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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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LOUIS KOOPS, gardener, post office West View, was born March 18, 1826, in Rhein Phaltz, Bavaria, son of Jacob and Katharine M. (Dietz) Koops. He came to America in 1854, and worked at various occupations in Allegheny county, until engaging in gardening, which proved a success. He has thirteen acres of garden land in a high state of cultivation, and by economy and industry has accumulated a competency. He married, in this county, Caroline Weinkauf, a native of Rhein Phaltz, and three children were born to them: Louis, Caroline and Lizzie. The last named, a bright girl of twenty-one, died of typhoid fever. Mr. and Mrs. Koops are members of the G. P. Church; 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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