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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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CHRIS. H. WERNKE, carriage-manufacturer, McKeesport, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 5, 1858, a son of John F. and Anna M. (Bonnen) Wernke, natives of Germany, who have been residents of Allegheny county upward of forty years. John F., a stone-mason by trade, has been a resident of Pittsburgh since he first settled in the county; was employed in one planing-mill twenty-eight years, and retired from business in 1878. He has three children living: Mary E. (Mrs. H. W. Wilker), F. William and Christian H. The last named was reared in Pittsburgh, and educated in the public schools and Western University. He served an apprenticeship of three years at carriage-painting, which trade he has followed since fourteen years of age. He located in McKeesport in 1878, and in May, 1885, embarked in carriage-manufacturing with his brother, F. William, under firm name of Wernke Brothers. Mr. Wernke was married in 1882 to Emma C., daughter of George W. and Mary (Henry) Byerly, of Mc Keesport, and they have three children: Mame, Fred and Erma. Mr. Wernke is known as the pioneer musician of McKeesport. He is business-manager and director of the Electric orchestra. Politically he is a republican.
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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.
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