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| 25651 | Source Media Type: Film | Source (S701)
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| 25652 | Source Media Type: Film | Source (S702)
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| 25653 | Source Media Type: Film | Source (S711)
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| 25654 | Source: Certificate of Death, County of Allegheny, City of Pittsburgh, No. 1361776, File No. 92533, Registered No. 7522 Margaret (Maggie) and August (Gust) lived in an apartment over a tavern at the corner of Routes 88 and 51. Gust liked to play "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" on the violin for Maggie. Source: Employment Records from A. M. Byers Company, Pipe Mill, South Side, Pittsburgh, PA Employed as Foreman in the Nipple Department November 1913. January 15, 1929 he was transferred from foreman to diesetter. He left the employment September 26, 1949. He is shown as being 5 feet 11 inches tall, weight 170 lbs, with brown eyes and brown hair. He said he arrived in the USA in 1887 and resided in Pittsburgh since 1889. | Beloski, August Wilhelm (I66304)
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| 25655 | Source: Employment Records from A. M. Byers Company, Pipe Mill, South Side, Pittsburgh, PA Hired June 22, 1951 as a Threader in the Nipple Department. In March he was transfered to the Maintenance Department as a Craneman. On January 18, 1961 he received an indefinite lay-off and received severance pay on September 30, 1961. He was 5 foot 6 inches tall, weight 145, with blue eyes and blond hair. He completed 8 years of grade school and one of high school. He listed as previous employment: Peoples Cab Company, Driver, 1 1/2 years; Oliver Iron & Steel Corp, Electrician Helper 1945-1945 (quit), and as a truck driver for 7 years. He was introduced by Daniel Baehr. | Redlinger, Leo Thomas (I66307)
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| 25656 | Source: Washington County, Ohio to 1980 PETER GRUBER Peter Gruber was born on 7.18.1790 in Berschweiler, Rheinpreussen, an area in western Germany. He married Barbara Stein. metz, who was born in Olimbach, same area, in 1790, and lived in St. Wendel. Peter brought his family to America in 1836, settling first in Virginia, then in Elk Township. At the time, Elk Township was a part of Washington County. Peter and Barbara raised a family of thirteen children, the eldest was Peter Jr., born 1-27-1818. Peter died 9-4-1863 and Barbara died 4-9-1859, both being buried in the old cemetery of the former Zion Lutheran Church in Elk Township. Married 42 years, they left 53 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Also, buried at this cemetery are sons Nickolas, born 2- 1 9. 1 820, died 3- 13.1880, married to Caroline Stegner, and, Phillip, born 12-20-1823, died 12.15.1897, married to Caroline Kehl, born 9-4.1820, died 6-4.1892. A daughter, Caroline, married to Frederick Stegner, is buried in the Paw Paw Methodist Church Cemetery. Peter Jr. married Catharine Stegner, born 6-12-1819, whose family also came from the same area in Germany. Peter Jr. and Catharine lived in Elk Township with their eight children. The eldest child, Frederick, was born 11-18-1 845. Other children were, sons, Henry (married to Caroline Becker), Daniel (married to Mary Angel), John (married to Elizabeth Young) and daughters, Christine (married to William Grudier), Catharine (married to Samuel Waxler), Caroline (married to John Hartwig) and Louise (Reiter). Most lived of Pomona Grange for many years. He was Master of Barlow Grange. He served on the Barlow Fair Board for twenty years. Jean is a fifty year member of Bartlett Masonic Lodge 293 and Past Master. Alma is a member and Past Matron of Bartlett Chapter Eastern Star 280. In 1930, they bought the farm in Fairfield Township where they now live. Alma helped organize the first Milk Association in Washington County and was the first secretary, resigning after a manager was hired. She served on the Farm Bureau Board and legislative committee and helped organize the first Farm Bureau Councils. Jean helped organize soil conservation and served on its board for twenty years. The second farm pond in Washington County was built on their farm. It has been used for livestock watering and recreation. They have developed a natural area around the pond with plantings of evergreen, deciduous trees, shrubs and wild flowers. The area has been used by Scouts, Garden Clubs, High school, Marietta Botany and Forestry Classes and many others. Their grandsons built a shelter where the family has reunions and other get-togethers at the pond. Alma served as Chairman of the Building Committee for the Layman United Methodist Church Educational Building. She taught Adult Sunday School class for many years. She helped organize the Hiking Club and was secretary, serving eight years. Jean and Alma were given the Ohio Department of Wild Life Conservation Award. They were also presented the Silver Oak Leaf Award from Nature Conservancy for their work in conservation. Submitted by Alma Gribble | Gruber, Peter (I61709)
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| 25657 | Source:1910 U.S. Census, Pennsylvania, Allegheny Co., Pittsburgh, Johns St. - August Bawloske (Beloski) age 32, married 4 years, came US 1887, occupation: marker, tube mill, Margaret 25 wife, Daniel Baehr 22 nephew, occupaton: marker, tube mill, Margaret Brown, mother-in-law, age 55, married 37 years, 7 kids, 7 living, came US 1883 1920 U.S. Census, Pennsylvania, Allegheny Co., Pittsburgh - August Beloski, age 41, born Germany, came US 1886, occupation: foreman steel mill, Margaret 35, Margaret 2 9/12, Daniel Baehr age 32, nephew, occupation: none listed 1930 U.S. Census, Pennsylvania, Allegheny Co., Pittsburgh, Commerce St. - August Beloski age 50, married age 26, born Germany, came US 1888, Occupation: Laborer, Steel Mill, Margaret 45, married age 21, born PA., Margaret 14, Mary 9 Source: Certificate of Death, County of Allegheny, City of Pittsburgh No. 1219828, Registered No. 615 Source: Obituary - Beloski (Note: Typed with spellings from actual obituary) Of 2105 Salisbury St., Pittsburgh on Monday, January 27 at 10:30 a.m. Mrs. Margart Braun in her 63rd year; wife of August Beloski; mother of Mrs. Mary Dankanes, Mrs. Margaret Ridlinger; sister of Mrs. Andrew Brown, Mrs. Earl Simmers and Valley Braun. Survived by 8 grandchildren. Friends received at the Funeral Home of John D. Schaub Sons, 425 Brownsville Road, Mt. Oliver. Funeral on Thursday at 8 a.m. High Mass of requiem at St. Henry's Church at 9 a.m. Source: Christine Baehr Richert memories Had beautiful voice. Husband, Gus, worked at Byers Pipe Mill with Dan Baehr. Dan lived with them at age 16 or 17 as they had no children of their own. (This is incorrect as they were the parents of Margaret and Mary Dorothy). Was listed on Christine's christening certificate as her Godmother. | Brown, Margaret (I65420)
