268:. Florian Stoppany's cousin, Florian Zambail, had opened the Hotel Roseg in Pontresina in 1870. Stoppany became co-owner of this hotel, of which he would remain a director for many years. Their two families were already closely connected: Florian's aunt, Chiatarina Stoppany, had married Barnard Zambail in 1813, as a result of which the two Florians were first cousins. Family connections were reinforced in 1867 when Florian's elder sister, Ursina Henriette Stoppany, married another cousin, Barnard Zambail junior, who was Florian Zambail's brother. It was also in 1867 that the closeness of the two families was confirmed, following the death of Florian Stoppany's father, when their family home, the "Chesa Stuppaun", was sold to the Zambail family.
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The death of his mother in 1876 freed up his family inheritance and enabled
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Dolf Kaiser: Fast ein Volk von
Zuckerbäckern? : Bündner Konditoren, Cafetiers und Hoteliers in europäischen Landen bis zum 1. Weltkrieg; ein wirtschaftsgeschichtlicher Beitrag. Neue Zürcher Zeitung Zürich 1985
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Pontresina and its neighbourhood. Translated by F.S. Reilly., Edward Stanford, London 1879 on page 129 Stoppany is identified as the "new owner" in this book which was published in March 1879.
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