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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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SYLVAN C. Le BAUDA, gardener, post office West View, was born Oct. 18, 1861, in Pittsburgh, Pa., the son of Sylvan Le Bauda, a native of Normandy, France. The latter learned the shoemaker’s trade in his native country, and coming to America located in Pittsburgh in 1840, where he engaged in the wholesale and retail shoe business. He traveled all over the United States, but found no place which suited him so well as Pittsburgh. He married there Augusta, daughter of James Davis, an old settler, and a native of London. Mrs. Le Bauda was the mother of four children, who are yet living: Sylvan C., Jr., Constant C., May and Pauline. Our subject was educated in Pittsburgh, where he learned the molder’s trade with De Haven & Co. He has also traveled extensively over the United States, but returned to his first love, Pittsburgh, Pa. In 1873 he removed to Ross township, and turned his attention to gardening and farming, having fifty-two acres of land. Politically he is a prohibitionist.
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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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