BOST & VONDERA FAMILY Allegheny County Pa
Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania personal and genealogical Vol. 1
Northwestern Historical Association (Madison, Wis.)
Madison, Wis: Northwestern Historical Association, 1904
Pg. 277 (picture of WILLIAM BOST)
WILLIAM BOST, a well-known carpenter of Whitaker, where he has lived since 1892, is of German parentage.He is a son of HENRY and CATHERINE (RENN) BOST.His father came to America about the year 1851 and located in Allegheny County, where he resided until his death.For about 20 years he followed the occupation of a coal-miner, and afterwards lived practically a retired life in the village of Whitaker, where he died in 1886 at the age of 57.MATTHEW RENN, his maternal grandfather, came to America in 1852, settled in Mifflin Township and spent the remainder of his life there.WILLIAM BOST was born in Mifflin Township, Jan. 1, 1857.He is one of a family of 7 children, all boys, viz.: JOHN, JACOB, WILLIAM, VALENTINE, FRANK, HENRY and LEWIS.He received a common school education and began life as a miner, which occupation he followed for about 10 years, when he went to work as a heater in the Homestead steel works.In 1892 he made another change in his occupation and since that time he has worked continuously at carpenter work, assisting in the erection of some of the finest buildings in the county.He owns his home at Whitaker.On March 14, 1881, he was married to MISS GERTRUDE RUSHE, of Mifflin Township.His wife’s parents are both natives of Germany, though of French extraction.They have nine children living: HENRY N., JOHN G., PETER A., GERTRUDE M., WILLIAM L., M. FLORENCE, J. OLIVER, L. PEARL and an infant daughter. ROBERT .MR. BOST and his family are members of St. Francis Roman Catholic Church, of Homestead.He is a charter member of Whitaker tent, No. 425, Knights of the Maccabees; the Carpenters’ and Joiners’ union, and the Turnverein.In politics he is independent.
Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania personal and genealogical Vol. 1
Northwestern Historical Association (Madison, Wis.)
Madison, Wis: Northwestern Historical Association, 1904
Pgs. 377, 378
CHRISTIAN F. VONDERA (PICTURE OF HIM)
CHRISTIAN F. VONDERA, of Homestead, Pa., a retired shoe merchant and a prominent citizen, was born in Baldwin Township, Allegheny Co., Pa., March 27, 1852, son of HENRY and CHRISTIANA WILHELMINA (HEISTERBERG) VONDERA, both natives of Germany.His paternal grandfather, FREDERICK VONDERA, came to America about 1861, and resided in the South Side, Pittsburgh, until his death.His maternal grandfather, CHRISTIAN HEISTERBERG, came to the U. S. in 1849, locating in Blossomville, Baldwin Township, Allegheny County, where he followed his trade of shoemaking.The father of the subject was also a shoemaker, and came to Pennsylvania from the Fatherland in 1847, settled in Baldwin Township, and was there engaged in business for some time.In the fall of 1863 HENRY VONDERA purchased a tract of land in Mifflin Township, now known as the VONDERA place, and there resided until his death, in 1897, at the mature age of 74 years.He was the father of the following children: CHRISTIAN F.; FRANK H.; LENA, wife of FRANK BOST; MARY, wife of PETER SORG; CHARLES H. and LOUISE, wife of WILLIAM HALL.CHRISTIAN F. VONDERA was reared in Allegheny County and began his business career on his father’s farm.In 1880 he began the shoe business at Homestead, in which he was successfully engaged until 1897, when he retired, and since has resided at the old VONDERA place.He was married, on Oct. 3, 1878, to CAROLINE, daughter of CONRAD and MARY (MUTH) KEITZER, of Baldwin Township, Allegheny County, and they have four living children, viz: HENRY C., WILLIAM E., ANNIE C. and MARGARET M.MRS. VONDERA’S paternal grandparents were HENRY and MARGARET KEITZER, of Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, who settled in Baldwin Township, Allegheny County, about 1845, and there HENRY KEITZER and his son, CONRAD, engaged in their trade of wagon-making with much success.MR. VONDERA and his wife are members of the Evangelical Lutheran church, and he is a staunch Republican.
