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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 M. GETZE, physician, Tarentum, son of J. M. Getze, a pioneer resident of Tarentum, and at present engaged in the boot and shoe trade, was born in Tarentum in 1855, and received his literary education in Pittsburgh and at Mount Union College, Ohio. He is a graduate of the Hahnemann Medical College, of Philadelphia, and he began the practice of medicine in Tarentum in 1877. In 1878 he married Sadie, daughter of John Kennedy, Esq., of Tarentum, and three children were born to them: Linnaeus, their first born (deceased), Amarilla L. and George Wilbur. The doctor is a Mason, member of Lodge No. 502 of Tarentum, of the R. A., No. 910, and of the A. O. H. He is a member of the borough council, of the Methodist Church, of the Homeopathic State Medical Society of Pennsylvania, and Allegheny County Medical society.
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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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