Fritzsche History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Germany

The Fritzsche surname finds its roots in a Germanic personal name derived from of the word "frid" meaning "peace."

Early Origins of the Fritzsche family

The surname Fritzsche was first found in Bavaria, Brandenburg, Prussia, and Sweden, where the name emerged in medieval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century on the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.

Early History of the Fritzsche family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Fritzsche research. Another 167 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1547, 1590, 1636, 1647, 1654, 1686, 1697, 1715, 1721, 1725, 1730, 1742, 1766 and 1775 are included under the topic Early Fritzsche History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Fritzsche Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Fritze, Fritzsch, Fritzsche, Frick, Fritts and many more.

Early Notables of the Fritzsche family

Notables of the time with the name Fritzsche included Nikodemus Frischlin (1547-1590), a great humanist, who traveled throughout Europe; Samuel Fritz (1654-c.1725), a Czech Jesuit missionary from Trautenau, Bohemia, noted for his exploration of the Amazon River and its basin. Between 1686 and 1715, he founded thirty-eight missions along the length of the Amazon River.Barthold Fritz, the celebrated mechanician and maker of instruments...
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Fritzsche migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Fritzsche Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mr. Carl A. Fritzsche, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1845 aboard the ship "B. Bohlen"
Mrs. Friedke Fritzsche, (nee Radeke), German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1845 aboard the ship "B. Bohlen"
Eduard Hermann Fritzsche, who arrived in New York, NY in 1850 1
Jos Fritzsche, who arrived in Galveston, Tex in 1851 1
Ernst L Fritzsche, who landed in Texas in 1866 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Fritzsche (post 1700) +

L. C. Fritzsche, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1956 2

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html