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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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REINHARD DANNER, farmer and gardener, post office Bennett, was born July 12, 1840, in Hohenzollern, Germany. His parents, Luzian and Bernhadine (Stiefel) Danner, reared a family of four children: Mrs. Anna Kurtz, who remained in Germany; Luzia, deceased; Bernhard and Reinhard. They immigrated to America in 1853, resided for a short time in West Virginia and Westmoreland county, Pa., and then settled in this county. They purchased forty-two acres of land, where our subject now resides, which the father thoroughly improved. The parents were devout members of the Catholic Church of Millvale. The father died at the age of eighty-seven years; the mother is still living. Reinhard Danner here married Caroline Herber, a native of Germany, and they are the parents of the following-named children: Helena, Anna, Louisa, Joseph (deceased), Anton, John, Bernhard, Katie and Caroline. They are all members of the Catholic Church; Mr. Danner 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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