When Samuel J Fritz was born on 10 September 1833, in Springfield Township, Mahoning, Ohio, United States, his father, Daniel Ilgenfritz, was 26 and his mother, Hester "Hetty" Nailor, was 22. He married Mary N Lance on 4 June 1852, in Medina, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Township of Wakeshma, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States in 1870 and Township of Brady, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States in 1880. He died on 22 January 1900, in South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Lake View Cemetery, South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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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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