This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cbarber32 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.allegany/161.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I grew up down the road from Louis Giboo and his son Robert. Robert married Grace Lutz. Their kids all went to school with us. I don't know a lot, but they are somehow connected to the Stockin family also. You should try to get a hold of someone at the Rushford Free Library. They might have obits on file. As luck would have it, some of the Giboo kids ( Robert and Grace's kids) are connected to my genealogy through another line. Robert Giboo died in 1987 I think, but as far as I know Grace is still alive. Last I knew she was still living on Rawson Road between Cuba and Rushford. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mammadonna Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.allegany/9806.2.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If Ottomar Gonter (who is my great grandfather) is one of the brothers, and I bet he is, then we are related also. This really is exciting. Blessings, Donna Green My email address is dgreen6@satx.rr.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaryRhodes505 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.allegany/9806.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I will see if the town or village clerk can confirm parentage of the two men. You can contact me at thelmargh@gmail.com if you have some questions I did not try to answer. Mary Nathaniel Dyke Museum Wellsville NY Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: K_Gonter Surnames: Gonter Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.allegany/9806.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Matthew H Gonter is my great-grandfather, and he was the son of Joseph and Margaret. I have no information further back than Joseph Gonter, though family tradition says it was three brothers that came from Europe; Mathias and Ottomar could be brothers if the story is true. I appreciate you taking the time to find this information. I'm almost giddy with excitement, and I know my father and grandmother will be interested in this as well. Kim Gonter Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaryRhodes505 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.allegany/9806.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have spent the afternoon trying to sort out the Gonter Family in Wellsville. We have two families: The Mathias Gonter Family (1826 - 1888) and the Ottomar Gonter Family (1830 - 1891) Can you tell me if Mathias and Ottomar are brothers? Both are from Germany, one census says Wirtemburg for both of them (if you can trust the census taker) I do have Matthew H Gonters obit from Buffalo as follows: I believe him to be the son of Joseph and Margaret. Am I right? (Joseph being the son of Mathias and Wilhelmine) Wellsville Daily Reporter May 2, 1959 Matthew Gonter Dies After Long Illness; Was Former Resident Buffalo - Matthew H. Gonter, 67, maintenance supervisor at Our Lady of Victory Institutions for about 16 years, died Thursday in Our Lady of Victory Hospital. He had been hospitalized with back injuries since a fall March 7 in the garage at his home at 374 West Delavan Ave. Mr. Gonter was the father of the Rev. Louis J. Gonter, assistant pastor of Annunciation Church and a cousin of the Rev Harold F. Gonter, pastor of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church, Cheektowaga and the Rev. Xavier Gonter of Dunkirk. He was also a cousin of the lat Rev. Walter M. Gonter first pastor of St. Aloysius Gonzaga. Mr. Gonter was born in Wellsville and educated in St. Michaels High School and College Toronto. He moved to Buffalo from Wellsville in 1927 and served as custodian at Annunciation Church. He was a member of the Holy Name Society at Annunciation. He is survived by his wife the former Anna L. Cronin; two other sons, Matthew J of Miami Fla and Richard J. three daughters Mrs. Garland Chapman of Lockport, Mrs. Vincent H. Hau of Coudersport Pa and Mrs. Harold P. Petrie of Rochester; two sisters, Miss Mary M. Gonter of Orange NJ and Mrs Elizabeth Hartz of Warren PA and 20 grandchildren. His son will celebrate a Requiem Mass at 10 o'clock Monday morning in Annunciation Church. The Rev. Harold Gonter and the Rev. Xavier Gonter will serve as deacon and sub-deacon respectively. The Mass will follow 9:30 o'clock prayer in the George J. Roberts & Sons Funeral Home, 205 Linwood Ave. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary. Mr. Gonter has several cousins nieces and nephews in Wellsville who survive. Mary Nathaniel Dyke Museum Wellsville NY Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: K_Gonter Surnames: Gonter Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.allegany/9806.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you Mary. This is indeed my father's uncle. It will be interesting to find out more about the Gonter cousins that are mentioned. Kim Gonter Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaryRhodes505 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.allegany/9806.1.1.2.4.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Contact me at thelmargh@gmail.com - I have some Illig, Held and Ebeling info. Mary Nathaniel Dyke Museum Wellsville Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hello, Does anyone have any information for this family found in the 1870 census for Burns, Allegany County, New York KEAN, John, age 51, butcher, born Scotland " Marie, age 46, keeping house, born Germany " Amelia, age 13, born NY " Amaretta, age 11, born NY " Ammarilla, age 11, born NY " Harriet, age 7, born NY " Salina, age 4, born NH I think Amelia may have married Albert C. BURNSIDE and it would be nice if someone could confirm. Albert and Amelia have memorials with headstone photo on FindAGrave.com ~Blessings, Bev in Calif.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mammadonna Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.allegany/9806.1.1.2.4.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks so much...This is soooo exciting. I couldn't do it without your help. Keep it coming Blessings, Donna Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaryRhodes505 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.allegany/9806.1.1.2.5/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have a 1938 obit for John P Gonter, son of Ottomer and Mary Stortz Gonter. Married Sept 16 1896 to Elizabeth Sheahan. He leaves 2 sons, Howard O and Lyle F. and three sisters, Mrs. Emma Greene of Andover and Mrs. Mary Held and Mrs Josephine Illig of Wellsville.. Mary Nathaniel Dyke Museum Wellsville NY Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaryRhodes505 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.allegany/9806.1.1.2.