Maria Anna (Klein) Frett (1798 - 1874)

Born 28 Sep 1798 in Arft, Adenau, Rhineland, Roman Empire

Ancestors

Wife of Nicolaus Frett — married 15 Jan 1820 in St Quirinus Catholic Church, Langenfeld, Dist. Mayen, Rhineland, Prussia

Descendants

Died 26 Apr 1874 at age 75 in St Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

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Biography

Maria (Klein) Frett migrated from Germany to United States of America.

Daughter of Peter Klein and Eva Muller

Married 15 January 1820: St Quirinus Catholic Church, Langenfeld

Civil Marriage record 2 February 1820, Virneburg

Maria was with child on the journey across the Atlantic to America, son Albany Frett, named for the ship the Frett family sailed on to America, was born at sea on 23 July 1841, a month before arriving at Port of New York on 4 August 1841 aboard the ship Albany

16 November 1850: McHenry, McHenry Co., Illinois; Value of Real Estate Owned by Ann: $1630; Ann M Fret 47 Prussia; Mathius Fret 23 Prussia; William Fret 18 Prussia; Barbary Fret 15 Prussia; Catherine Fret 13 Prussia; John Fret 11 Prussia; Albany Fret 5 New York Cite This Record "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8RQ-7C1

"Nicolaus Frett along with Nicolas Adams and Jacob Schmitt, were the founders' of Johnsburg The three families arrived at Port of New York on 2 August 1841 aboard the ship "Albany". They established and had built the first St John the Baptist Catholic Church. All three families lived and farmed near where the church was built. Until the church was built, the Nicolaus Frett cabin served as a church. In the fall of 1841, a Catholic priest who had gotten lost when returning from Wisconsin, was guided by Indians to the Nicolaus Frett cabin, where he the next morning, said Mass there. The first marriage was on 8 May 1843, when John FREUND married Anna Marie WAGNER, in the Nicolaus FRETT cabin. Nicolaus is said to be the first burial in St John's Cemetery, 10 July 1844."

Shortly after their arrival, Nicolaus Frett wrote a letter on 30 August 1841, which he sent to friends and family back in Germany, praising the new land and encouraging them to come to America. The letter is known today as The Frett Letter, and was responsible in large part for the great migration from the Eifel area of Germany. The letter has been reproduced in many local history books. There is also a German account in the book, Homeland Book From Mayen, published 1957, which many relatives today may not be aware of."

Find A Grave: Memorial #76982455 Maria Frett

Sources

St Quirinus Catholic Church records, Langenfeld, Mayen, Rhineland, Germany

Ships List records from Ships Passenger List, microfim, The Genealogy Center at Allen County Public Library, Ft Wayne, Indiana

St John the Baptist Catholic Church records, Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois. NOTE: Volumes I II and III of Early Records of St John the Baptist Catholic Church are available at local libraries including Johnsburg Public Library, McHenry Public Library, Crystal Lake Public Library, Richmond Public Library and Woodstock Public Library

Minnesota, Birth and Death Records; Maria Anna Frett; Event Date : 26 April 1874; Age: 81; Birth Year (Estimated) 1793; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPFK-1M7