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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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FREDERICK GEDEKOH, retired, Elizabeth, Is a native of Germany, born at Shaunsburg Lippe, and came to this county in 1842. He married Wilhelmina Hamm, also a native of Germany. He first located in Pittsburgh, was a miner for twenty-eight years, and twelve years ago came to his present residence in Forward township. His children are Catherine, Wilhelmina, Henrietta, Heinrich, Sophia, Charlotte and Helena. Catherine, now Mrs. H. Coleman, and residing in Pittsburgh; Henrietta, now Mrs. Thomas Thomson; Sophia, now Mrs. Hodgson; Heinrich, Charlotte and Helena are all living.
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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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