When Johann "John" August Fritz was born on 24 January 1831, in Brandenburg, Heiligenbeil, East Prussia, Prussia, Germany, his father, David Fritz, was 27 and his mother, Cathrin Elisabeth Christiana MALZAHN, was 24. He married Emilie Augusta Kastner in 1859, in Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Lawrence, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Freistatt Township, Lawrence, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on 9 April 1911, in Freistatt, Lawrence, Missouri, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, Freistatt, Lawrence, Missouri, United States.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Historical Boundaries: 1836: Dodge, Wisconsin, United States
On May 25, 1852, the Book of Mormon is published in German.
German: from a pet form of the personal name Friedrich . This form of the surname is also found in Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, and France (Alsace and Lorraine), and also in central European countries such as Slovenia, Croatia, Czechia, and Slovakia, where it is more often spelled in the Slavicized form Fric (see below).
Americanized or Germanized form of Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, and Croatian Fric: from the personal name Fric, a pet form, of German origin (see above), of Old Czech and Slovak Fridrich, Slovenian Friderik, Croatian Fridrik, equivalents of German Friedrich .
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