Amandus A. Bissey

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Amandus A. Bissey

Birthdate:
Death: August 23, 1938 (81)
Place of Burial: Sellersville, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Immediate Family:

Son of Charles Bissey and Caroline Bissey
Husband of Emma N. Bissey
Father of Flora May Bissey; Carolina Bissey; Annie N. Katz; Sallie M. Zeigler; Viola Cecelia Markley and 2 others
Brother of Jacob A. Bissey; Mary E. Bissey and Caroline Bissey
Half brother of Harvey N. Bissey

Occupation: carpenter
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About Amandus A. Bissey

Peace Tohicken Lutheran Church records, 1840-1880: Born to Charles & Carolin Althaus: Amandus b. 2/13/1857 bap 4/21/1857

1900 census: living in Philadelphia with wife Emma and daughter Sallie b.Sept., 1883, daughter Viola b. Jan., 1886 & son Raymond b.April, 1890

History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania - edited by J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887 CHAPTER XLIII.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES — ROCKHILL.

AMANDUS BISSEY, carpenter, P.O. Sellersville, was born in Bucks county, February 13, 1857, and is a son of Charles and Caroline (Althouse) Bissey, both of German descent. Charles Bissey, born in this county, learned the blacksmith’s trade, but afterwards followed farming. Amandus learned the trade of carpenter with Enos B. Gearhart, with whom he worked for three years. He was then employed by Nace & Bishop for four years, when he moved to Landsdale and worked there one year for L.J. Sellers. He then began to work for the Philadelphia & Reading railroad company, and at the present time is a builder and contractor. On July 15, 1874, he married Emma Ketrick, this lady being of German extraction. They are the parents of four children: Flora M., Annie N., Sallie M. and Viola. Mr. Bissey is a member of the Lutheran church, and in politics a democrat.

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Source for picture: Ancestry.com - JudyHoffmeister24added this on 2 Feb 2011

dallebornoriginally submitted this to Heinecke/McGovern/Alleborn Family Tree on 25 Jun 2010

Believe this is a photo of Amandus, his Wife Emma and Viola Bissey, my great-grandmother.
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From Bucks County Intelligencer (newspaper) records, marriages 1861-1885: A.A. Bissey married Emma N. Hedrick, both of Perkasie, in Sellersville on Jul 29, 1875. (Rev. J.G. Dengler)

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Amandus A. Bissey's Timeline

1857
February 13, 1857
1876
November 24, 1876
East Rockhill, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
1878
August 6, 1878
1881
February 26, 1881
Pennsylvania, United States
1883
September 1883
1886
January 1886
1888
March 3, 1888
Sellersville, Bucks, Pennsylania, United States
1890
April 3, 1890
Sellersville, Bucks, Pennsylvania
1938
August 23, 1938
Age 81