Simon Francois Gless

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• Residence: Address:
  1884 Los Angeles City Directory
  154 Alameda, Los Angeles, Occupation: Barkeeper
• Residence: Address:
  1890 Los Angeles City Directory
  47 Boyle Ave, Boyle Heights, Occupation: Farmer
• Residence: Address:
  1893 & 1899 Los Angeles City Directory
  131 Boyle Ave., Boyle Heights, Occupation: Rancher
• Courtcase: #2819 Ordoqui v. Irilarry 12/5/1883 #7910 Lazzarovich v. Gless, Biscailuz 6/4/1888 #8590 Gless v. Save 9/4/1888 #9119 Dominguez v. Gless 11/20/1888 #9321 Ituralde v. Etcheandy & Gless 12/17/1888 #19167 Bauchet et al v. Gless et al 2/25/1893 #19931 So Pacific RR Co v. Amestory et al 8/2/1893 #24130 D'hospital v. Iribarne 9/18/1895 #22446 Amestoy & Gless v. Freeman 3/14/1899 #29706 Insolvency of Gless & Co. 12/11/1897 #18856 Arrambide, Oxarart v. Gless 12/23/1892 #18881 Arrambide, Oxarart v. Gless 12/28/1892 #1325 Estate of Save 12/19/1895 #13576 Estate of Gless 10/14/1908 #6585 Guardianship of Gless 9/11/1903 #11488 Estate of Miguel Leonis
• Census: 1880, Los Angeles, California; California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, District 21, page 43
• French Benevolent Society: 08 Jun 1884; Record #1420
• Voter Registration: 22 Sep 1884; VR #2187: He was 22 years old, occupation - Clerk
• Voter Registration: 30 Mar 1888; VR #3822: He was 26 years old, farmer, and resided in 4th ward.
• LA Miscellaneous: 19 Nov 1889; Gless & D. Amestoy Deed

Notes:

Birth:
Also listed as Copperopolis

Courtcase:
He was interpreter in Basque for court cases & for Jean C. Leonis on contract.
He received Rancho El Encino + $29,031.15 from his uncle, Gaston Oxarart's estate.
In 1888, he owned northeast corner of 1st & Spring St. known as the Post Office Block & Old Fellows Building.
He agreed to pay M.V. Biscailuz $60,000 to handle the estate of Gaston Oxarart for him.
He was in partnership with one John Hausen in 1896-1897 of wholesale butchers in killing & selling hogs, sheep & cattle. He also at this time was engaged in general farming, insurance and caring for proerty in Los Angeles County. They declared bankruptcy in 1897.
His property in 1897: some butchering equipment of company and inividually he owns 2 lots in Rosecrans Tract. He also has real estate in Basses Pyrenees, France and alos notes and mortgages there which are being held by one Michel Etcheverry of Aldude for collection.

Census:
Simon G. Gless was living on Alameda St. at the Ballade Hotel as boarders with Pascal & Marie Ballade along with his mother and step-father Marie and Jean Arroqui and his sister Marie (15 years) and other boarders and families. He was 18 years old.

Died:
Simon F. Gless, 41 years old, married, born in California, died of chronic intestinal nephritis.

Simon married Juanita Amestoy on 18 Oct 1886 in San Francisco, California. Juanita (daughter of Dominique/Domingo Amestoy and Marie Elisabeth Aycaguer) was born on 18 Apr 1865 in Los Angeles, California; died on 04 May 1929 in Los Angeles, California; was buried in Calvary Cemetary, Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Other Information: He was married to Mary Ellen Duggan (1892-1970) and Grace Parker (1885-1963) and had two children, Dennis Joseph Gless (1913-1988) and Juanita Marie (1916-1983). Note: Dennis was the father of actress, Sharon Gless and Juanita was married to Hollywood producer, Jack Baur (1914-1980) and mother of actress, Elizabeth Baur.

Other Events:

• Other Information: He did not married.

Other Events:

• Other Information: She was married to Frank E. Gandolfo (1894-1967) on 1/3/1917 in Los Angeles. According to family, they had one son, Gerald who was raised by Noeline's aunt Elizabeth and her husband Charles Wells after Noeline's death. There is only one birth record that matches, that is for Gerald Joseph Wells, born 8/16/1927 in San Francisco and whose mother's maiden name was Amestoy. Interestingly, Gerald (12 years old) was noted in the 1940 census as living with and nephew to Elizabeth and Charles Wells.