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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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CHRISTIAN LAMPE, huckster and gardener, post office Pittsburgh, Thirty-fifth ward, was born in Prussia, in 1837, son of Christian and Amelia Lampe. Christian immigrated to America in 1854, and located in Butler county, Pa.; then came to Allegheny county and engaged in farming, afterward in huckstering, which he continued to follow for fourteen years. In 1884, he purchased his present place, originally the property of Mr. Halesmens, comprising eighteen acres. Mr. Lampe was married in 1878 to Mrs. Susan Burk, nee Steel, sister of Hon. Samuel Steel, and to them was born one son named Samuel C. In 1861 Mr. Lampe enlisted in Co. D, 149th Pa. Regt., and for three years was in the service. He is a member of the G. L. Church; 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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