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1870 Census: Birmingham, Allegheny, Pennsylvania – Page 38

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Case File: Charles Albert Breitwieser (1907)
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Dwelling #214, Family #266 – Birmingham, Allegheny, Pennsylvania (15 Jul 1870)
Name Age Sex Race Occupation Real Estate Personal Estate Born
 Breitwieser, Bernhard 28 M W Baker $8000 $200 Hesse-Darmstadt
  “, Fredricka 28 F W House Keeper Lippe-Detmold
  “, Louisa 3 F W At home Penna
  “, Bernard  2 M W At home Penna
  “, Emma 1 F W At home Penna
 Mullholl, Fritz 25 M W Baker Hesse-Darmstadt
 Ostewin, Anna 20 F W At home Kurster Hesse
 Notes:  Everyone in the household have parents of foreign birth.  The birth place of Anna, “Kurster” is likely an abbreviation for Kurfürstentum Hesse.  Kurfürstentum is “Electorate” in English, this region was also more commonly known as Hesse-Kassel or Kurhessen; it was annexed to Prussia in 1866 but the name was still commonly used as a region after that time.  Hesse-Darmstadt and Lippe-Detmold are in the same region.