Butz families and the Hasenclever Germans
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Butz families and the Hasenclever Germans
Looking for the family of Christian and Catherine, John William and Mary Magdalen, William and Mary Catherine Butz who came to the American Colonies with 500 other German and Swiss ironworkers about 1764 to build and operate the iron furnaces at Long Pond, NJ. Recruited and work for Peter Hasenclever. Known as the Hasenclever Germans. Most were Catholic.