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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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THEODORE KOERING, wagon-maker, Wexford, was born in Prussia Oct. 1, 1831, son of John and Mary Ann (Gievers) Koering. His father was born in 1801 in Prussia, and died in 1848; and his mother was born in 1809 in Borgholz, Kreis Warburg, Province of Westphalia, Germany, and died in 1871. Our subject attended the public schools of Germany, and there learned the wagon-maker’s trade, serving two years; then served four years in the artillery of the standing army of Germany, being promoted to corporal in second year. He came to Westmoreland county, Pa., in 1861, where he attended St. Vincent College, from which he graduated in 1864. He then located at Wexford, began wagon-making and carpenter-work, and has since continued with good success, as he is well liked by all, and the neighboring public give him extensive patronage. In 1868 he purchased his present property, and erected his wagon-and blacksmith-shop. He is a faithful worker in the Catholic Church, and a member of the democratic party. For a number of years he has given private instructions in Latin, being a very competent teacher.
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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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