In the 1880 census in St. Louis MO, there is a Samuel DUPONT, age 36, occupation teamster, cited as born in MO and father and mother born in MO. His wife is Gertrude, age 37, born in Prussia, which at the time included areas bordering Alsace-Lorraine in France.
There are five children named FREIN in the household also born in Prussia: Annie, age 17; Josephine 14, Louisa 12, Henry 10 and Carrie 7. Josephine's year and place of birth, given name of her mother, residence in St. Louis and occupation as a servant all match known information about my
great-grandmother Josephine FREIN (1866-1949) who married Charles Wesley WILLIAMS 3/12/1888 in Spokane WA.

Does anyone have additional information about this family of FREINS and/or the stepfather Samuel DUPONT