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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 HEIM, SR., farmer, post office Perrysville, was born April 28, 1836, in Elpersheim, Wurtemberg, Germany, the son of George and Christine (Freidlein) Heim, former of whom is yet living at the age of ninety-two years. Their children are Louis, John, Johanna, Peter, Frederick and Michael. Frederick came to America at the age of fifteen years, worked on a farm, then rented one, and subsequently purchased ninety acres, where he now resides, engaged in farming and gardening. He also keeps a dairy. He married Sophia Simon, a native of Germany, and ten children have been born to them: Christine, Sophia, Anna, Frederick, John, Henry, Minna, Caroline, Christina and Willie. Mr. and Mrs. Heim are members of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, at Perrysville, which he has been trustee of, was the first charter member, and was instrumental in building up.
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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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