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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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WILLIAM LAMB, hotel-keeper, McKee’s Rocks, son of Owen and Catherine Lamb, was born in Ireland in 1847, and came to this country in 1868. Owen came to this country when William was a little child, and it is thought he was killed in the civil war, as he never returned. His widow is still living in the old country, and is seventy years of age. Patrick Lamb, the only brother, is in business in Allegheny City. William Lamb was married, in 1873, to Mary, daughter of Martin and Julia McGovern, and to them have been born three children, viz.: John (deceased), Katie G. and William J. Two of their children were born in Fort Duquesne, in a room once occupied by Gen. Washington. Mr. Lamb for several years followed teaming, but in 1877 embarked in the grocery and saloon business on Penn avenue, Pittsburgh. In 1883 he came to McKee’s Rocks, opened the Exchange hotel (now called the Lamb hotel), of which he is the present owner and proprietor. Of ten applicants on Chartiers avenue for license this year he is the only one to whom it was granted.
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