On pronunciation: Froese is a German family name, spelled this way (as opposed to using an umlaut) for many generations. It is pronounced frözə (stressed on the first syllable.) Since the umlauted ‘o’ does not exist in English we pronounce it with a long ‘o’. We understand that many Froese families settled in the Midwestern US and Canada generations before us and call now themselves ‘phrase’ or ‘frazy.’
Thanks to a distant uncle in Potsdam (formerly of Köln,) Hans-Jörg Froese, I now have a family tree going back to the 1700's. My ancestors are all from a corner of East Prussia called Memelland (now part of Lithuania.) My father and grandfather were born in Windenburg and everyone prior to that in a small fishing village called Nidden. I am very excited about this, since before this time I did not even know the name of my great-grandfather!
Froese genealogy report
Bliesner genealogy report
Ancestry of Joel Froese
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Fritz Froese 1845-1930 | |||||
| Fritz Froese 1871-1951 | ||||||
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Anna Dorothea Gulbis 1846-1918 | ||||
| Johann Froese 1904-1979 | ||||||
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| Arno Froese 1940- | ||||||
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David Schadagies 1869-1912 | ||||
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Hedwig Schadagies 1910- | |||||
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Anna Padaks 1880-1935 | |||||
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Eduard Friedrich Bliesner 1845- | ||||
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Gustav Eduard Bliesner 1857-1945 | |||||
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Anna Raatz 1850- | |||
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Alfred Berthold Bliesner 1902-1988 | |||||
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Bertha Amalie Klatt 1877-1942 | ||||
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Christine Becker | |||
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| Therese Johanna Bergau 1900-1990 | ||||||
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| Johanna Dobisch | ||||||
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Updated: 13-Dec-2006