Jacob deGrom
deGrom in 2015, photo by Debby Wong/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Jacob Anthony deGrom
Place of Birth: DeLand, Florida, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 19, 1988
Ethnicity: English, German, small amount of Irish, 1/16th Belgian/Flemish
Jacob deGrom is an American professional baseball player. He is a pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was previously with the New York Mets.
Jacob is married to Stacey, with whom he has two children.
Jacob’s paternal grandfather was Hubert Adolph deGrom (the son of Sydney/Sidney Louis C. De Grom and Martha Witschtowfki). Sydney was born in Middlesex, England, the son of Pierre Joseph De Grom/Degrom, who was Belgian, from Leuven, and likely had Flemish ancestry, and of Amy/Ann Tunbridge. Jacob’s great-grandmother Martha was German.
Jacob’s paternal grandmother was Holly Holene/Holline Pollard (the daughter of Harvey Clifford Pollard and Grace “Gracie” Truman Webb).
Jacob’s maternal grandfather was named Isaac Almond (the son of Hilsmon/Hilsman H. Almond and Etta H.). Isaac was born in Georgia. Jacob’s great-grandfather Hilsmon was the son of Isaac Almand and Sarah E.
Jacob’s maternal grandmother was Mary Norris Froscher (the daughter of Norris/Morris Teague Froscher and Mary F./C. Coleman). Jacob’s grandmother Mary was born in Titusville, Florida. Jacob’s great-grandfather Norris was born in Florida, the son of Andrew Froscher, who was from Bavaria, Germany, and of Lavenia Elizabeth Feaster. Jacob’s great-grandmother Mary was the daughter of George W. Coleman and Annie Julia Lonergan, whose own father was from Marysboro, Queens Co., Ireland.
Sources: Jacob’s paternal great-grandfather, Sydney/Sidney Louis C. De Grom, on the 1901 England and Wales Census – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Jacob’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Pierre Joseph De Grom/Degrom and Amy/Ann Tunbridge – https://familysearch.org
Jacob’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Pierre Joseph De Grom/Degrom and Amy/Ann Tunbridge, on the 1881 England and Wales Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Jacob’s paternal grandmother, Holly Holene/Holline (Pollard) deGrom – http://www.legacy.com
Jacob’s maternal grandfather, Isaac Almond, on the 1930 U.S. census – https://familysearch.org
Jacob’s maternal great-grandfather, Hilsmon/Hilsman H. Almond, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Jacob’s maternal grandmother, Mary Norris Froscher, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Jacob’s maternal grandmother, Mary Norris (Froscher) Almond – http://www.legacy.com
Genealogy of Jacob’s maternal great-grandfather, Norris/Morris Teague Froscher (focusing on his own mother’s side) – https://www.findagrave.com
Jacob Degrom is at least 1/32nd Irish. As noted his maternal great-grandmother was Mary C. Coleman (1888-1960). She was the daughter of Annie Julia Lonergan (1859-1893) (Shelby, Tennessee). Annie was the daughter of William Augustus Lonergan and Chaney Isabel Feaster. William was born in 1825 in Ireland.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45112225 (Jacob Degrom’s 3rd great-grandfather)
Maternal grandmother:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/news-journalonline/obituary.aspx?n=mary-norris-almond&pid=97406539
Her on a census:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNYW-Y9H
Her father’s grave:
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=47612659
Jacob’s grandfather on a census:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPRS-6T2
His father on a census:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3JG-31N
His father was Isaac Almand.
I found Sidney on a UK census, but there’s no father, only mother:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS46-JLR
So I looked for the mother on earlier censi and found her as Amy, married to Joseph De Grom from Belgium:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q279-FC39
This is likely their marriage record:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKN2-NDK
Joseph was from Leuven, and was probably Flemish.