Person:Andreas Frey (1)

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Andreas FREY
b.10 May 1806 Struttgart, Germany
d.31 May 1884
Parents and Siblings
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m. 25 Jan 1805
  1. Andreas FREY1806 - 1884
  2. Johan Georg FREY1808 -
  3. Johan Adam FREY1810 -
  4. _____ FREY1813 -
  5. Stlilbirth FREY1814 -
  6. Eva Christina FREY1816 -
  7. Stillbirth FREY1820 -
  8. Ana Barbara FREY1822 -
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1839
  1. Mathews FREY1840 - 1905
  2. Marie FREY1842 -
  3. George FREY1844 - 1868
  4. Christiana FREY1850 -
  5. Frederick FREY1860 - 1935
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Facts and Events
Name Andreas FREY
Gender Male
Birth[1] 10 May 1806 Struttgart, Germany
Marriage Abt 1839 Württemberg, Germanyto Magdelena FREY
Death? 31 May 1884


When their son Matthew was 14 Andreas and Magdelena lost all they owned and went bankrupt. Their son's godfather signed for them to buy a small house which Andreas succeeded in playing for. He was a rail splitter. They were so poor that often they had pumpernickle and kraut three times a day.

On October 24, 1868 Andreas and Magdalena and two of their five children (Christiana 18 years old and son Fred 7 years old) come to American. They sold their little home in Germany to pay their fares to America and join their sons Matthew and Matt and daughter, Marie - this from original pass that their son Fred received when he came to America - dated October 24, 1868. Andreas is 58 when they came from Breman to Brooklyn, NY. Later they came to Gridley.

They arrived in Brooklyn on 2 Dec 1868 on the Ship Smidt

Andreas was 5 foot, 7 inches tall; slim, brown hair and blue eyes.

They were Lutherans.

References
  1. ↑ Andreas came to the US in 1868
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