Rachel (Nicolaus) Allebrand (abt. 1839)

Born about 1839 in Germany

Descendants

Biography

From History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

(John Allebrand) ...in 1860 married Rachel, daughter of William Nicolaus, of McKeesport.

Mr. and Mrs. Allebrand have six children: Charles W., Margaret, John N., Louisa, Fredericlsa and George A. Charles W. married Lida, daughter of James Michaels, and located in Colorado, where he is engaged in mining.

From Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

CHARLES WILLIAM ALLEBRAND, the pioneer funeral director of Duquesne, Pa., was born in McKeesport, Pa., June 26, 1862, son of John and Rachel (Nicholaus) Allebrand, both natives of Germany.

John Allebrand, father of Charles W., was born at Charhesen-Steinhau, Germany, May 11, 1833, and accompanied his parents to the United States in 1842. In 1854 he went to California, where he was engaged in the butchers' business, and also was part owner of a gold-producing mine, and in 1860 returned to McKeesport, where he married Rachel, daughter of William Nicholaus, of that city, and at once opened a meatmarket.

He had six children that grew to maturity, viz. : Charles W., Margaret (deceased), John N. ; Louisa, wife of Frank Hoag ; Fredericka, wife of Charles F. DeLong, and George A.

Sources

• Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, Part 2: p. 506)
• Northwestern Historical Association. Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Northwest Historical Association., Madison, Wisconsin, 1904, Vol. 1, p. 553-554; Vol. 2, p. 63)