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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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WILLIAM REDMAN (deceased) was born near London, England, in 1811, and came with his people to America when fifteen years of age. In early life he commenced boating and trading on the river, which he followed many years, and in 1852 he located in Braddock township, where he purchased thirty acres of land, all of which he afterward sold with the exception of a few acres where his widow and sons now reside. He died in 1876. The subject of this sketch married, in 1852, Ann Faucett, a native of England, born in 1826, and daughter of Thomas Faucett, and nine children were born to them: Henrietta (Mrs. Stewart), Charles B., Anna (Mrs. McClure), Margaret, Jane (Mrs. Miller), John, William, Frank and Christopher. The family are members of the Methodist Church; politically 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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