Found this BBC link after finding Leslie (Bob) Ape (sic) on famous
immigrants from UK to U.S.A.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/sites/barry/pages/bobhope.shtml
Quote:-
"Hope's Road to Barry
The Hollywood star and comic legend Bob Hope had strong family ties to
Barry. Did you ever meet him when he visited the area?
Showbiz was in Bob Hope's genes through his mother Avis, a concert
singer from Barry (Glamorgan)
She married stonemason William Hope in April 1891 and the couple set up
home at 12 Greenwood Street in the town (Barry)
They later moved to Eltham, south east London, where the child they
christened Leslie was born in May 1903.
When he was three the family moved to Bristol as his father searched for
work.
They emigrated to the USA a year later where Bob's uncles had settled
and prospered in Cleveland, Ohio.
The comedian never forgot his Welsh roots, briefly visiting an air base
at Sully during the war to entertain the troops.
Hope later returned to Barry in October 1984 to unveil a plaque outside
his parents' former home in the town.
He died in July 2003 at the grand old age of 100."
I wonder if anyone has researched 'Bob's" family tree. It shouldn't be
too difficult.
On Ellis Island the link to 'Bob' Hope (Hape!) is
http://www.ellisisland.org/genealogy/ellis_island_famous_arrivals.asp
Best regards
Barrie Jones, Gwent