California Biographies
Frehe, Louis

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

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Frehe, Louis. Was born in Germany, on the 6th day of January, 1848, where he
received his earlier education, and served an apprenticeship to the shoemaker's
trade; thereafter enlisting in the fourth company of the Second Hanover
Dragoons, with which regiment he served during the Franco-German war, and was
wounded in the left arm at the battle of Metz, the scar of which he still bears.
On the cessation of hostilities he emigrated to America, landing in New York
June 20, 1872, and immediately set out for California, arriving in Petaluma,
this county, on July 1st of the same year. He here remained eight months, then
went to San Francisco and resided in that city until August, 1873, when he
removed to Santa Rosa and followed his trade until 1877, in which year he opened
his present store. He married in Santa Rosa, July 2, 1876, Minnie Fritz, a
native of Frankenhausen, Germany, by whom he has Alfred, born April 3, 1877, and
Reichart, born December 25, 1878.

Source: HISTORY OF SONOMA COUNTY, Alley, Bowen & Co. 1880