Louis Singer (1840 - 1918)

Born 9 Feb 1840 in Alsace, France

Descendants

Biography

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

Louis Singer was born in France, February 9, 1840, and was but three years of age when brought to this country by his parents so that he is practically, in everything except the actual fact of birth, an American.

He married Elizabeth Yeagle, who was born in Pittsburgh about 1841, and they had thirteen children, of whom there are now living: Lena, married John McKernan, and lives at McKees Rocks ; Mary, married Michael Beck, and lives in McKees Rocks ; Cecelia, married William Rosenberg, and lives in Library, Pennsylvania ; William L., is in the ice business at McKees Rocks ; Joseph Andrew, of further mention ; Andrew A., also in the ice business at McKees Rocks.

From History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

Louis Senger, ice-dealer, postoffice Chartiers, a son of Christian (a farmer) and Catherine Senger, was born in Alsace, France (now Germany), in 1840, and came to this country in 1844, settling in this county.

He married, April 9, 1861, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary A. Jackel, and they had following-named children: Catherine (deceased); Magdalena, wife of John E. Mc- Kernan; Mary A., wife of Michael J. Beck; Philomena (deceased), Louis (deceased), Sophia E. , William L., Joseph A., Andrew A., George C, Cecelia C. and one that died in infancy.

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #63492255
• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol 1, p. 348-349)
• Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, Part 2: p. 632)
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZL8-F2M : accessed 3 December 2015), Louis Singer, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 7, family 42, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,798.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW6F-PML : accessed 3 December 2015), Lewis Singer, Stowe, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district 83, sheet 225D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1090; FHL microfilm 1,255,090.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3M4-6V2 : accessed 3 December 2015), Louis Singer, Precinct 3 McKees Rocks borough, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 2A, family 27, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,369.