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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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EDWARD HOREN, roller in Singer, Nimick & Co.’s rolling-mill, post office Pittsburgh, a son of Edward and Ann Horen, was born in Ohio, in 1852, and came to this county in 1873. His father, a native of Ireland, came to this country in 1848, and located in Vermont. About 1852 he came to Pennsylvania, where he has resided ever since, with the exception of a few years. He married Ann Dempsey, and they had children as follows: Simon (deceased), James (deceased), Eliza (wife of Richard Maloney), Michael, Catherine (wife of John Craig), Thomas, Ann (wife of John Broadrick), Edward, Patrick (deceased) and John. The mother of this family died in 1865, at the age of fifty-seven years; the father is living in the county, at the age of seventy-six years. Edward, the subject of this sketch, married, in 1876, Mary, daughter of Thomas and Rose Kelley, and their children are Ida M., Thomas and Rosella. Mr. Horen is a member of the Amalgamated association and Sovereigns of Industry. He has, by industry and economy, secured a good home, and is owner of other valuable property.
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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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