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| 25658 | Sources: Title: Ingersheim, Haut Rhin, France civil registration of marriages, 1825-1852, Record Type: Civil Record of Marriage, Spouses' Names: George Germann and Ann Marie Moebel, Location: Ingersheim, Haut Rhin, France, Second Location: France, Haut Rhin, Ingersheim, Film: 0720104 Abbrev: Ingersheim Civil Record of Marriages, 1825-1852 Publication: 19 Jun 1839 Repository: Name: Family History Library Note: Films rented through the local Family History Center on Mt. Airy Rd., New Windsor. Page: FIN HR 38: Marriage Quality: 3 Title: Ingersheim, Haut Rhin, France civil registration of marriages, 1825-1852, Record Type: Civil Record of Marriage, Spouses' Names: George Germann and Ann Marie Moebel, Location: Ingersheim, Haut Rhin, France, Second Location: France, Haut Rhin, Ingersheim, Film: 0720104 Abbrev: Ingersheim Civil Record of Marriages, 1825-1852 Publication: 19 Jun 1839 Repository: Name: Family History Library Note: Films rented through the local Family History Center on Mt. Airy Rd., New Windsor. Page: FIN HR 38: Marriage | Baegert, Jacques (I3051)
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| 25659 | South Dakota Marriages, 1905-1949 Record about Luiggi Zappardino Name: Luiggi Zappardino Age: 39 Gender: Male Spouse: Barbara Kopp Marriage Date: 4 Mar 1937 Marriage County: Perkins County of Residence: Burleigh Post Office: Fort Lincoln, N.D. | Family (F18208)
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| 25660 | South Dakota Marriages, 1905-1949 Name: Emma Weisser Age: 23 Gender: Female Spouse: Albert Miller Marriage Date: 28 Sep 1921 Marriage County: Bon Homme County of Residence: Bon Homme Post Office: Tyndall | Family (F19956)
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| 25661 | South Dakota Marriages, 1905-1949 Name: Leo Weisser Age: 22 Gender: Male Spouse: Lillian Hedberg Marriage Date: 12 Nov 1921 Marriage County: Yankton County of Residence: Bon Homme Post Office: Tyndall | Family (F20993)
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| 25662 | South Dakota Marriages, 1905-1949 Name: Paul F Weisser Age: 23 Gender: Male Spouse: Blanche Swett Marriage Date: 17 Jun 1913 Marriage County: Union County of Residence: Bon Homme Post Office: Tyndall | Family (F20991)
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| 25663 | South Dakota Marriages, 1905-1949 Record about Edward Huber Name: Edward Huber Age: 26 Gender: Male Spouse: Lydia Haberer Marriage Date: 16 Nov 1933 Marriage County: Edmunds County of Residence: Edmunds Post Office: Hosmer | Family (F17500)
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| 25664 | SPELLING:LaDuke, LaDuc CENSUS: 1880 SUMPTER TWP, WAYNE CO, MI. V-29,ED-265, S-2, L-8. | Laduke, John (I8182)
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| 25665 | Sponsers/Paten: Johannes Mileck, Bürger in Steinfeld und dessen Ehefrau Ephrosina Nix | Mileck, Johannes (I17584)
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| 25666 | Sponsor at baptism: Alosia Wegman. | Wegman, Maria Aloysia (I5084)
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| 25667 | Sponsor at baptism: Amalia Wegman of Rochester CENSUS: Name: Amelia WEGMAN Age: 8 Estimated birth year: <1872> Birthplace: New York Occupation: At School Relation: Dau Home in 1880: Gates, Monroe, New York Marital status: Single Race: White Gender: Female Head of household: G. John WEGMAN Father's birthplace: GER Mother's birthplace: GER Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: Gates, Monroe, New York; Roll: T9_861; Family History Film: 1254861; Page: 103A; Enumeration District: 46; Image: 0209. | Wegman, Amalia Josephina (I5373)
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| 25668 | Sponsor at christening: Anna Maria Wegman and Johan Soder/Seder | Wegman, Johann Alphons (I5085)
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| 25669 | Sponsor at christening: Joannis Ackerman. The death record says George J. Wegman, bn. Rochester, age 36, absess of lung. I assume this is the right George. | Wegman, John George (I4847)
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| 25670 | Sponsors at baptism: Balthasar Wegman of Rochester and Victoria Resch of Chili. He and his sister both died of dyptheria. He was age 1 year and 6 months. | Wegman, Joseph (I690)
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| 25671 | Sponsors at baptism: John Wegman. He died at age 7 months and 9 days. | Wegman, Francis Charles (I5086)
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| 25672 | Sponsors at baptism: Laurentz Ernst and Elisabeth Klem. He died at age 9 years and 6 months of consumption. At the time he was living at Clinton Street. | Wegmann, Joseph Alphons (I4960)
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| 25673 | Sponsors at baptism: Maria Ludovica Wegman | Wegman, Maria Ludovica (I5371)
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| 25674 | Sponsors at baptism: Maria Margaret Jacobs of Gates. CENSUS: 1870: Name: Mary Wegman Age in 1870: 1 Estimated Birth Year: 1868 Birthplace: New York Home in 1870: Gates, Monroe, New York Race: White Gender: Female Post Office: North Chili Roll: M593_972 Page: 121 Image: 247 Year: 1870 1880: Name: Mary WEGMAN Age: 11 Estimated birth year: <1869> Birthplace: New York Occupation: At School Relation: Dau Home in 1880: Gates, Monroe, New York Marital status: Single Race: White Gender: Female Head of household: G. John WEGMAN Father's birthplace: GER Mother's birthplace: GER Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: Gates, Monroe, New York; Roll: T9_861; Family History Film: 1254861; Page: 103A; Enumeration District: 46; Image: 0209. 1900: Name: Mary A Wegman Home in 1900: Gates, Monroe, New York Age: 32 Estimated birth year: 1868 Birthplace: New York Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Sister Image source: Year: 1900; Census Place: Gates, Monroe, New York; Roll: T623 1072; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 8 1930: Name: Mary E Ehmann Age: 61 years Estimated birth year: 1868 Relation to Head-of-house: Wife Home in 1930: Rochester, Monroe, New York Image Source: Year: 1930; Census Place: Rochester, Monroe, New York; Roll: T626_1451; Page: 32B; Enumeration District: 91; Image: 0755. | Wegman, Maria Elizabeth (I5372)
