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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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ELIZABETH CHRIST, farmer, post office Tarentum, was born in Germany, came to America, and in 1871 married Frederick Christ. His parents located in. West Deer township in an early day, and there Frederick was born in 1841. After his marriage Frederick and his wife located at Hites station, East Deer township, but in 1874 removed to a farm now owned by their heirs. Mr. Christ, by unceasing labor and constant effort, acquired a handsome competency and one of the most desirable properties in Fawn township; but continued work and exposure occasioned an attack of rheumatism, and, after long suffering, he died Dec. 23, 1887, a member of the Lutheran Church. His death is lamented by a host of friends and relatives, who find consolation in the knowledge that he who notes even the sparrow’s fall must have some design in the fate of one like him. His children are Annie Margaret, Elizabeth, Anna Mary, Anna Clara and Frederica Lisetta. Mrs. Christ is a member of the G. L. Church. The widow and children offer the following tribute to the memory of the departed husband and father:
A precious one from us has gone,
A voice we loved is stilled;
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can he filled.
God, in his wisdom, has recalled
The boon his love had given;
And though the body molders here,
The soul is safe in heaven.
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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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