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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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THOMAS EVANS, Pittsburgh, a son of John and Jane Evans, was born in Birmingham, this county, in 1846. His occupation through life has been making iron, and he now holds the position of heater in Painter & Son’s mill. He married, Dec. 26, 1875, Will Emma Robson, and by her has had two children: Stella (deceased) and Charles Oscar. Mr. Evans is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Amalgamated Association and United Workmen, and the Heptasophs. Politically he is a republican. As a result of his industry and economy he owns a good property in the Thirty-fifth ward, Pittsburgh, and three acres of valuable land in Chartiers township. Mrs. Evans’ father was born in Staffordshire, England, and when one year old was brought to this country by his parents, who first located in New York, but soon came to Birmingham, this county, where the father followed the occupation of glass-blower. He married, in 1849, Keziah Mercer, of Westchester county, Pa., and by her had six children: Will Emma, Charles O. (deceased), Charles M. (deceased), Frank, Harry A. and William C. The parents are both living in this county, and the father was a soldier in the civil war. He is a member of the Amalgamated Association, and he and his wife are members of the M. E. Church.
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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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