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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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FRED HAAS, roller-car painter, post office Pittsburgh, was born in Alsace, France, a son of Fred (a barber) and Mary M. Haas, and came to America with his parents in 1845, settling in Pittsburgh, Pa. His father reared a family of fourteen children, four of whom are living: Fred, Philip, Charles and Caroline (wife of Lewis Aurin, of this county). Fred, Sr., died in 1866, his widow in 1883, at the age of seventy-five years. Fred Haas, Jr., came to Pittsburgh Aug. 1, 1845, and on the 10th of the same month commenced work in a rolling-mill (which business he has since followed), and is a master-roller and roll-turner. He has been twice married, first to Mary H., daughter of William J. Hamilton, of Pittsburgh; she died in 1881, at the age of forty-two years, without issue. Mr. Haas next married, in 1882, Sophia, daughter of Philip and Catherine Gerst, of this county, and they have one child, Frederick P. Philip and Catherine Gerst were both born in Alsace, and came to this country in the year 1841. By a former marriage Mrs. Haas has three children: Elizabeth, Millie and Lenora. Mr. Haas is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Commencing life in very humble circumstances, by industry and perseverance he has acquired a beautiful home, and has just erected one of the best dwelling houses in McKee’s Rocks village.
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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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