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Below is a family biography included in the Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania published in 1904 by T. S. Benham & Company and The Lewis Publishing Company; Elwood Roberts, Editor. 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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CARL KAISER, the well known blacksmith and wheelwright of Linfield, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, is a son of Joseph and Geniva Kaiser, of Baden, Germany, both deceased. The father had served in the German army, and was engaged in business as a shoemaker. The couple had six children, Carl being the third of them.
Carl Kaiser was born at the homestead at Baden, July 26, 1868. He was educated in the schools of the vicinity, and at the age of sixteen years, his parents being dead, he determined to seek his fortune in America. He left Baden accordingly, and in 1884 sailed with his little sister, Mary, and after a long and rough voyage reached this country, landing in the city of Philadelphia. He then went to East Coventry township, Chester county, Pennsylvania, where he secured employment on the farm of Mr. Savage. He remained in that situation for some time, and then decided to learn a trade, and, after giving serious consideration to the subject, determined that he would learn to be a blacksmith. On finishing his apprenticeship, Mr. Kaiser located at Linfield, where he has been very successful, and has remained to the present time. His sister went to Brooklyn where she died. Mr. Kaiser is a man of energy and determination, and has had no difficulty in making his way in the world. He owns a comfortable home, conducting a wheelwright as well as a blacksmith shop. He stands well in the community. He is a self made man, his success in life being due to his own unaided exertions. He is a Republican in politics, and has held several minor township offices. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle, and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He and his family are all members of the Lutheran church.
Mr. Kaiser married in 1893 Miss Catharine Hendricks, daughter of Samuel Hendricks, of Limerick township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Kaiser have the following children: Earl, Mabel, and Samuel.
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