11. My Maternal Background The Bohemians were generational farmers who settled in Wisconsin. My grandmother, Catherine Adametz (photo on far left), was raised on a farm in southwestern Wisconsin. She had an older sister Emily and two brothers, Bill and Jim (pictured on left). My great, great grandmother Katherine Palan, who came from Europe (holding the twins); my great grandparents, Annie and Fred Adametz, posing by the automobile.