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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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WILLIAM GRAPER, itinerant merchant, post office Carrick, was born in October, 1836, in Uchte, Hanover, Germany, a son of John Graper. He came to America in July, 1860, and for a time worked at whatever he could find to do, draying for a time in Pittsburgh. In 1864 he turned his attention to huckstering in this county, and during the last twenty years has lived in Baldwin township, where he has a property of thirty-six acres, upon which he has built a very pretty home. Mr. Graper here married Dorothea Yoshert, a native of Germany, and they have four children: Elizabeth (wife of Emil Schultz), Minnie (wife of Walter Hays), John H. and Harry F. Mr. and Mrs. Graper are members of the Lutheran Church. He is a republican, and has been a successful man.
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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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