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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 WETTACH, tanner, Allegheny, was born in Allegheny City, Pa., April 20, 1839, a son of Gotlieb and Barbara Wettach, who came from Switzerland to this county in 1831 and settled in Allegheny City, where they have resided ever since. They had a family of nine children, five of whom are living: William, John, Christian, Theodore and Emma (wife of Edward Bouthewell). The father died in January, 1888, aged seventy-two years; the mother is still living, in her seventy-third year. They were members of the Evangelical Association Church. William Wettach was married in 1865 to Sarah, daughter of John and Eliza Voeghtley, and they have three children: Harry, Carl and Orlando. Mr. Wettach learned the tanner’s trade with his father, and has always followed that occupation. In 1868 he commenced the tanning business for himself, which he has continued with marked success. He has been a member of the common council fourteen years; is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the G. E. Church.
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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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