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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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DANIEL FELL, street commissioner, McKeesport, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Jan. 11, 1832, a son of Michael and Dorothea (Treftz) Fell, who came to America in 1849 and settled in Pittsburgh. His father, a wagon-maker by trade, died in August, 1884, at the age of eighty-four years; his wife died in 1879. Their children were Christiana (Mrs. William Breitenriter), Caroline (Mrs. John Raymond), Daniel, Magdalena (Mrs. Jacob Treftz) and Dorothea (Mrs. John Wyant). Our subject came to America with his parents in 1849, and most of his life has been engaged in farming. He settled in McKeesport in 1872, and has held the office of street commissioner seven years. He married, in 1856, Eliza Frazer, a native of Ireland, and daughter of Robert and Eliza (Robinson) Frazer, by whom he has six children: Caroline (Mrs. W. G. Gray), Anna, Charles, Daniel, William B. and Jennie. Mr. Fell is a member of the German Lutheran Church; in politics he is a democrat.
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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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