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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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WENDLIN KRAUS, ice-merchant, Etna, was born Sept. 22, 1835, a son of Faltin and Eva (Breming) Kraus. He learned the wagon-maker s trade in Germany, and came to Pittsburgh at the age of nineteen, where he followed his trade two years. He then opened a dairy in Shaler township, which he conducted successfully eight years. He also followed various other occupations, and at present resides in Etna, where he is in the ice business, and puts up nine thousand tons annually, supplying Pittsburgh and other places. Mr. Kraus was married here to Lizzie, daughter of Anton Vellsbach, and they have had seven children: Leopold, August Katie (deceased), Wilhelm, Lena, John and George. Mr. and Mrs. Kraus are members of the Catholic Church. Politically he is a democrat. John Prinz, hotel-keeper, Sharpsburg, was born in McKeesport, May 7, 1851. Since 1880 he has resided in Sharpsburg, and is proprietor of Horseman’s Home hotel 1226 North Canal street.
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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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