Maggie Freeh was born Margaretha FRUEH, 19 Jan 1872 in
Brown County Ohio to John Freeh and Eva Meyer. When she was born, her parents had been settled in America
15 years and had four other children.
Her family attended a small German Protestant church the Arnheim
Lutheran Church in Arnheim, Ohio. The church services were conducted
in German because nearly all of the families came from the same area of
Germany known as the Palatinate (located in the south of the modern German
state of Rheinland-Pfalz, just north of the French border). Most
of the families came from one of the many tiny villages surrounding the city of Pirmasens. So although they were far from their ancestral home,
their community was made up of many uncles and aunts, cousins and second
cousins who immigrated to the same area of Brown
County Ohio.
Maggie married John Jacob Kiesewetter on 3 Aug 1890.
John Jacob had also been born in Brown County and attended the same church
as Maggie. He was the eldest son and his father's heir.
Maggie and John had a wonderful family of children.
Franz Johann
October 28, 1890-1918 Dec.13
Charles Edward
June 18, 1892- 1982
Florence Eugene October
24,1894-Jan 6, 1895
Clarence Earl
Jan. 28,1896-1968 Aug. 16
Vera Loretta
March 17,1898-1980
Eva Anna
August 17, 1900-1902 Oct. 29
She did lovely handiwork and made pillow cases with hand crocheted lace and embroidery. She had a spinning wheel. She liked beautiful things. But her time was cut short when Maggie died of tuberculosis November 21, 1904 at the age of 32
-biography written and researched by Linda Rawles
with details as told to Linda by her mother and grandmother.
Copywrite 2002 Linda Rawles
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