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Our County and Its People
Descriptive and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York
Edited by Safford E. North
The Boston History Company, Publishers 1860
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Page 116
Peter Broadbooks, was born in Alsace, Germany,
February 29, 1840, and came to the United States
in 1854 with his parents, George and Catherine
Broadbooks. HIe received his education in Germay.
In 1863 he came to Batavia, where he engaged in
carriage making and blacksmithing and has
patented several valuable mechanical devices. In
1861 he married Catherine Shumaker, who died in
1886; he afterward married Elizabeth Seesser;
they have one son Willis G. Mr. Broadbooks is
one of the enegetic men of Batavia, is interested
in educational and reiligious institutions, and
strives to be of benent to his fellow cilizens.
*Contribution by Betty Thomas
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