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| 25675 | Sponsors at baptism: Michael Staub and Cecilia Staub. CENSUS: 1930: Name: Lucile Finneran Age: 37 years Estimated birth year: 1892 Relation to Head-of-house: Wife Home in 1930: Pittsford, Monroe, New York Image Source: Year: 1930; Census Place: Pittsford, Monroe, New York; Roll: T626_1448; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 250; Image: 0215. Social Security Death Index. Name: LUCILLE FINNERAN SSN: 115-20-8650 Last Residence: 95836 Sacramento, Sacramento, CA Born: 9 Nov 1889 Last Benefit: Died: Dec 1969 State (Year) SSN issued: NY (Before 1951 ) California Death Index, 1940-1997 Name: FINNERAN, LUCILLE Social Security #: 115208650 Sex: FEMALE Birth Date: 9 Nov 1889 Birthplace: NEW YORK Death Date: 23 Dec 1969 Death Place: SACRAMENTO Mother's Maiden Name: STAUB | Wegman, Lucille Cecilia (I8319)
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| 25676 | Sponsors at christening: Johann Soeder and Christina Bagy. Name: Minnie WEGMAN Age: 28 Estimated birth year: <1852> Birthplace: New York Occupation: At Home Relation: Dau Home in 1880: Rochester, Monroe, New York Marital status: Single Race: White Gender: Female Head of household: John WEGMAN Father's birthplace: GER Mother's birthplace: GER Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: Rochester, Monroe, New York; Roll: T9_862; Family History Film: 1254862; Page: 95A; Enumeration District: 77; Image: 0665. CENSUS: 1860: Name: Pylomina Wegman Age in 1860: 9 Birth Year: abt 1851 Birthplace: New York Home in 1860: Rochester Ward 4, Monroe, New York Gender: Female Post Office: Rochester CENSUS: 1920: Name: Philomena F. Grady Age: 67 years Estimated birth year: 1852 Birthplace: New York Race: White Home in 1920: Rochester, Monroe, New York Roll: T625_1122 Page: 5A ED: 115 Image: 0259 CENSUS: 1930: Name: Philomena F Grady Age: 79 Estimated birth year: 1850 Relation to Head-of-house: Mother Home in 1930: Rochester, Monroe, New York Image Source: Year: 1930; Census Place: Rochester, Monroe, New York; Roll: T626_1450; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 51; Image: 0354. BURIAL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymonroe/cem/holy7e.htm GRADY Patrick; 1848 - 1914 Philomena, wife of Patrick; 1851 - 1944 Walter B.; 1887 - 1919 | Wegman, Philomena Christina (I5374)
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| 25677 | Sponsors: Aug. Waterstraat and Mary A. Waterstraas. | Wegman, George W. (I5994)
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| 25678 | Sponsors: Laurentz Wegman and Maria Eva Wegman | Wegman, Laurentz George (I5366)
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| 25679 | Sponsors: Mary Wegman and Henry Metzger. | Wegman, Oswald Henry (I5178)
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| 25680 | Spouse: GEORGE GERTHOFNER GEORGE GUTHOPPER | Family (F1926)
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| 25681 | Springer, Emma, b. 04/05/1903, d. 01/04/1989, Plot: F 763, bur. 01/09/1989, | Graf, Emma (I212367)
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| 25682 | Sr. Mary Prince Sister Mary Roberta Prince, OSM, 92, died on Thursday, April 1, 2010, at Addolorata Villa in Wheeling, Ill. She was born Margaret Dorothy, on Sept. 17, 1917, in Cooks Valley, Wis. She was the fifth of seven children born to Joseph and Maude Bergeron Prince. Margaret entered the Servants of Mary Convent on Feb. 12, 1935, and professed her first vows in Aug. 1936, and perpetual vows in 1939. She earned a bachelors degree from De Paul University and a masters degree from Loyola University, both in Chicago. She spent much of her religious life as a teacher and administrator at the elementary and secondary school level. Sr. Roberta taught in schools in New Jersey, West Virginia, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin and California. She served nine years on the governing board of the Servants of Mary and nine more years as administrator at Addolorata Villa, a nursing home in Wheeling, Ill., sponsored by the Servants of Mary. In her retirement years, Sr. Mary continued her service as a health care volunteer at the Villa. Sr. Mary is survived by many nieces and nephews; and her Servite Sisters. She was preceded in death by her parents Jospeh and Maude; and her siblings Bernice Peterson, Annabelle Sykora, and James, Frank, Robert and David Prince. Visitation and sharing of memories was held at the Servants of Mary Convent Chapel on Wednesday, April 7, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial and burial in the convent cemetery. The Celebrant will be Father Nick Hussian of Wheeling. The Nash-Jackan Funeral Home assisted with arrangements. | Bergeron, Maude Loretta (I180350)
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| 25683 | SS-Mann | Back, Helmut (I213079)
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| 25684 | SS-Rottenführer | Bösherz, Jakob (I213086)
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| 25685 | St. Bernard?s Catholic Cemetery Albers, Illinois, Looking Glass Twp. T1N R5W S12 Read by Cathy Rakers Oct - Nov 2001 http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilclint2/cemetery/stbernard/alpha003.htmHAAS, Emil HAAS, Emil J. 4-26-1909 8-8-1909 Son of Emil & Maria | Haas, Emil J. (I8579)
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| 25686 | St. Bernard?s Catholic Cemetery Albers, Illinois, Looking Glass Twp. T1N R5W S12 Read by Cathy Rakers Oct - Nov 2001 http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilclint2/cemetery/stbernard/alpha003.htmHAAS, Emil HAAS, Michael 7-7-1899 9-5-1899 Son of Emil & Maria | Haas, Michael (I8578)
