Family Background In Vaudeville: Census records, military records and local directories show that Joseph Ned LaRocca (Diana/Paige’s grandfather) was born in 1894 in Peoria, Illinois and grew up there. Known as “Ned,” Joseph Ned LaRocca was a harpist in a family of several brothers and one sister named Kathryn. His Father was Salvatore LaRocca, a harpist from Italy, settled in Chicago before raising a…