History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . until the age of seventeenyears, then began learning the tailoring trade, becomingan expert ladies tailor. As is the custom in the Europeancountries among skilled workmen of all trades, he trav-eled around, working in cities in Austria, Servia, Ger-many, Switzerland and France, finally coming to theUnited States, arriving in Philadelphia, Pa., in April,igo6. Pittsburgh, Pa., was his objective, and he at oncecame to that city, locating on the North Side, securingemployment as a tailor with
History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . until the age of seventeenyears, then began learning the tailoring trade, becomingan expert ladies tailor. As is the custom in the Europeancountries among skilled workmen of all trades, he trav-eled around, working in cities in Austria, Servia, Ger-many, Switzerland and France, finally coming to theUnited States, arriving in Philadelphia, Pa., in April,igo6. Pittsburgh, Pa., was his objective, and he at oncecame to that city, locating on the North Side, securingemployment as a tailor with Possiel & Rice, Woodstreet, Pittsburgh, remaining with that firm for severalyears, until the death of both partners. Mr. Besenic,with Mr. McLaughlin, the bookkeeper, and John Rado-vic, the cutter for the old firm, then formed a partner-ship and established a tailoring business at Liberty andNinth streets, Pittsburgh, under the firm name, Mc-Laughlin & Company. In 1911 Mr. Besenic withdrewfrom the firm. He went West and was employed in aladies tailoring establishment in Chicago until February,. £fjg Oy £ ij ?
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