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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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FRANK BECKER, proprietor of the White House hotel and restaurant, McKeesport, was born in Versailles township, Allegheny county, Pa., Dec. 26, 1859. He is a son of Christoph Becker and Mary A. Richart, natives of Mainz, Germany. They settled in this country in 1857, in Versailles township, where he engaged in farming, and in 1868 they removed to McKeesport and purchased the property now occupied by Frank Becker (our subject), which the father conducted as a hotel until his death, in 1881. They raised a family of eight children: John (deceased), Lizzie, Frank, William J., Annie, Christoph L., Katie (deceased) and George C. Our subject has resided in McKeesport since he was nine years of age, and since 1881 has been engaged in his present business. March 2, 1886, he married Lizzie, daughter of Titus Beiter and Treso Witt, of Irwin, Pa. He is a member of the R. C. Church and St. Mary’s Beneficial society; he 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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