Hello Tom,
You had written the following to Peter:
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"sorry I do not speak German. I am writing from Canada.
I have the following info.
We just recently found a number of old letters written from my FRITSCH
family to
my gr gr grandmother ROSINE CAROLINE FRITSCH who married CARL GUSTAV
MICHEL and moved to Petawawa Ontario Canada in 1867.
It gives reference to MARIE FRITSCH married to GOTTFRIED SCHULZ and sons
PAUL GUSTAV HERMANN (born August 29, 1871)
EMIL ADOLF ROBERT (born August 27, 1874)
RUDY (born August 7, 1876)
ALBERT JULIUS REINHOLD (born April 25, 1879)
MARIE SCHULZ's father was JOHANN FREIDRICH FRITSCH
Anything look familiar?
Thanks for reading and again I apologize for not being able to write
German....
Tom"
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Whenever I see the name of FRITSCH, my antenna is up, particularly with the dates you have mentioned. On the other hand, FRITSCH is not a rare name and since you have not indicated any places of origin in Silesia / Germany, it is difficult to make any connections. Here some data on my father's side:
Grand father / grand mother
FRITSCH, August Adolf Arthur, born 18 September 1874 in Breslau (Wroclaw), married to FRITSCH, Emma Anna Elfriede, nee LINKE, born 11 September 1878 in Breslau (Wroclaw). Unfortunately I do not have not yet been able to obtain the birth certificates and therefore unable to trace their parentage.
And on my mother's side (but apparently not related to the "Fritsch" above):
FRITSCH, Anton Benedict, born 14 May 1819 in Neuweistritz / Silesia (son of a FRITSCH, Florian and a Maria, born PELZ - no further details known), was married (18 January 1842) to BARTSCH, Maria Helena. They were the parents of FRITSCH, Robert, born 15 April 1847 in Neuwilmsdorf, who on 11 February 1878 had married KRISCHKER, Auguste Josepha Marie, born 03 September 1849. The latter were the parents of FRITSCH, Maria born 18 June 1878 in Nieder Altwilmsdorf (my grand mother), who on 30 April 1900 had married SCHINDLER, Heinrich.
As you can see, lots of "Fritsch" on both sides of my family ..... Somewhat confusing, but who knows? My parents never mentioned (neither father nor mother) any emigration to Canada, but apparently one of their ancestors (mother's line) had emigrated to the United States (no known specifics).
Perhaps, if you could provide some further details, something could be developed, although this would appear somewhat unlikely at this point ..... If you prefer to contact me off-list, here's my email address: wolfgang.fritsch@wanadoo.fr
Regards, Wolfgang Fritsch (France)