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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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FREDERICK H. HAMPE, merchant, Mt. Oliver, was born Aug. 26, 1860, in Pittsburgh, South Side. He is a son of Frederick and Hannah (Ochlman) Hampe, natives of Goettingen, Germany. Frederick, Sr., is successfully engaged in the bottling business, and takes an active part in local politics, being identified with the republican party, and under the republican administration was postmaster of Mt. Oliver for eleven years, having had the honor of naming that town. He was also the originator and first president of the Mt. Oliver fire company. Frederick, Jr., was educated in Pittsburgh, and for the last five years he has conducted the grocery business in Mt. Oliver. He was married to Miss Laura, a daughter of Louis Kuehneisen, a merchant of Pittsburgh. He is a republican, and a member of the A. P. A., S. O. of A. M.
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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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