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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 I. LUNDMARK, proprietor of Hotel Gustave Adolph, McKeesport, was born in Sweden, June 2, 1840, a son of Lelius and Elizabeth Lundmark, and was reared in his native land, where he learned the carpentering and cabinet-making trades. Coming to America in 1870, he settled, in 1872, in McKeesport and opened a boarding-house, which he conducted seventeen years. In 1887 he built the hotel of which he is now proprietor, on Rose street, near Ninth avenue, a much-needed hostelry in that part of the city, opening it to the public in November of that year. In 1872 Mr. Lundmark married Erica Nelson, of Titusville, by whom he has one son, Frederick. Mr. Lundmark is a member of the G. L. Church, of the I. O. O. F. and A. O. H., and 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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