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| 25687 | St. Damian's Catholic Cemetery Damiansville, IL, Looking Glass Township http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilclint2/cemetery/newbaden/stdam001.htm Read by Cathy Rakers RAKERS, Lillian 12-4-1928 1-30-1929 | Rakers, Lillian (I8577)
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| 25688 | St. George?s Cemetery Includes the old Griesbaum Cemetery New Baden, Looking Glass Township Clinton Co., Illinois T1N R5W NWNE18 Read and copyrighted by Gloria Dettleff & Dorothy Falk http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilclint2/cemetery/lookingglass/stgeorge001.htm 2 33 BREINER, Emil 25 Oct 1931 25 Oct 1931 Son of Emil and Frieda | Breiner, Frank (I8581)
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| 25689 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Dedert, Julia Marie (I1353)
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| 25690 | St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church actually had two cemeteries that were used by the parishoners of the Church. The first cemetery was given to the Church by Peter Thiel in 1840. This one acre lot was located in the western half of lot 74 in the Town of Gates. Although usually refered to as being on Lyell Avenue, it was actually located on the east side of what now is Mt. Read Blvd. about a quarter of a mile north of Lyell Avenue. It seems that very few burials were made in this cemetery. In 1843, Bernard Klem gave the Church some land south of East Main St. in lot 50 to use a burial place. This is usually refered to as the Goodman St. Cemetery as it was close to Goodman Street. The exact location was just south of the corner of the present day Palmer and Breck Streets near the railroad tracks. After Holy Sepulchre was established in 1871, St. Joseph's Cemetery was closed. The Goodman St. Cem. was sold to the NY Central Railroad who wanted the land for a railroad yard. In April 1872, the ramains were dug up, put in boxes and shipped to Holy Sepulchre on the railroad. The fate of the persons buried in the Lyell Ave. Cemetery is not as clear. It is very possible that they were dug up at the same time as the other cemetery, but no one knows for sure. It is shown on a 1902 map as being between two properties owned by Mary McLaughlin and then in 1915, the old cemetery lot was sold to Mrs. McLaughlin. By 1920, the lot was part of a new housing development. | Wegman, George Bernard (I4968)
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| 25691 | St. Louis, Missouri Marriages, 1804-76 Name: Mathias Garthaffner Spouse: Mary H Libby Marriage Date: 22 July 1869 Volume/Page: 14-161 | Family (F7402)
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| 25692 | St. Louis, Missouri Marriages, 1804-76 Name: Michael Garthöfer Spouse: Margaretha Witenmeier Marriage Date: 5 Nov 1863 Volume/Page: 11-263 | Family (F3762)
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| 25693 | St. Louis, Missouri Marriages, 1804-76 Name: Nicholas Garthefner Spouse: Catharina Först Marriage Date: 2 Aug 1861 Volume/Page: 10-387 | Family (F3737)
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| 25694 | St. Louis, Missouri Marriages, 1804-76 about Martin Klein Name: Catharine Gertheffner Spouse: Martin Klein Marriage Date: 9 Oct 1855 Volume/Page: 07-444 | Family (F615)
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| 25695 | St. Louis, Missouri Marriages, 1804-76 Record about Aloys Forst Name: Katharina Boul Spouse: Aloys Forst Marriage Date: 17 June 1873 Volume/Page: 16-079 | Family (F14504)
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| 25696 | St. Peter's Lutheran Church New Memphis, Clinton County Illinois Church Records 1863-1976 HUTINET, Gustave Unk Unknown Witness - Jul 1874 BLUMHORST + SAEGER Wed | Hutinet, Gustave (I435)
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| 25697 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Holzinger, Stacy Marie (I9680)
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| 25698 | Staggering debts -- to the government, bankers and suppliers -- appear to be what led to the closing of Batavia's most legendary pizzeria in November 2008. At the time the restaurant closed, suppliers were possibly owed in the neighborhood of $220,000, according to a document obtained by The Batavian. In addition to those debts, there were unpaid mortgages exceeding $354,000 and taxes of more than $250,000 due. Many of these debts, outside of the mortgage, which was amply paid off in foreclosure proceedings, appear to be unsettled to this day, including more than $10,000 owed to a local funeral home that handled arrangements for Elizabeth "Betty" Pontillo following her death on Aug. 5, 2008. In total, debts associated either with Pontillo's Pizzeria at 500 E. Main St., Batavia, or with Betty's estate, exceeded $850,000. Disputes over those debts -- how they occurred, who is responsible, and who allegedly stole what or lied to whom -- has pitted brother against brother in the Pontillo family. John and Paul have harsh words for Sam, and Sam isn't talking, but in previous news articles, he hasn't necessarily been kind to his siblings. John, Paul and Sam are the sole surviving children of Salvatore ("Sam" Sr.) and Betty Pontillo (Daniel Pontillo died in 1957 and Elizabeth Mullen died in 2003; her son, John Mullen, is an heir to the estate). Salvatore founded Pontillo's Pizzeria in Batavia with his brothers in 1947. It inspired scores of other pizzerias, including a chain founded by Salvatore's brother, Anthony, in Rochester that bears the Pontillo's name. Last week, Sam, working with business associates from Rochester, opened a Pontillo's Pizzeria at the old Batavia location. Both John and Paul say they resent how Sam is being seen as some kind of hero in Batavia when he's the one who brought down, according to them, the original Pontillo's, especially when, according to John, Sam cheated a number of local business owners out of tens of thousands of dollars. Even as Sam enjoys a busy opening week, he faces the possible loss of the Le Roy location. Genesee County records show property taxes on those parcels haven't been paid in nearly three years. According to County Treasurer Scott