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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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GEORGE HIRNING, painter, post office Allegheny, is a son of Jacob and Barbara Hirning, and was born in 1845 in Germany. The mother died in 1880, in Germany, where the father is yet living. George Hirning came in 1868 to the United States, and settled in Allegheny, where he has since resided. In October, 1871, he married Kate, daughter of Philip and Philipena Erb, of Allegheny, and by her has three children: Helena, John and Kate. The mother of these children died Nov. 10, 1887, at the age of thirty-seven years, and in February, 1889, Mr. Hirning married his second wife, Barbara, widow of Ehrhard Linduer, of Allegheny. Mr. Hirning learned the painter’s trade, which for fifteen years he carried on successfully.
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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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