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have a 1938 obit for John P Gonter, son of Ottomer and Mary Stortz Gonter. Married Sept 16 1896 to Elizabeth Sheahan. He leaves 2 sons, Howard O and Lyle F. and three sisters, Mrs. Emma Greene of Andover and Mrs. Mary Held and Mrs Josephine Illig of Wellsville.. Mary Nathaniel Dyke Museum Wellsville NY Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaryRhodes505 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.allegany/9806.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This is ONE Mary Gonter..... Mrs John Kinsella Funeral is Saturday; Was Former Resident: Mrs. John Kinsella of Shinglehouse PA died yesterday afternoon in the Warren Hospital. Born May 11, 1861 in Wellsville, the former Mary Gonter was a daughter of the late Mathias and Wilhelmina Huber Gonter. Mrs. Kinsella resided in Wellsville for 19 years but most of her life was spent in Erwin. Her husband preceded her in death. Rev. Francis J. O'Meara will officiate at a mass of requiem on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock in Immaculate Conception Church. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery. The body is at the Embser Funeral Home where friends may call. Oct 24, 1958 Wellsville Daily Reporter. Mary Nathaniel Dyke Museum Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaryRhodes505 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.allegany/9806.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hope this reads ok - its a bit fuzzy - another article about Father LOUIS Gonter from the June 2, 1949 Allegany County Democrat. Mary Nathaniel Dyke Museum Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaryRhodes505 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.allegany/9806.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Check out the Gonters in Sacred Heart Cemetery too http://alleganycountynylocalhistory.com/CemeteryPages/Sacred Heart-WLSV/E-J-SacredHeart-WLSV.htm There are a few Gonters in Woodlawn Cemetery in Wellsville too. Mary Nathaniel Dyke Museum Wellsville Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mammadonna Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.allegany/9806.1.1.2.3.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dear Mary, Thanks for your quick response. I am at the beginning of my search and appreciate any information you can dig up for me. I find this whole process fascinating. Only wish I had asked more questions of grandmother when she was alive. I believe Fr. Gonter was dad's first cousin. At least he was dad's favorite cousin. Blessings, Donna Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: K_Gonter Surnames: Gonter Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.allegany/9806.1.1.2.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This is interesting. I know that my dad's uncle Louis Gonter was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest on 4 June 1949, and two of his younger siblings including my grandfather, Matthew J. Gonter, were born in Buffalo. I'll have to see if my grandmother knows anything about this. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaryRhodes505 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.allegany/9806.1.1.2.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sons of Mr and Mrs Fred Gonter - found this in the Allegany County Democrat in 1959, I'm sorry I do not have exact publication date. - Mary Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: badecooke Surnames: Babcock, Cooke, Cook, Gingerich, Rogers, Graham, Frantz, McGibbney Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.allegany/9806.1.1.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I was raised in Wellsville, but the Gonter family information that I have is through my wife's family, in Frostburg Maryland. It's not much, but I thought I'd mention it. My wife's father was raised in a hotel in Frostburg called "The Gonter Hotel". An old Mrs. Gonter and her son still lived in the hotel during his youth. She was killed in a tragic set of circumstances involving her son leaving the parking brake off in a car with her in it. The Gonters had sold the Hotel to my wife's great grandfather at that point, but still owned a ski lodge near the town at that time. She was killed near that ski lodge. That's all I have on Gonter. Thank you Steve Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaryRhodes505 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.allegany/9806.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sorry - I have not been following the Gonter links - we have many clippings on the Gonter family in our historical society files - and will check these connections on my next visit to the museum....Mary Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mammadonna Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.allegany/9806.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Mary, My name is Donna Green. I live in San Antonio, TX and am 75 years old. My father's name was J. DeVere Green, from in and around Wellsville and Hornell. His mother's name was Emma 'Gonter' Green, who was born on September 18, 1872,and immigrated from Germany to the US with her family while in her teens, which would have been in the late 1880's. The information about: "Joseph Gonter, b. New York d. abt 1893 m1. Unknown, d. before 1890 --2 children, names and dates unknown, though they were teenagers around 1890." The time line is right for Emma Gonter to be one of the children as she was in her teens at that time. I know dad had a "favorite" cousin named Father Rob Gonter who was at the Dunkirk Seminary. And he had other relatives in Wellsville, one of which he was very fond of. I don't remember her name though. Maybe something like Margaret Flannigan. I might be on the right track after all. Grandmother married a John Eugene Green and in the 20's, 40's and 50's they had a Beer Hall and later a corner grocery in Hornell. They had 2 boys, Victor and my dad, J. Devere. Does any of the above information sound familiar to you? Would love to hear from you. Most sincerely, Donna Green Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.