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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 WITTMER, brick-manufacturer, Etna, was born June 5, 1856, in Shaler, a son of George Wittmer, a native of Baden, Germany, who immigrated to America in 1854, and followed various occupations. He commenced with steam-boating, then became a stockman, a miner, a farmer, and then engaged in the ice business in 1870 in company with W. Krause. He remained in the ice business until 1882, when he retired to engage in the manufacture of brick, and the firm is known as the Wittmer Brick company (limited). Our subject is superintendent of the works, which employ about fifty hands and turn out seven million brick per annum. He graduated in 1875 at the Iron City Business College. He is also engaged in the ice business with an uncle, Xavier Wittmer.
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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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