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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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PATRICK BLIGH, bender, lap-welding department National Tube-works, McKeesport, is a native of County Roscommon, Ireland. He came to America in 1868, and settled in Boston. Mass. In 1870 he entered the employ of the National Tube-works company, in that city, where he operated a furnace for several months. In 1872 he came to McKeesport in the interest of the same company, and has been working in the lap-welding department of their works here ever since. After the works burned down, in 1873, and new buildings were erected, he was the first man to build a pipe, and the first when the mills were originally started. He is a prominent leader in local organizations, and is a stanch 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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