Frederick Hahn (abt. 1805)

Born about 1805 in Schorndorf, Württemberg, Germany

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Sedgwick Street, Allegheny, Pennsylvania United States

Biography

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

In the year 1830 there sailed from Germany to the United States Frederick Hahn, with his wife and two or three children. Both he and his wife were natives of Schorndorf, Kingdom of Wuerttemberg, Germany, and they had grown up and married in that town. The voyage was a long and tedious one, and while still on board ship another child was born to Mr. and Mrs. Hahn. At the end of a full three months spent on the ocean they landed at New York City, but soon proceeded to Western Pennsylvania. There Mr. Hahn worked in Pittsburgh for a time, then removed to the country, where he boug'ht a farm about five miles from Sewickley, Allegheny county. Later he added to his original purchase of fifty acres until he had about one hundred. He lived on this farm until he had reached old age, when he removed to Allegheny, and both he and his wife died in that town on Sedgwick street. Both were devout members of the Evangelical Church. They were the parents of thirteen children, of whom eleven attained maturity. They were: Rachel, married Gottlieb Starz, and died in Pittsburgh ; Louisa, married Henry Heney, and died in Pittsburgh ; Frederick, of further mention ; Lewis, was a slater and roofer, and died in Pittsburgh ; William, a slater, died in Coraopolis ; John, a railroad employee, died in Pittsburgh ; Philip, a slater, died in Pittsburgh; Adam, a merchant, living in Allegheny; Conrad, who was the proprietor of a hardware store, died in Allegheny; Mary, died on the farm, unmarried. at the age of twenty-four years ; Henry, employed in a coal company, died on Neville Island.

Sources

• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 1 (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, p. 135-136)