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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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EMIL KEEBLER, baker, Verona, was born in Bavaria, Germany, Aug. 10, 1858, a son of John and Jane (Newmyer) Keebler. His father was a cooper, and died, at the age of forty-five years, when Emil was an infant of two years. Emil was the youngest of a family of seven children; he came to Pittsburgh in 1873, where he learned the baker’s trade, spending four and one-half years on Pennsylvania avenue, then settled in Verona, and started in business for himself. His was the first bakery in Verona, and the business was a novelty to the people, who then made their own bread; he only sold three loaves the first day, but has built up a good trade. He was married, Feb. 16, 1886, to Clara Kirbach, who was born in Saxony, Germany, April 20, 1864, a daughter of Morris and Pauline (Kunce) Kirbach. Mr. and Mrs. Keebler have two children, Morris and Olga. The family are members of the German Lutheran Church, and politically he is a republican.

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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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