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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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FRANK BRETTHALLE, grocer, post office Putnam, was born in Prussia, in 1839, a son of Frederick (a farmer) and Louisa (Ressmair) Bretthalle, also of Prussia. They had six children, all of whom are living. Frank came to America in 1867, and up to 1881 engaged in the grocery business in Pittsburgh. In the spring of 1881 he came to Mansfield, and has since remained here, carrying a full line of groceries, having one of the finest stores of the kind in the town. He married, in 1875, Louisa, daughter of Christian Luebbe, of Prussia, and five children have blessed their union: Frederick Lewis (now aged twelve years), Harry Frank (aged ten years), Minnie (aged eight years), Tillie (aged five years) and Frank (aged four years). Mr. Bretthalle is a member of the G. L. Church, and is a democrat.
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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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