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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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DANIEL G. DONOVAN, shoe-merchant, McKeesport, was born at Latrobe, Pa., Sept. 6, 1852, a son of Michael and Sarah (Ryan) Donovan, natives of County Tipperary, Ireland, who came to America in 1850, and settled in Westmoreland county. Daniel G. was reared in Westmoreland county, and educated in the public schools and St. Vincent’s College. From 1869 to 1874 he was employed in the rolling-mills of Jones & Laughlin, of Pittsburgh, and three years thereafter managed the farm owned by St. Xavier’s Academy. In 1879 he came to Mc Keesport, and embarked in the shoe business, in which he has been very successful. He is a gentleman of sterling integrity, and is a wide-awake and enterprising citizen. He is a member of St. Peter’s R. C. Church, and is president of Branch 26, 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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