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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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ALEXANDER DIETRICH, butcher, McKeesport, was born in Lorraine, France (now Germany, Sept. 16, 1837, a son of John (Havener) Dietrich. He came to America in 1852, and located in Pittsburgh, where he served an apprenticeship of nine years at butchering. In 1861 he embarked in business for himself at Coultersville, this county, remaining fifteen years, and in 1876 came to McKeesport, where he embarked in the same line of business. April 6, 1861, he married Lena, daughter of Messer and Anna Smith, of Bavaria, Germany, and has nine children: Lena (Mrs. John Lang), Joseph, Annie (Mrs. Fred Held), Susan, Katie, Mollie, Henry, Stephen and Frank. Mr. Dietrich carries life insurance to the amount of $23,000. He is a member of the R. C. Church and the C. M. B. A.; he is a democrat.
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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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