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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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JACOB HOLTZMAN, cigar-manufacturer, McKeesport, was born in Alsace, then in France, May 10, 1857, and is a son of Jacob and Barbara Holtzman. He came to America in 1873 and located in Braddock, this county, where for a year he worked during summer in a coalbank, attending school in winter. In 1874 he lost a leg by having it smashed in a coalbank. In 1875 he came to McKeesport, where he served an apprenticeship of two years at the cigar trade, and afterward worked four years as a journeyman. In 1881 he embarked in business for himself as a manufacturer of and wholesale and retail dealer in cigars and tobaccos, and by strict attention to the wants of his customers he has built up a flourishing trade. In 1881 he married Katie (Kohler) Miller, of McKeesport. Mr. Holtzman is a member of the K. of H., the Heptasophs, the United States Benevolent fraternity, and the Knights of the Golden Eagle. He is a republican.
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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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