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Below is a family biography included in The History of Adams County, Illinois published by Murray, Williamson & Phelps in 1879. 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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HEINTZ, NICHOLAS (firm of Heintz & Markley), boots and shoes, 523 Maine street. He was born in Prussia on the Rhine, on the line of France, May 5, 1839; came to the United States in 1854, and went to Milwaukee, Wis.; then to St. Paul, Minn., in 1855, and located in Quincy in the fall of 1860, where he worked at shoemaking two years; then he clerked for Mr. Brown six years and was then taken in as partner, in which he remained eleven years, and formed the present co-partnership, July 1, 1878. He married Wilhelmina E. Einhaus in 1862, who was born in Quincy. They have six children: Wilhelmina, Harmon, Willie, Annie, John and George. They are members of the Catholic Church. Mr. Heintz arrived in Quincy without capital or friends, and has in eleven years, by industry and integrity, raised himself to the head of the most profitable house in Quincy.
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