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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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ANDREW WYSE, tailor, Wilkinsburg, son of Robert and Margaret (Hardie) Wyse, was born at Markinch, Fifeshire, Scotland, June 19, 1850. His father was a mine boss, and died there in 1883; the widow still resides there. Of their ten children, one-half remain in Scotland and the others are in America, all married and settled. Andrew, who is the seventh, was reared in a village, attended a pay-school till thirteen years old, when he was apprenticed to a tailor. He served four and one-half years, and always followed the trade. In 1870 he came to Pittsburgh, and was employed in some of the leading shops there. In 1882 he took up his residence at Wilkinsburg, and built his house two years later. March 1, 1887, he opened a tailor-shop here, and has built up a very successful business, employing six hands. He is an active supporter of the Presbyterian Church, and a consistent republican; he is a member of the A. O. U. W., R. A. and I. O. H. He was married, in 1879, to Gertrude Lacock, and they have one son, born June 5, 1881. John Scott and Margaret (McLean) Lacock, parents of Mrs. Wyse, were early residents of Wilkinsburg, and were of Scotch ancestry.
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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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