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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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HENRY C. MEHRING, butcher, Allegheny, was born in Germany in 1856, a son of John and Ida Mehring, and came with his brother, Jacob Z., to America in 1870, settling in Allegheny City, where he has resided ever since. His parents came to this country in 1873, and settled in Harrisburg, Pa., where his father died in 1881, aged fifty-six years; his mother is still living in Harrisburg. They reared a family of seven children: Henry C., Jacob Z., John, John, Casper, William and Eliza. H. C. Mehring was married Jan. 10, 1883, to Catherine, daughter of Daniel and Margaret Lyon, of Allegheny, and to them have been born three children: Harry, Maggie and Ida. Mr. Mehring learned the butchering business in Allegheny, and has always followed same. In 1882 he commenced business for himself, dealing in meats, groceries and vegetables.
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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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