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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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CHRISTIAN UNVERZAGT, general blacksmith, Pittsburgh, was born in Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, in 1831. He learned his trade in his native land, and when nineteen years of age left home and friends to make his fortune in America, locating in Pittsburgh, where he has since resided. He built his home on Forty-first street in 1857. In 1855 he married Caroline Matern, a native of the same locality as himself, and they have five children living, all resident in Pittsburgh, and named as follows: Louis J., William L., Jacob C., George L. and Kate C. E. Adolph, the third child, died when twenty-eight years old. Mr. Unverzagt has been with the Allegheny Valley railroad since November, 1869, in the capacity of spring-maker. He is a member of the Reformed Church; politically he has been a republican since Fremont’s campaign.
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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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