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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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GEORGE GUTBUB, farmer, post office Fairhaven, was born Sept. 21, 1831, in Rothbach, Alsace, Germany, a son of Heinrich and Magdalena (Konigsfeld) Gutbub, also natives of the above-named place. The parents had three children: George, Mrs. Elizabeth Hodges and Mrs. Magdalena Knowlson. The entire family came to America in 1863, and settled in Baldwin township, this county, where they followed farming. The mother died here, aged fifty-four years, and the father returned to Germany, and died there in 1877, aged sixty-seven years. The family were all members of the Lutheran Church, in which our subject was an elder for several years. He married Sophia Clotz, also a native of Alsace, and they had nine children, all of whom died of diphtheria before attaining their fifteenth year except William, who died when twenty-one years old. Mrs. Gutbub was an invalid for seven years previous to her death. Mr. Gutbub has been a successful farmer, and owns sixty-five acres of land. He is a democrat, and has filled several township offices.
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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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