German, foreclosure procedures could start on July 1 if the debts remain outstanding. It's also not clear if the new owners of Pontillo's Pizzeria in Batavia can legally operate a restaurant under that name. The federal trademark for "Pontillo's" is owned by the estate of Anthony Pontillo, but both John and Paul contend that rights to the name in Batavia are still owned by the estate of Betty Pontillo. Whether Sam is part owner in the new business is also unclear. John said Sam has represented himself as a part owner; Paul is convinced Sam is nothing more than a salaried employee. Tom Masaschi, a Rochester developer who purchased the Batavia Pontillo's location for $400,000 last December, and is reportedly one of the investors in the new business, has not returned calls to The Batavian. On Sunday, when told John and Paul had spoken with The Batavian, Sam declined an interview request for the third time. "It's been a long 15 months," said a broadly smiling Sam as he stood at the walk-in counter of the Batavia Pontillo's, which was packed with customers. "I'm only looking forward now." The Debt Kathy Pettinella inherited her business from her late husband, Dave, who died after a lengthy illness in July 2007. Dave Pettinella, the founder of Dave's Produce, grew up on Vernon Avenue, just 10 doors down from the Pontillo boys. When The Batavian called her to ask about the nearly $70,000 in debt Pontillo's Pizzeria seems to have rung up against Dave's Produce, she was surprised anybody knew about it. "It's not something I've talked about," said Pettinella, whose son died in an automobile accident on Route 98 at Daws Corner in August 2005. "It's a very sore subject. It nearly put me out of business." Pettinella is not the only vendor who was apparently left hanging when Pontillo's in Batavia was shut down. A document which John says Sam prepared early in the settlement process for Betty's estate, lists more than 30 vendors who were owed money (the document is not included in the probate file). Some of the debts are only a few hundred dollars, such as $385 to the Batavia Daily News and $462 to Southern Wine Distributors. A handful of debts, however, reach into the thousands, with the $68,421.75 possibly owed to Dave's Produce being the largest. Kathy Pettinella did not confirm the precise amount, but it was clear from our conversation that she felt Pontillo's closed owing Dave's Produce a substantial amount of money. After agreeing to a follow-up interview the day after our conversation, Pettinella has not returned calls from The Batavian. Paul doesn't dispute most of the debts listed on the two-page document, but he does say there is no way Pontillo's Pizzeria owed Dave's Produce tens of thousands of dollars. "I don't care what she confirmed, she's lying," Paul Pontillo said. "Ly-ing. Lying. OK? It's nonsense. We spent three hundred bucks a week with her. (On) Produce. How many weeks would she let us go to come up with this number?" When John stopped working for Pontillo's Pizzeria, Batavia, in February 2008 (more on that later), he says the restaurant owed very little to its vendors, including Dave's Produce. He doesn't have a hard time believing, though, that eight months later, the amount of money Pontillo's owed to Kathy Pettinella was approaching $70,000. John said after several suppliers stopped sending product to Pontillo's, Kathy stepped in to help, going to the Clinton Bailey Farmers Market in Buffalo, buying cash-and-carry produce for Pontillo's and delivering it back to Batavia. She became the shop's main supplier. When asked how she could allow one client to run up such a debt, Pettinella said she thought she was doing a favor for a fellow local business owner. For Donald Will, owner of Will Poultry Co. in Buffalo, it wasn't a favor, it was an oversight. When asked how Pontillo's allegedly rung up more than $40,000 in unpaid bills with his company, Will said, "I'm embrassed to say, poor controls on our part." The Will Poultry Co. company ended up writing off $32,000 of unpaid bills from its Pontillo's account. Another vendor, Dave Genecco, of Genecco Produce in Canandaigua, said the $8,000 listed on the debt document as unpaid bills owed to his company is wrong. Pontillo's actually owes him $12,000, he said. His response to the prospect of never getting paid, "I'm f__ked." And after a long pause. "I'm the f__kee." He then hung up the phone. "A lot of hard-working people got screwed," said John Pontillo, blaming Sam for the financial mess. "What bothers me is, he comes back to Batavia with no shame." "But," John adds, "he won?t ever use any of those distributors again." Paul is sanguine about the vendor debts. First, he says, the debts on the estate document are just the normal operational float of Pontillo's on a monthly basis (excluding the amount allegedly owed to Dave's Produce). Second, none of the debts really attach to the estate under corporate law, so they're not much to worry about. "That's corporate debt," Paul said. "It has nothing to do with the estate matter. The corporation doesn't survive (in a legal sense). The only way that could be attached to the corporation is through trust taxes, such as sales taxes if the state wants to make a claim on the estate, meaning my mother, which it never did, because she hadn't been in the restaurant in years. "She wasn't an officer. She wasn't an operator. She was just an owner. Personal guarantees. There were none that I know of on any of those debts. Any type of fraud -- there was none. An alternate identity -- there wasn't (one). The business has been around in some form or another since 1947, and well funded. "The four ways to pierce that corporate barrier were nonexistant here. At least no one has ever come to court and made a claim on any of this. So none of this matters, otherwise they would have judgements against us, and none of them do." Taxes Unpaid taxes seems to be a family tradition with the Pontillos. There have been tax liens filed against Pontillo's business interests going back to the 1990s, well before Salvatore died in 2006, though most of the public record points to tax problems beginning after his death. A search for tax liens on the New York state database turns up liens of $83,671 and $21,944 from 1996 against Paul J. Pontillo and a pizzeria