Mathias was the first person in our family to bring us from Baden, Baden, Germany to The United States of America, in early 1832 to New York, then to Stark Co. Ohio. "Matthias Friedman, ( Obituary, Oct. 16, 1867, pg. 9, The Canton Repository, Matthias Friedman died in Canton, On Oct 12, 1867, age 79" This was the full Obituary,) It Has also has been said that he died in Hanoverton, Columbiana Co, Ohio, unknown which is wright. The following information is on file at the Stark Co. Library. On Tuesday, April 23rd. 1833, Mathias & Joseph Friedman in The Stark Co., Common Pleas Courts, applied for Citizenship - On Tuesday, Sept. 18. 1838, Mathias & Joseph were granted Citizenship in Stark Co., Common Pleas Courts. Index to the Naturalization Records of Stark Co. 1809-1852 Common Pleas Journals =CPJ, Freedman Joseph CPJ E: 281, CPJ I:187 Freedman Mathias CPJ E: 283, CPJ I: 238 Passenger and Immigration List Index, the 1500s-1900s Record Name: Mathias Freedman, Year:1809-1852, Place: Ohio Source Publication Code: 4511.35, Primary Immigrant: Freedman, Mathias Annotation: Date and place of declaration of intention or naturalization. Extracted from Stark County Common Pleas Journals on microfilm at the Stark County District Library. Page reference to the original record is also provided. Source Bibliography: LANDIS, LAUREN K. Index to the Naturalization Records of Stark County, Ohio (1809-1852). Canton, Ohio: The Stark County District Library, 1994. 62 p. page:15.

For children not listed below:
Bridget Maria
B. Apr 20, 1817, in Zell, Unzhurst, Baden, Germany
D. Feb 21, 1890, in Wooster, Wayne Co, Ohio
married 1838 to Nicholas Link.
Mary Anna
Birth: Jun 11, 1819, in Zell, Unzhurst, Baden, Germany
Death? married 1836 Bernard Hanks
Victoria Friedman
B.1820 in Zell Unzhurst Baden Germany Death?
Eleonora Leonora
B. Feb 18, 1821, in Zell, Unzhurst, Baden, Germany
Death aft 1867 in Canton, Stark Co, Oh, US
marriage 1838, Anthony Krummacher

Both parents birth and death was in Germany