The Fröehlich Family of GermanyAnnweiler "Froehlich" family. Very likely, as mentioned in conversation, your Froehlich surname, like the preponderance of Froehlichs in the Palatinate and Alsace/Lorraine, stems from Switzerland, most probably the Zurich Canton. The family would have immigrated in the late 1600s or early 1700s, following the "Wars of Reunion" which occurred after the "Thirty Years War" (1618-1648), traveling on foot or by oxcart from the Alpine regions to the German and French destinations. Some might have been of the R. Catholic religion, however, most would have been of the Protestant faith. I have found Catholic Froehlichs in Schoenau, Hirschthal and Alsace, Reformed faith Froehlichs in Zweibruecken, Morschbacher Hof & Finsternheim, but most have been Lutheran (stemming from Wuerttemberg Province, Alsace Department and Electoral Palatinate - - where they first settled after departing Switzerland, prior to later destinations in Germany and elsewhere) in Vorderweidenthal, Hofstaetten, etc.The earliest George Froehlich (c. 1726 5/13/1767, father of your Geo. Adam Froehlich (c. 1747 - aft. 1809) arrived in the 1760s at Hofstaetten (called Hermersbergerhof) as the first shepherd of this newly founded agricultural compound which specialized in mutton, wool, and sheep-grazing. He arrived with his son (GAF) and, likely also his wife, from a Lutheran community in Wuerttemberg Province. His age in 1767, at the time of death, is a miscalculation or misreading of the original. (Likely, it was 40 rather than 30. In any case, he died young.) His son was not old enough to step into his father's position, eve though his son likely had married the year previous, since a child was born 3/12/1767 (2 months before the grandfather died) already. Finally, by 1775, the son was mature enough (about 28 yrs.? old) to be a joint - or cooperator in charge of the Hermersbergerhof compound. He earlier had learned the stave-maker, cooper trade while still in Wuerttemberg as a teenager. It appears Geo. Adam Froehlich and his father, Georg Froehlich arrived in 1765 in Hofstaetten. Here he fell in love with Maria Magdalena HABECKER, a Mennonite, daughter of Hans Habecker. Half the compound's inhabitants were Mennonites of Swiss background. In the 1776 census of Hofstaetten no Hans H. is found. He was deceased most likely by then, especially since his daughter formally converted to the Lutheran faith in 1775 (see accompanying documentation), the year previous.The Habegger family has its origins in 4 Bern Canton villages: Eggiwil, Langnau im Emmental and Luetzelflueh, as well as Trub.Eggiwil church records begin 1648, Luetzelflueh 1555, Trub 1588 and Langnau 1555. LDS microfilms exist for each of these, even Trub which was recently microfilmed! (Habegger is the correct Swiss spelling of the surname.)