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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 KERNEY (deceased) was born in County Armagh, Ireland, in 1796, a son of Luke and Elizabeth Sargent Kerney, former the youngest of seven sons and two daughters born to Luke Kerney, and by occupation a linen-manufacturer. May 24, 1824, John married Mary, daughter of Edward Bognall, of an old and prominent family in Ireland, and in the following June the young couple set sail for the new world, landing in Pittsburgh in September of the same year. Here Mr. Kerney was engaged extensively in the grocery business for twenty-five years, after which he dealt in coal and lime. Mrs. Kerney died in 1857, and Mr. Kerney March 3, 1885, at the age of eighty-nine years. For twenty years prior to his death (during eighteen of which he was an invalid from paralysis) he was retired from active life; he was a member of the R. C. Church, and a democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Kerney were parents of eight children (seven daughters and one son), of whom five are yet living: Elizabeth (Mrs. Dr. J. Ahl), Mary (at home), Sarah (Mrs. Brennan), Ellen and Lucretia (Mrs. Culgan).
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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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