he operated in Brockport. There is another lien from 1998 for $29,276. The initial $112,000 in back taxes that The Batavian first reported in November 2008 are still listed there (here, here, here, here and here). So is a new lien against Paul and Pontillo's Pizzeria from March 2009 for $60,699, and one against Sam and Pontillo's Pizzeria from June 2009 for $25,999. Sam Pontillo and his wife, Karen, have a recent lien, March 23, 2010, not attached to any of the business entities, for $3,832. Also of recent vintage is a $97,009 federal tax lien against Sam's Tomato Pies, Inc., filed Jan. 26, 2010. (Available through the "other debtor" search on this page.) Old liens listed as satisfied include $35,112 from 2005, plus two totalling about $9,000 from 2005. This page shows two liens satisfied in 2005 for $67,700. The Le Roy Pontillo's had a tax lien filed in March 2009 with a satisfied date of May 2009, but the same page lists another lien for about the same amount, filed on the same date, that is not shown as satisfied. This page shows satisfied liens against the Le Roy Pontillo's for $33,000. In total, if the government Web sites are accurate regarding the unpaid liens, the various Pontillo's entities still owe the feds more than $322,000. John said he doesn't believe any of these back-tax issues shown as outstanding have been settled. Among the other unpaid taxes related to the Pontillo's empire in Genesee County are property taxes owed on the Le Roy Pontillo's location. The past three years of unpaid taxes now exceed $23,000, according to County Treasurer German. Tax indebtedness is exactly what seems to have led to the eventual loss of the family business in Batavia. In October 2007, with Betty's blessing, the corporation took out a $350,000 loan (a figure provided by John) from New York Income Partners/Monroe Title, with the majority of the funds being used to pay off back taxes. According to a document in the Pontillo v. Pontillo lawsuit, checks were written against the loan to the U.S. Treasury for $116,120, $28,073 and $62,417. There were also checks paid out for various document and legal fees and $30,000 in loans to Betty. Otherwise, John said, nobody knows what happened to the remaining balance of the loan. The loan was taken out against three parcels: The two parcels that comprise the Batavia Pontillo's location on East Main Street, and a residence at 64 Vernon Ave., as well as the equipment inside the Batavia pizzeria. Probate records say the Pontillo's location, which comprises a handful of tax parcels, is worth $687,000. The most recent assessment of the Vernon Avenue residence is for $114,000. Monroe Title's parent company foreclosed on these properties last summer and bought them back at auction for $490,000 (a purely paper transaction, since the company was paying itself for the real estate). The Batavia Pontillo's location was then sold at the end of December to developer Tom Masaschi for $400,000 and the Vernon Avenue home recently sold for just under $100,000. ?When they foreclosed on those two properties, that was my inheritance," John Pontillo said. "It?s gone. They borrowed the money and mortgaged my future inheritance and they walked away from the note. I was out." Corporate Structure In November 2008, the Batavia Daily News published a story about the Pontillo's Pizzeria in Batavia being closed for renovations. A day later, The Batavian broke the story that there were more than $112,000 in tax warrants against Pontillo's. The follow-up story by Joanne Beck labeled The Batavian's story as "rumor" and asked Sam to respond (note: Sam never responded to an interview request from The Batavian for the November 2008 story). "I do not own that one," Sam said, pointing west toward Batavia from the Le Roy Pontillo's. "I own this one. We're settling the estate." Sam declaimed any responsibility for the Pontillo's in Batavia. The business is still owned by his mother's estate and was not run by (me), Sam said. "I was locked out of the whole operation," he said. "John and Paul worked there. John was operations manager." johnpontillo.jpgHowever, John didn't work there. He had been fired in February 2008. Paul was involved in the daily operations of the Batavia Pontillo's -- he certainly wrote the checks -- and was president of Sam's Tomato Pies, the corporate entity operating the restaurant for the Pontillo's Family Partnership. But John points out, Sam was the treasurer. "Sam will say, ?I was in Le Roy. I didn?t know what was going on,?" John said in an interview last week. "Sam was the treasurer. He didn?t do his job. He didn?t know what was going on. He was warned repeatedly by people in that building, telling him that people were coming in looking for money. "Sam was the treasurer. It was his responsibility to make sure these bills got paid. He didn?t do his job and he knew exactly what was going on. He can claim ignorance all he wants. It?s not a defense in this case." Sam's Tomato Pies was incorporated in April 2007 with a corporate address of 3 Mohawk Trail, Slingerlands, N.Y., where Sam and Karen own a home. In September, LeRoy Dough Boy's was incorporated with the same corporate address. Both of these corporations were then filed as DBAs (Doing Business As) at the Genesee County Clerk's office for the Pontillo's Family Partnership. According to court documents, the Pontillo's Family Partnership is owned primarily by Betty's estate, at 64 percent. Sam, John and Paul each own 12 percent. The sole shareholder of Sam's Tomato Pies was Betty. Paul was president and Sam was treasurer. The ownership structure of LeRoy Dough Boys is one of the contested points of the Pontillo v. Pontillo lawsuit. The complaint contends that Sam set up LeRoy Dough Boys to operate the Le Roy pizzeria with Sam as the sole shareholder and president. Paul is listed as the treasurer (Paul says he never agreed to be a corporate officer in LeRoy Dough Boys). John says he was never an officer in any of the companies, only an employee. He was operations manager in Batavia until February 2008. Why was John fired? Paul says it was a family dispute he won't discuss. John says it's because he was cracking down on some of the loose spending going on -- Paul was drawing a salary without working in the business, Betty was demanding $2,000 a