Maria Theresia Freriks
1823-1889
Born: Anholt, Borken, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Died: Nichols, Muscatine, Iowa, United States
1823-1889
Born: Anholt, Borken, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Died: Nichols, Muscatine, Iowa, United States
<p>"John Brugman made his first trip to the United States in 1847. Steamships were just being tried and the crossing took 56 days. He returned to marry Mary Theresia Fraricks February 6, 1849. When they returned to the United States in March 1849 the crossing only took 28 days"</p> <p> </p> <p>Notes from Nell McElya VanDriel, April 10, 1980.</p>