Pgs. 385, 386 FRANK BOST (PICTURE of him)
FRANK BOST, of Homestead, Pa., a prosperous blacksmith, was born at McKeesport, Pa., Feb. 25, 1861, son of HENRY and CATHERINE (RENN) BOST, natives of Saarbrucken-on-the-Rhine, Germany, who came to the U. S. in 1842, and settled in Allegheny County, Pa., where his father followed the occupation of mining, and later ran a hotel at what is now Duquesne.The elder BOST was also on the county detective force for four years, died in Mifflin Township, and was the father of the following children: JOHN (deceased), JACOB,WILLIAM, VALENTINE, FRANK, HENRY and LEWIS.FRANK BOST was reared in Allegheny County, educated in the public schools, and when 15 years of age commenced his apprenticeship at the blacksmiths’ trade and served four years.Then for one year he worked as a journeyman at McKeesport, and, in 1881, embarked in business on his own account at Homestead. MR. BOST is the pioneer blacksmith of that borough.He was married, on Nov. 30, 1883, to LENA, daughter of HENRY and CHRISTIANA WILHELMINA (HEISTERBERG) VONDERA, of Mifflin Township, of Mifflin Township, Allegheny County, but formerly of Germany, and five children have been born to MR. and MRS. BOST, viz.: CHARLES H., EDNA, ALMA, RELDA and FRANK, JR.
Pgs. 517, 518 CHARLES HENRY VENDORA (PICTURE of him)
CHARLES HENRY VONDERA, a well-to-do citizen of Mifflin Township, Allegheny Co., is a son of HENRY and CHRISTIANA WILHELMINA (HEISTERBURG) VONDERA, and is of Holland Dutch ancestry.His paternal grandfather, FRANK VONDERA, was a native of Hesse Darmstadt and a shoemaker by trade, who came to America in 1849 and located in Baldwin Township, Allegheny County, where he followed his trade of shoemaking until 1863, when he moved to Mifflin Township, and there lived until his death.The maternal grandfather of the subject was CHRISTIAN HEISTERBURG, a native of Germany, and also a shoemaker by trade, who came to America in 1848 and resided in Mifflin Township until his death.HENRY VODERA, father of the subject, came to America in 1847, and to Mifflin Township in 1863,where he resided on his farm, about one and half miles from Homestead, until his death in 1897, at the age of 73 years. He had a family of six children, viz.: CHRISTIAN F.; FRANK H.; LENA, wife of FRANK BOST; CHARLES H.; MARY, wife of PETER SORG, and LOUISA, wife of WILLIAM J. HALL. CHARLES H. VONDERA was born in Mifflin Township, July 5, 1865, and there was reared to manhood and educated in the common schools of his native township.He has followed gardening and farming all of his business career.He was married, on Sept. 22, 1898, to ESTELLA, daughter of FRANK DANIELS, of West Virginia, and they have one daughter, M. LUELLA.MR. VONDERA is a member of the Lutheran church, and his political affiliations are with the Republican Party.He is prominently identified with the public affairs of the township, in the spring of 1903 being elected township tax collector for a three-year term.
St. Agnes Cemetery, Est. 1867
(a/k/a St. Cecilia Cemetery; Bull Run Cemetery; & Thompson Run Cemetery)
622 Saint Agnes Lane
West Mifflin, PA 15122-2925
(Allegheny County)
BOST, Albert M.-1912-1988
BOST, Bost John L.-1909-1968
BOST, Catherine-1884-1941
BOST, Emma K-1886-1963
BOST, Heinrich Born: 10-23-1827 Died: 10-2-1886
BOST, Jacob A.-1877-1966
BOST, John-1839-1886
BOST, Mary-1911-????
BOST, Peter S. 1879-1937
BOST, Philomenia-1840-1906
Anne Ashley United Methodist Church Cemetery
a.k.a. - Franklin Church Cemetery
a.k.a. - Old Franklin Cemetery
334 22nd Ave.,
Munhall, PA 15120
BOST, LENA VONDERA, 1861-1929, mother (Four headstones; two say MOTHER, two say MOTHER, probably the VONDERA or BOST FAMILY.One headstone has the initials C. H.)
VODERA, CHRISTINA, 1834-1887, his wife, (VONDERA FAMILY MARKER)
VODERA, HEINRICH, 1834-1897 (VONDERA FAMILY MARKER)
VODERA, CHRISTINA, 1809-1893 (VONDERA FAMILY MARKER)