month in payments and, according to both John and Paul, Sam was taking paper products and produce from the Batavia operation for the Le Roy location without paying for it. The real break came, John said, when Paul tried to use starter checks from M&T Bank and he intervened; however, there have been persistent rumors that John was accused of stealing. "(Paul) flipped out," John said. "He convinced my brother Sam to join forces with him and that?s when they got rid of me. That?s the truth. I never stole a dime from that restaurant." Bad Checks and Big Debts Talk with Paul about the debts and there seems to be only one villian in the case: brother Sam. "My brother Sam is a crook from day one until now," Paul said. "He's never had an honest day in between. He's a glad-handing, back-patting, son-of-a-bitch. It's all he is. I hate to say that about flesh and blood, but you gotta say enough is enough. I'm not saying I'm an alterboy, but I don't screw my family over like this." John doesn't put all of the blame on Sam for the debts; mainly, he says, he knows that most of the bills that had piled up prior to him taking control of the finances, were paid down by the time he departed Batavia for a job at a country club in Minnesota. "I have a packet that I?ve been holding, in case I need to use it," John said. "In it, are statements from all of the distributors from the time when I was let go, about just where we were financially. We were pretty much right on the money. We were almost current. Then it was Pauly and Sam who drove that thing up in just eight months to about a half-million dollars in unpaid debts." The degree to which Pontillo's in Batavia was operated in debt prior to John's employment as operations manager is not clear, but interestingly, in the probate records for his father's estate, there is mention of a judgement against Salvatore Pontillo out of Erie County for $48,000. The record also shows U.S. Food Services was eventually paid in full. Both John and Paul say Sam wasn't paying rent for the Le Roy location and that he would regularly show up at the Batavia location with his red Pontillo's delivery fan, stuff it full of paper and product and head back down Route 5 to Le Roy. All told, between rent and supplies, Paul estimates Betty's estate is out about $1.1 million. "Ouch!" Paul says. "We do OK, but that's a big nut. That's why there's this number (pointing to the estate's debt memo). That's why after every time Sam takes over a business, two years later, here come the tax people." From the time Salvatore died, Paul says he was at the Vernon Avenue residence taking care of his mother. He said he was in the restaurant so infrequently that employees didn't even recognize him when he did show up. He said after John left, Sam was in Batavia regularly. But it was Paul, still president of Sam's Tomato Pies, writing the checks and paying the bills. mug_paul_pontillo.jpgTwo of those checks led to criminal charges against Paul. Willowbrook Farms, listed on the Pontillo's Pizzeria debt document as being owed more than $10,000, turned over two bounced checks allegedly signed by Paul to Genesee County prosecutors. Each check is for more than $3,500. (A manager for Willowbrook declined an interview request for this article.) The case is still open and attorney Jerry Ader has filed a motion for dismissal on the grounds that charges were not filed quickly enough under provisions of "speedy trial" rules. Paul says he will accept whatever consequences come his way for the bad checks, but he blames Sam for the situation. "I?ll take my licks because of any checks I?m accused of writing and signing, OK," Paul said. "I did it? Fine, my responsibility. But why? I wasn?t putting that money in my pocket. And 'the why' came from the theft of my brother." According to available public documents, Willowbrook Farms is only one of three suppliers to take legal action based on apparently unpaid debts. Turnbull Heating and Plumbing has an active mechanic's lien against the estate for $1,100 and Gilmartin Funeral Home has a pending lawsuit against Paul and Sam for more than $10,000 in alleged unpaid bills for Betty's funeral. (John said he believes $8,000 of that bill has been paid from the proceeds of sale of property the estate owned at Richmond Avenue and Oak Street, however there's no record of payment either in the court case or the probate file.) Meanwhile, Paul, who teaches economics at GCC, says he's splitting time living with two friends. On the day we talked, he said he only had enough money for two more days of meals and payday was at least five days away. Though he once owned a home at 11 Lewis Ave., there's no indication that he owns any property in Genesee County now. Without a car, Paul said he walks everywhere he goes, including to the college. "(Sam) went to Italy last summer," Paul said ?He?ll get on a plane like you get in your car. He?s got a big $300,000 home in Albany. I don?t even have a bike." The Pontillo's Name The ads on WBTA radio say, "Pontillo's Pizzeria is now open," but Paul says it's not really Pontillo's. pontillos_sign.jpgHe said he doesn't believe Sam buys quality ingredients, and with apparent plans to include a full bar -- beer, wine and hard liquor -- it won't sustain its family friendly tradition. "It?s not Pontillo?s any more," Paul said. "It?s really not. The people should know that. The family isn?t there any more." And unless Sam has a significant ownership interest, it's not clear that the current ownership can legally operate as "Pontillo's" anything in Batavia. The federally registered trademark is owned by Anthony Pontillo's estate and is licensed to 22 pizzerias in the Rochester area. Paul said Anthony and Salvatore had an agreement allowing the Batavia family exclusive rights to the Pontillo's trademark in Genesee County. Those rights are retained, according to both John and Paul, and it's a point in the Pontillo v. Pontillo lawsuit by Betty's estate. ?What they?re doing up the street right now is illegal. It?s illegal," John said. "They cannot show you anywhere on paper their right to operate under the Pontillo?s name in Batavia. We?ve got an e-mail out to the lawyers right now. We?re hoping that they?ll get something in court to take that name away from them.? Paul thinks that the Rochester