mother seems to like it if she sees my name in the papers, and if she sees me on TV she thinks it's good -- but she's a devout Catholic, so who can tell what she really thinks about what I do or the things I say?<ref name="TRFZB">[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</ref></blockquote>
-She was born in 1912 as '''Rose Marie Colimore'''<ref>It is not clear if the family name was the English Colimore while living in Italy or if that was allocated during the immigration process. Often documents were Anglicised at the point of departure or a name was adopted after arriving in the US.</ref> the fifth of six children born to Charles Louis Colimore and Thereza Fava who had arrived in the USA in the 1890s and, settling in Maryland, ran a restaurant.<ref name="TRFZB"></ref>  She and [[Francis Zappa]] (1905-1973) married on 11 June 1939, making her his second wife. They had four children: [[Biography|Frank]] (1940-1993), [[Bobby Zappa|Bobby]] (1943-2018), [[Carl Zappa|Carl]] (1948-2020) and [[Patrice Zappa|Patrice]] (1951).
+She was born in 1912 as '''Rose Marie Colimore'''<ref>It is not clear if the family name was the English Colimore while living in Italy or if that was allocated during the immigration process. Often documents were Anglicised at the point of departure or a name was adopted after arriving in the US.</ref> the tenth of eleven<ref>Several of her siblings died at birth or during infancy - as was often the case at the time.</ref> children born to Charles Louis Colimore and Thereza Fava who had arrived in the USA in the 1890s and, settling in Maryland, ran a restaurant.<ref name="Miles"></ref>  Her strict Catholic family objected to her dating the divorced [[Francis Zappa]] so they dated in secret for four years.  Her mother eventually relented and agreed to them marrying if they came and lived at the Colimore's family home.  They were married on 11 June 1939 and moved into the home on Whittier Avenue<ref name="Miles"></ref>. They had four children: [[Biography|Frank]] (1940-1993), [[Bobby Zappa|Bobby]] (1943-2018), [[Carl Zappa|Carl]] (1948-2020) and [[Patrice Zappa|Patrice]] (1951).
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 '''Rose Marie Zappa''' ([[Baltimore]], Maryland, 7 June 1912 - Burbank, California, 30 January 2004)<ref>Barry Miles - [[Frank Zappa: A Biography]]</ref> was Frank Zappa's mother.
-<blockquote>My mother seems to like it if she sees my name in the papers, and if she sees me on TV she thinks it's good -- but she's a devout Catholic, so who can tell what she really thinks about what I do or the things I say?<ref>[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</ref></blockquote>
+<blockquote>My mother seems to like it if she sees my name in the papers, and if she sees me on TV she thinks it's good -- but she's a devout Catholic, so who can tell what she really thinks about what I do or the things I say?<ref name="TRFZB">[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</ref></blockquote>
-She was born in 1912 as '''Rose Marie Colimore''<ref>It is not clear if the family name was the English Colimore while living in Italy or if that was allocated during the immigration process. Often documents were Anglicised at the point of departure or a name was adopted after arriving in the US.</ref> the daughter of Charles Louis Colimore and Thereza Fava. She and [[Francis Zappa]] (1905-1973) married on 11 June 1939, making her his second wife. They had four children: [[Biography|Frank]] (1940-1993), [[Bobby Zappa|Bobby]] (1943-2018), [[Carl Zappa|Carl]] (1948-2020) and [[Patrice Zappa|Patrice]] (1951).
+She was born in 1912 as '''Rose Marie Colimore'''<ref>It is not clear if the family name was the English Colimore while living in Italy or if that was allocated during the immigration process. Often documents were Anglicised at the point of departure or a name was adopted after arriving in the US.</ref> the fifth of six children born to Charles Louis Colimore and Thereza Fava who had arrived in the USA in the 1890s and, settling in Maryland, ran a restaurant.<ref name="TRFZB"></ref>  She and [[Francis Zappa]] (1905-1973) married on 11 June 1939, making her his second wife. They had four children: [[Biography|Frank]] (1940-1993), [[Bobby Zappa|Bobby]] (1943-2018), [[Carl Zappa|Carl]] (1948-2020) and [[Patrice Zappa|Patrice]] (1951).
 <blockquote>
-On my fifteenth birthday, my mother said she would spend five dollars on me (a lot of money for us then), and asked me what I wanted. I said, "Well, instead of buying me something, why don't you just let me make a long-distance phone call?" (Nobody in our house had ever made a long-distance phone call.)<ref>[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</ref></blockquote>
+On my fifteenth birthday, my mother said she would spend five dollars on me (a lot of money for us then), and asked me what I wanted. I said, "Well, instead of buying me something, why don't you just let me make a long-distance phone call?" (Nobody in our house had ever made a long-distance phone call.)<ref name="TRFZB"></ref></blockquote>
 She passed away in 2004 at age 91.

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 <blockquote>My mother seems to like it if she sees my name in the papers, and if she sees me on TV she thinks it's good -- but she's a devout Catholic, so who can tell what she really thinks about what I do or the things I say?<ref>[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</ref></blockquote>
-She was born in 1912 as '''Rose Marie Colimore''' the daughter of Charles Louis Colimore and Thereza Fava. She and [[Francis Zappa]] (1905-1973) married on 11 June 1939, making her his second wife. They had four children: [[Biography|Frank]] (1940-1993), [[Bobby Zappa|Bobby]] (1943-2018), [[Carl Zappa|Carl]] (1948-2020) and [[Patrice Zappa|Patrice]] (1951).
+She was born in 1912 as '''Rose Marie Colimore''<ref>It is not clear if the family name was the English Colimore while living in Italy or if that was allocated during the immigration process. Often documents were Anglicised at the point of departure or a name was adopted after arriving in the US.</ref> the daughter of Charles Louis Colimore and Thereza Fava. She and [[Francis Zappa]] (1905-1973) married on 11 June 1939, making her his second wife. They had four children: [[Biography|Frank]] (1940-1993), [[Bobby Zappa|Bobby]] (1943-2018), [[Carl Zappa|Carl]] (1948-2020) and [[Patrice Zappa|Patrice]] (1951).
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-[[Image:Rose_Marie_Zappa.jpg|right|none|thumb|300px|ca. 1942]]
+[[Image:YoungFrankRose.jpg|right|none|thumb|200px|Frank Zappa with his mother]]
 '''Rose Marie Zappa''' ([[Baltimore]], Maryland, 7 June 1912 - Burbank, California, 30 January 2004)<ref>Barry Miles - [[Frank Zappa: A Biography]]</ref> was Frank Zappa's mother.

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 ==Biography==
-She was born in 1912 as Rose Marie Colimore. She and [[Francis Zappa]] (1905-1973) married on 11 June 1939 <ref>http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/notes/1940-1951.html</ref>, making her his second wife. They had four children: [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] (1940-1993), [[Bobby Zappa]] (1943-2018), [[Carl Zappa]] (1948-2020) and Patrice Zappa (aka [[Candy Zappa]]) (1951).
+She was born in 1912 as Rose Marie Colimore. She and [[Francis Zappa]] (1905-1973) married on 11 June 1939 <ref>http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/notes/1940-1951.html</ref>, making her his second wife. They had four children: [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] (1940-1993), [[Bobby Zappa]] (1943-2018), [[Carl Zappa]] (1948-2020) and [[Patrice Zappa]] (aka Candy Zappa) (1951).
 When Zappa was 15 she told him she would spent five dollars on him for his birthday, which Zappa used to make his long-distance call to [[Edgard Varèse]].