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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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JOHN DICK HARDIE, carpenter, post office Verona, was born in Fifeshire Scotland, Feb. 22, 1844, a son of Robert and Isabella (Dick) Hardie. He received a good education and when seventeen years old began to serve his apprenticeship of three and one-half years. For some time he followed house building and then became a joiner in ship-building, and then became a joiner in ship-building. In 1869 he came to America, and the next year he located in Allegheny county. After spending six years in Pittsburgh, he came to Verona, in 1876. He purchased land here and has built three houses thereon. Since his residence here he has been a coach builder in A. V. R. R. shops. He is a communicant in the U. P. Church, and a republican with prohibition sympathies. In 1874 he married Sarah Steele, a native of Ireland. The children of the family are named in order of age, respectively: Robert Steele, Margaret Isabella, Sarah Emma and Anna Dale.
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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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