Does anyone on the list have ancestors from Friedichstal, Baden, Germany? This is a Huguenot village near Karlsruhe. Our ancestors lived there and also in Morlheim. - John Johnson

Dear John, Yes, I have ancestors from Friedichstal, Baden, Germany! I was unaware that it was a Huguenot village, but I knew it was near Karlsruhe. My gr. gr. grandfather, Karl Phillip Trauman Fuessler, was born there, 5 Jan 1810. He emigrated to Erie, Erie Co. PA, USA in 1834. Over several years his four brothers came to Erie, too. While I have Huguenot ancestral lines, I have never considered my Fuessler line to be Huguenot. I did read in a book that the origin of the family name was related to the Blackfooted Friars of an abbey where the Fuesslers ("footers") were servants. I do know the Fuesslers were and are Protestants. Grandpa Karl was a founding member of St. John's Lutheran Church, founded by Germans in Erie. I would be interested in anything you know or find out about the village. Elsie Wilson Wisconsin, USA At 04:12 PM 12/2/00 -0600, you wrote: >Does anyone on the list have ancestors from Friedichstal, Baden, >Germany? This is a Huguenot village near Karlsruhe. Our ancestors lived >there and also in Morlheim. - John Johnson > > >==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== >Announcing new web site for Huguenots-Walloons-Europe list! >Lots of information, links to other sites, surnames list! >Visit the web site at: http://www.island.net/~andreav/index.html > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com

Hi Elsie, There is a book in the LDS Library, "Friedrichstal Geschichte einer Hugenottengemmeinde zur 250 Jahrfeier" by Oskar Hornung, 1949. I have copied some of the pages, and found some FUSSLERs listed as emigrants on page 214 &215. It gives the name, the year departed and the destination. FUSSLER: Barbara, 1801, Bayern; Jakob & family, 1828, USA; Ernst & family, 1834, Ohio; Katharina, 1834, USA; Magdalena, 1863, USA; Peter, 1869, USA; Ferdinand, 1873, USA; Johann Philipp, 1889, USA. This was the only mention of the name FUSSLER that I found in the pages I had copied.