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.