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The History of 8 Families
Fries Family
Armorial Coat of Arms & Crest
The PAF descendancy chart listing all known descendants of Burkhard Fries, 1580--1640. The maternal Fries line goes back to c 1545.
My direct 
ries
family
line first moved from Bavaria to Baden. Originally from the village of
Strüth, Würzburg,
parish of Röttingen, Bavaria, Germany, a later generation of
Fries' moved to the village
of Kützbrunn, Grünsfeld,
Main-Taüber District, parish of
Grünsfeld-Zimmer, County of Taüberbischfsheim (old county of
Mosbach), Baden, Germany
(20 miles SW of Würzburg, Bavaria). Würzburg's
history
is quite interesting. One branch of the Fries family settled in
Belleview, IA while my branch settled in Belleville, IL. My great
grandfather, Konradius Fries,
1834--1897, as a youngster,
immigrated to St. Clair County, IL with his family, to the town of
Belleville, IL near the
Mississippi River, east of St. Louis, MO in 1848. They were farmers in
Germany and
laborers in Illinois.
The 390 page history of the Fries family from Strüth, Bavaria and Kützbrunn, Baden, Germany.
The people of any one country are unique in one way or another over all others. The one thing that Germany or rather the Germans have uniquely over any other country or race is their industriousness.
Searching for links to other Fries families.
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Last updated November 18, 1997
