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1st marriage to Johann Friedrich Theodor Springborn 1/6/1854 at Strasen, Germany resulted in a child Heinrich Carl Christian Springborn also born at Strasen. Minnie's 2nd marriage to John Freiheit was 11/6/1857 at Godendorf.
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**Edit** Dec 2022: I can't make sense of it yet but with the help of DNA testing it's been determined that Minnie's son Heinrich "Charles" Springborn and a sister Fredericka came to America with their dad in 1864, along with an illegitimate son Frederick that John Springborn appears to have raised - this was 3 years before John and Minnie Freiheit came to Manistee County with their family. I doubt we'll ever know how she ends up separated from her husband and children but DNA doesn't lie. Her probate record only lists the Freiheit children, in spite of 3 Springborn children surviving her as well.
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There was a daughter Anna Freiheit, age 6 months on the ship log from 9/1867. She doesn't appear in the 1870 census so is therefore assumed deceased by then.
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1st marriage to Johann Friedrich Theodor Springborn 1/6/1854 at Strasen, Germany resulted in a child Heinrich Carl Christian Springborn also born at Strasen. Minnie's 2nd marriage to John Freiheit was 11/6/1857 at Godendorf.
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**Edit** Dec 2022: I can't make sense of it yet but with the help of DNA testing it's been determined that Minnie's son Heinrich "Charles" Springborn and a sister Fredericka came to America with their dad in 1864, along with an illegitimate son Frederick that John Springborn appears to have raised - this was 3 years before John and Minnie Freiheit came to Manistee County with their family. I doubt we'll ever know how she ends up separated from her husband and children but DNA doesn't lie. Her probate record only lists the Freiheit children, in spite of 3 Springborn children surviving her as well.
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There was a daughter Anna Freiheit, age 6 months on the ship log from 9/1867. She doesn't appear in the 1870 census so is therefore assumed deceased by then.
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Family Members
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Friedericka Springborn Ursum
1854–1938
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Heinrich Carl Christian "Charles" Springborn
1855–1940
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Mathilda Henriette Sophie Freiheit Neitzke
1858–1933
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Caroline Marie Dorothee Freiheit Meinkoth
1860–1910
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Georg Johann Friedrich Freiheit
1864–1866
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Emma Freiheit
1869–1942
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Hattie Freiheit Dickson
1873–1937
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Julia Freiheit Hugmeyer
1873–1952
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