My Genealogy Hound
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.
* * * *
FRED STECKEL, dry-goods and fancy-goods merchant, McKeesport, was born in Hanover, Germany, Nov. 8, 1835, a son of Henry L. and Wilhelmina (Hille) Steckel. He was reared in his native province, where he served an apprenticeship of three years at the dyer’s trade, at which he afterward worked as a journeyman two years. In 1856 he came to America, locating in Pittsburgh, and was in the employ of the breweries of that city nine years. He then followed peddling for two years, and in 1867 located in Dravosburg, this county, where he embarked in the grocery and dry-goods business, in which he was engaged until 1871. In September of that year he opened out his present business in McKeesport, which has had a large and prosperous trade. In 1861 he married Mary, daughter of Christian and Margaret (Beilstein) Faulkenstein, of Allegheny, formerly of Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, and by her has three children: Sophia, Augusta and Fred. Mr. Steckel is an adherent of the G. L. Church. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. and K. of H., and is a republican.
* * * *
This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.
View additional Allegheny County, Pennsylvania family biographies here: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Biographies
Use the links at the top right of this page to search or browse thousands of other family biographies.