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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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REV. CONSTANTINE M. HEGERICH, rector of St. Joseph’s R. C. Church, Verona, was born in Lancaster, Pa., in 1857. His parents, Michael and Magdalen Hegerich, came from Germany in 1844, and settled in Lancaster six years later, and are now deceased. The father was a weaver and tailor, and plied his trades for six years in Philadelphia. Father Hegerich was educated at St. Vincent’s College and Seminary at Latrobe, whence he graduated in 1881. After nearly a year as assistant pastor of St. Peter’s Church at McKeesport, he was appointed to the charge of St. Joseph’s in September, 1882. Under his ministry the debt of the parish has been decreased $2,000, and a fine new brick church 86x44 feet in dimensions erected, which, when completed, will cost $12,000. The school under his personal care is flourishing, and has an average attendance of sixty pupils. He is a young man of energy and ability, and in him the church has a faithful servant.
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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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