Born in Trapp, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Fretz
— married
1770 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Mother of
Barbara (Fretz) Winger, Abraham Fretz, Daniel Fretz, Jacob Fretz, Peter Fretz, Frances (Fretz) Sherk and Mary (Fretz) Sherk
Died
at age 72
in Fort Erie, Bertie, Upper Canada [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 3 Mar 2014
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Biography
Anna Magdalena was born and baptized in Pennsylvania. She used the Anglicized version of her last name Fox. [1] [2]
She married John Fretz and they settled in Canada.
She died in 1820 [3]
Sources
- ↑ "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2VN-VHW : 21 October 2021), Anna Magdalena Fuchs, 1748.
- ↑ "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CTR-5GD4 : 11 January 2021), Anna Magdalena Fuchs, 1748.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74647076/magdalena-fretz: accessed 07 October 2022), memorial page for Magdalena Fox Fretz (1 Apr 1748–23 Sep 1820), Find A Grave: Memorial #74647076, citing Fretz Cemetery, Fort Erie, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Jeffrey James (contributor 47902931) .
- Fretz, Rev. A.J. and J. Freeman Hendricks. A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz and a Complete Genealogical Family Register, Elkhart, Ind.: Mennonite Publishing co,
Acknowledgements
Fox-4097 was created by Jason Bouwmeester through the import of Bouwmeester Family Tree_2014-02-27_01.ged on Feb 27, 2014.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Magdalena by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Magdalena:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Magdalena by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Magdalena:
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~0.78%
~3.12%
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~0.39%
~6.25%
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