Someone sent August’s obituary to me via email, as printed in the Grant County Review on October 28, 1909. August L Fromke, residing on the old Patt Rabbitt farm south of Twin Brooks, died suddenly at his home last night. He has been a great sufferer for six or seven years and was suddenly taken very … Continue reading The tragic, untimely end of my great grandfather’s younger brother, August Fromke
Via a Google search I discovered my great-great uncle’s grave. He is buried in the Grant Center Cemetery in Grant County, South Dakota. Although I have yet to prove any relationship, I am running on the theory that August Fromke is a son of Carl Fromke and Caroline Radde and brother of my great grandfather Albert August Fromke. … Continue reading August Fromke’s Grave
In my pursuit of learning more about the family history, I discovered the names of three siblings — three brothers — of my great grandfather, a farmer born in Prussia who settled in South Dakota named Albert Fromke, which for some reason had been lost and not been passed down. Just discovered more siblings of my … Continue reading The Missing Fromke Brothers | Friedrich Wilhelm, Carl August & Emil Gustav
My great-great uncle August L. Fromke was born in August of 1873 in Germany. After immigrating to South Dakota in 1887, he married Anna L. Radtke, probably in 1898. She was born in April of 1875 in Wisconsin. In 1900, they were living in Grant County, South Dakota, near August’s brother, Albert August Fromke, my great … Continue reading My Great-Great Uncle August L. Fromke
My great grandfather was Albert August Fromke. His younger brother was August L. Fromke. Albert’s wife was Augusta Wilhelmina Lentz. I am hoping to learn about why this was such a strong tradition in Germany. There is many a German prince with the name and a few princesses too. There’s Augustus the Strong, born in … Continue reading I’ve been wondering about the name August, the Germanic form of Augustus. It is prominent among my maternal grandfather’s family.
God’s Spear I was about to use the word remembering, but then I don’t have any memories of him, though he did babysit me quite a bit during my first two years on Earth. So I replaced it with honoring instead. I miss him. I wish he had been around longer. He had a cousin … Continue reading Honoring Grandpa Fromke
Anyone know anything about Everhard Ludwig Fromke? I sure didn’t until discovering his name a few days ago in the Castle Garden database. Given he shares my mother’s surname, I am interested to learn what I can. He arrived via the ship Sophia at Castle Garden in New York City on August 19, 1845. According to the … Continue reading Everhard Ludwig Fromke
Yesterday I read about a woman I’d never heard of before.1 Adaline Fromke was born on March 30, 1839 in Prussia. Could she be my great grandfather’s aunt? Adaline is of the same generation as my great grandfather’s parents, Carl Fromke and Caroline Radde. Is she Carl Fromke’s sister?2 She married a man named Lietzke. … Continue reading Adaline Fromke
Yesterday I received a message from a woman about her brother. Hi Aaron, I commented on your blog post about Karl Kaaz but WordPress won’t let me follow up. My brother farmed some Fromke land. Was your grandparents’ place south of Mazeppa Church? I forwarded her message to my mother, who wrote me back. … Continue reading Fromke Farmland
Years ago I came across some information on the surname Fromke. I had lost my notes if I made any at the time and had a hard time finding the material again, until 2006. I wrote about it back then, thankfully links included, in a message to the Fromke mailing list at RootsWeb. The name Fromke … Continue reading Fromke Family Origins
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