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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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THE HAYS FAMILY. Among the prominent pioneer Scotch-Irish families of Allegheny county and Pennsylvania there is none more worthy of mention than the Hays family. From the “Pennsylvania Genealogies,” published by Dr. W. H. Egle, M. A., Harrisburg, Pa., the following is taken: “This name has had a varied orthography — in olden times De la Haye and De la Haya, while in later, Hay, Hays and Hayes. The American branch of the family write it Hays, as a general thing. In Burke’s Peerage is a very interesting account of the origin of the Hays arms, which was, ‘argent, three escutcheon gules’ to which was afterward added ‘crossed arms, each hand grasping a short sword and supporting the escutcheon gules, surmounted by a crown.”
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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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