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Early Life Letters Reveal Frederick Founder Roots in Germany
Two Joh ap Thomas Schley letters found in Speyer Germany, translated in Frederick studies, illuminate the founder of Frederick and his family. The 1752 and 1761 letters suggest ties to Morzheim and the Pfalz region, and discuss inheritance, travel, and family relations with George Wintz and Stoeckle.
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Joh
Thomas Schley
Frederick
Speyer
Germany
Edward
Delapiaine
Fritz Braun
Kaiserslautern
Frederick County
Schley
Ina
Jacob Baltzel
George Wintz
Ffalz
Palatinate
Stoeckle
George Wintz Sr
George Wintz Jr
van Fan
Fetha
Catharina
Cerely
Jom Thomas Sehley
Maria Marga
B. Hayward
Harmony Grove
David Shriver
Charles Shriver Reifsnider
Reifsnider
California
Etebison
John Thomas Schley
Goldsborouck
Shriver
Etchison
Neidhardt
George
Bath
uVelms
Blue Ridge News Agency
Baltimore
Old National Highway
Fred
Etehis
Johann Thomas Ison
Maryland
Reformater & Res Org Brook
Friedericksstadt
Siefried Goetze
Monrovia
Freder
Ick and Landan
L. Magruder Passano
Per
Amanent
Amanent Memorials Was To Mark Mr. Etchison
Mrr. Schley