investors are angling to establish "Pontillo's" as a common-law name, which would allow them to open additional Pontillo's pizzerias in Monroe County. He said it's the responsibility of the estate to fight to retain ownership of the name, but he isn't convinced the estate administrator, John L. Forsyth, is ready to do that. Anthony's son, Dave Pontillo, called the situation with his cousins unfortunate, but said he had no comment on the trademark issue other than "we're evaluating it." While John Pontillo says that Sam has indicated he has an ownership stake in the new Pontillo's, Paul doesn't believe so. Paul said he believes there's an employment contract between Sam and the Rochester partners clearly defining Sam as a manager and nothing more than an employee. "When these guys (the Rochester partners) have had enough of my brother, when they have the name, if they get the legal rights to the name, they?ll wave goodbye to him," Paul said. "They won?t need him any more. They won?t need him at all." As for the future of Pontillo's in Genesee County, John clearly wants to operate a Pontillo's Pizzeria locally. He has scouted for locations in Batavia. In 2009, according to probate records, John offered $400,000 to the estate for the Vernon Avenue residence, property on Oak Street and the Batavia location. Attorney Brian P. Degnan expressed concern in a motion filed with the court that the $400,000 would not cover all of the estate's debts (which included the mortgages on the property at the time), and because Betty's final tax returns had not been settled yet, that would leave the heirs personally responsible for an unknown, possible tax burden. The offer was not accepted and eventually Monroe Title foreclosed on the property. However, John Pontillo may also soon gain control of the Le Roy pizzeria. Paul said, and John confirmed, that John has a signed purchase agreement with Forsyth for the 64-percent interest of the estate in the Le Roy land and building. If the court evicts LeRoy Dough Boys and Sam Pontillo from the location, John hopes to take over operations of a Le Roy Pontillo's. Pontillo v. Pontillo It's more than a war of words between the Pontillo brothers. It's also a legal battle. 64vernon.jpgSam and Paul are defendants in a lawsuit filed April 1 by the estate of Elizabeth Pontillo. Estate administrator Forsyth is a CPA in Batavia. Local attorney Degnan is representing Forsyth and the estate. John Pontillo is not directly a party to this lawsuit, but he filed a suit against Sam in 2008 and says he may yet pursue further legal action against Sam. While Paul is a co-defendent in the new lawsuit, most of the accusations in the complaint are aimed at Sam. The suit accuses Sam of unjust enrichment, breach of partnership fiduciary duties, breach of duty of loyalty, corporate waste, self dealing and unpaid rents, among other items. There will be a hearing on April 30 on an order to show cause, asking the court: to prevent Sam from removing equipment from the Le Roy location for the Batavia location (already granted by Judge Robert C. Noonan according to John and Paul); that Sam not be allowed to enter the Le Roy location: that Sam and LeRoy Dough Boys be evicted from the Le Roy location; that Sam be ordered to return any equipment removed from the Batavia location (prior to foreclosure) to the estate; and that Sam be required to pay back rent and 64 percent of the profits accrued since August 2008 to the estate. The suit also asks that Paul be ordered to provide an accounting for antiques from the Vernon Avenue residence that he allegedly sold and that he pay rent for the time he lived there after his mother's death. In an affidavit filed by John Forsyth, Forsyth makes the following claims: That Sam Pontillo fraudulently took control of the Le Roy location, with the creation of LeRoy Dough Boys with him as sole shareholder, because Sam did not pay Pontillo's Family Partnership for the business. Forsyth calls the deal creating LeRoy Dough Boys and making Sam the sole owner of the Le Roy business "a sham, fraudulent, and not an arm's length transaction and must be undone by the court." That the Le Roy pizzeria sold its equipment to LeRoy Dough Boys as part of a settlement agreement with the IRS. The equipment, Forsyth contends, was not Sam's to sell and rightfully belongs to the estate of Elizabeth Pontillo. Sam, according to the affidavit, admits to removing equipment from the Batavia location (in an attached e-mail purportedly from Sam, Sam says he took the equipment for safekeeping). Forsyth contends Sam did not have permission to remove the equpment. That Sam Pontillo is a partner in the new LLC operating the new Pontillo's Pizzeria at 500 E. Main St., Batavia. That Sam Pontillo has not paid rent for the Le Roy location since the death of Elizabeth Pontillo. The lease, according to Forsyth, calls for $30,000 a year in rent payments. Sam owes the estate, according to Forsyth, $50,000 in back rent. That the new business is in direct competition with the Pontillo's Family Partnership. While the affidavit claims that Sam Pontillo signed the mortgage that Monroe Capital (U.S. Income Partners) eventually foreclosed on, the copy of the mortgage on file with the Genesee County Clerk's Office was signed by Elizabeth Pontillo. That Sam and Paul were responsible for ensuring the mortgage was paid but did not, leading to the foreclosure. "As a result of Defendant's actions," Forsyth writes, "the Estate lost this (the Pontillo's Batavia location) due to breach of the Defendant's duties." Forsyth accuses Paul of illegally residing at 64 Vernon Ave. after the death of Elizabeth Pontillo, and of selling, without permission, various items from the home and also of allowing third parties to live in the house without paying rent. While John is not a party to this particular lawsuit, he said there's really only one question he wants answered: What happened to all the money? "When you ask that question, they run like mice," John said. "When I talked with my brothers, I said, ?where?s the money?? And they were like this. They were like (shrugs)? Nothing. Not a word. I said, ?Guys, you understand somebody has got to be held responsible for this.'" Photos: Top, Pontillo's at 500 E. 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