Larry, Thanks for the info. It jives with what I was able to glean from the biographies of Adolphe and the Pittsburgh city directories of that era - i.e. Adolphe was born in Pittsburgh in 1890, his father's name was Jean, the family ran a cafe on Fifth Ave and they were gone from Pittsburgh before 1900. Somewhere along the line some twig from their family tree married a distant twig on MY family tree (or so I've always heard). Sure would like to get to the bottom of that! Another claim to fame in Adolphe's Hollywood career was as a prominent player in the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s. If I'm not mistaken, he was roundly criticized in the movie industry for "naming names." Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: <LTbh150@aol.com> To: <PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 6:05 AM Subject: Re: [PITTSBURGH] Adolphe Menjou > Ray, > According to my wife's aunt, Kathryn Kelly Schwirian, in her book, "Six > Generations of an Irish-American Family", Jean Adolphe Menjou was born in the > village of Commune D'Arbus, located between Pau and Lourdes, in France. He > did live in Pittsburgh after 1886, and managed the Duquesne Hotel here. He > married a distant cousin (Nora Joyce) of my wife's, and later owned the Cafe > Royal on Fifth Ave. > He left Pittsburgh in about 1897 and moved to Cleveland. > Larry Hunt > Pittsburgh > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > Check out these COMMUNITY LISTS: MyStErY, Horror, SAHM, M-W-C, Nost-TV, Palm-Gen, and Westie > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > >