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From: "Mary D" <>
Subject: Re: [PAGENWEB] KRIEGERs in Pittsburgh
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 11:33:09 -0400
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Either of those dates could be the correct (or the wrong) date... The
information that is given to the census takers may very well have been
wrong, just as the information given to the cemetery can easily have been
wrong...



> John,
> Usually you find marriages in church books or Court Houses in the area
> that
> they lived. Dot B
>
>
>> I am having difficulty in tracing the origins of a family called KRIEGER
>> and as I am unfamiliar with the registration system in the US I wonder
>> if there is anyone who can help with a specific query, please?
>>
>> I am anxious to track down the marriage records of Louis Krieger. In
>> the 1900 census he was shown as living at 141 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh,
>> Allegheny County PA. His date of birth was given as October 1873, though
>> from the Interment Register of West View Cemetery (details kindly
>> provided by the archivist of Rodef Shalom Temple) he died in Feb 1965 at
>> age 88, which would make his birth in around 1877. Louis was born in
>> Poland but his parents brought him and his sister Celia (born Dec 1880)
>> over to Pittsburgh in 1887. In the 1900 census his parents were listed
>> as Auz (name indistinct as over-written on the census sheet) (born Dec
>> 1835) and Annie (born March 1842).
>>
>> Louis married Lillian (Lillie) BAKER and their eldest child Lester was
>> born about 1904, so I guess the marriage would have been a year or two
>> earlier. The reason I am so keen to find the marriage records is that I
>> hope it may shed light on where precisely Louis was born and also the
>> correct name of his father. Incidentally, the latter first came to the
>> U.S. in 1882 and then went back for his family in 1887.
>>
>> In England, where I live, it would be a simple matter of going to the
>> Family Records Office in London and looking up the appropriate registers
>> as they cover marriages anywhere in the country. But I am not familiar
>> with the system in PA so would be grateful for guidance as to where to
>> go for the records of Louis' marriage.
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Peter Hinton
>>
>> Dorset, England

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