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ALFRED ANDREW QUINETTE, butcher, Wilkinsburg, is a grandson of Francis Quinette, a native Frenchman, who settled on a farm in Indiana township, this county, about the beginning of the present century; was supervisor, and held other township offices, and died in 1859, aged seventy-nine years. He had nine sons and one daughter, all born in Indiana. Peter, the youngest, now resides on the homestead, where he has always lived with the exception of five years, during which he was engaged in the livery business at East Liberty. His wife, Padaline (Bell), is of German extraction, and Alfred Andrew was born to them Aug. 17, 1859. He attended the public schools of Indiana and East Liberty till sixteen years old, when he began to work at his present business. He was employed four years at Lincoln and other points in Nebraska, and came to Wilkinsburg in 1883, where he opened a meat-market, with a partner, whom he bought out at the end of the year. In 1884 he built the handsome brick building on Penn avenue which he occupies as shop and residence. June 10, 1885, he married a native of Wilkinsburg, Miss Ida May, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret Snyder, of German descent. Mr. Quinette is a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M., is a democrat, and attends the M. E. Church with his family. His children are: Elnora Louisa and Charles Edward.