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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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MAURICE KAPP, mine-boss, post office Carrick, was born March 28, 1833, in Hessen, Germany, a son of Wendal and Joseva (Wiegand) Kapp, natives of the above-named place. He emigrated to America at the age of twenty, engaged with J. B. Hays in the Shoenberger Coal-works, and subsequently was promoted to the position of boss with Thomas Briggs, for whom he worked three years, and then engaged as boss with Joe Walton. To the present time he has been mining-boss for twenty years, and has had as many as three hundred employes. He commenced at the bottom of the ladder and by his industry and good habits worked himself up. He married here Geneva Holzheimer, & native of Germany, and seven children have blessed their union: Mrs. Mollie McCarry, Mrs. Lizzie Soulier, John, Catherine, Minnie, Joseph and Peter. Mr. and Mrs. Kapp are members of the Catholic Church: politically he votes for principle.
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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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