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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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THERESA GENSCH, hotel-keeper at McKee’s Rocks, was born in Germany in 1839, a daughter of Anthony and Theresa Spath, both of whom died in Germany. Theresa was married in Germany, in 1861, to John Spath, and they came to America in 1867; they had three children, viz.: Annie (now wife of Jacob Miller, of Pittsburgh, Pa.), Bertha (wife of Nicholas Nolte, of Moon township) and Edward, a promising lad of thirteen. Mr. Spath died in 1876, at the age of forty-five years, and his widow was married in 1878 to Albert Gensch, of this county. Mrs. Gensch has by industry and perseverance worked her way from very limited circumstances, and has built a hotel in McKee’s Rocks that would be a credit to almost any city. It is a fine three-story brick structure, containing sixty-four rooms, heated and lighted by gas, and has all the modern improvements to be found in a city hotel.
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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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