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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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BALTHASAR JENNY, SR., manufacturer, post office West View, was born June 11, 1815, in Canton Glarus, Switzerland, the son of Balthasar and Barbara (Wild) Jenny. The parents immigrated to America in 1883, and settled in Allegheny City, where the father was a carpet weaver, and died aged eighty-five years. They had three children: Fred, Jacob and Balthasar. Balthasar was educated in Switzerland, where he learned the engraver’s trade, which he followed a number of years, until engaging in the sale of cheese (which he received from Ohio) in Allegheny City. He married, in Switzerland, Susanna Blumer, who is the mother of sixteen children, eight living, viz.: Barbara, Argata, Susanna, Elsbeth, Emma, Maxcus, Balthasar and Frederick. Since 1871 Mr. Jenny has resided in Ross township, and is a successful man. He and Mrs. Jenny are members of the German Church in Allegheny, and he is a 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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