[ News ] [ Ancestors ] [ Site Navigation ] [ Online Resources ] [ Bibliography ] Fromke FROMKE: Lower Germany in old documents Vrome, Vromeke "a competent or valiant person" and honorable trustworthy man. The root of this name is FROMM, Fromme: Middle High German nickname Frommel, Lower German nicknames Frommke, Fröhmke. Lower German patrynomic Frömming. Expanded in Middle High german to vrumman: Frommann "honorable man, steadfast man." The ending "-ke" is typical of many surnames in German regions east of the river Elbe. Some say it has no meaning; others say, it's origin might come from changing the Slavic ending "-kow" (pronounced "koh") to a more German sounding ending "-ke". From the December 1994 issue of "Pommerscher Verein Freistadt Rundschreiben," a newsletter published by the Pommerscher Verein Freistadt, P.O. Box 204, Germantown, WI 53022. "Recent surveys have shown that the -ke German name endings, like in Radtke, far outnumber other German name endings like -ow and -itz. This is not surprising since the -ke name ending is an ancient name ending used by the Saxons from North Germany, around the Hamburg and Bremen area. As these Plattdeutsch speaking Germans moved east through Mecklenburg, Pomerania, and East Prussia, they took their names with them. Since the Baltic Sea area of Pomerania was heavily settled by Saxons, the -ke ending was common in that area. As the Pomeranians later settled in Wisconsin and other states, these states also have many German names ending in -ke." FROMKE, Albert August FROMKE, Audrey FROMKE, Herman FROMKE, Oscar Julius Frederick Albert August FROMKE BORN 28 February 1857 Borntuchen, Pomerania, Germany (Now Borzytuchom, Poland) DIED December 1932 South Dakota BURIED South Dakota PARENTS Carl FROMKE and Caroline RABE MARRIED 27 October 1880 Bytow, Pomerania, Germany (Now Poland) Augusta Wilma LENTZ BORN 30 January 1859 Gröbenzin, Pomerania, Germany (Now Rabacino, Poland) DIED South Dakota BURIED South Dakota PARENTS Ludwig LENTZ and Marie SCHENOVSKY CHILDREN Anna FROMKE Augusta Emelia Marie FROMKE Emil FROMKE Hattie FROMKE Herman FROMKE Hertha FROMKE Ida FROMKE Oscar Julius Frederick FROMKE Otillie FROMKE Albert and Augusta FROMKE and family arrived in the United States on April 12, 1887. Traveling across the Atlantic Ocean from Bremen, Germany on the steamship Weser, owned and operated by the North German Lloyd Company, the family's destination, according to family tradition, was New York City, United States. The ship continued to Baltimore, Maryland. Eventually the family settled in South Dakota, United States. Anna FROMKE BORN ? DIED In infancy BURIED PARENTS Albert August FROMKE and Augusta Wilma LENTZ Augusta Emelia Marie FROMKE BORN 21 September 1888 DIED ? BURIED PARENTS Albert August FROMKE and Augusta Wilma LENTZ MARRIED 3 February 1909 or 1910 August Ferdinand BUNDE Carl FROMKE BORN DIED BURIED PARENTS MARRIED Caroline RABE BORN DIED BURIED PARENTS CHILDREN August FROMKE Augusta FROMKE Albert August FROMKE Emil FROMKE Pauline FROMKE Otillie FROMKE Emil FROMKE BORN ? DIED In infancy BURIED PARENTS Albert August FROMKE and Augusta Wilma LENTZ Hattie FROMKE BORN 7 September 1896 DIED 8 July 1962 BURIED PARENTS Albert August FROMKE and Augusta Wilma LENTZ MARRIED 29 March 1917 M. Rudolph NOELDNER Herman FROMKE BORN 24 December 1890 DIED 15 May 1961 BURIED PARENTS Albert August FROMKE and Augusta Wilma LENTZ NEVER MARRIED Hertha FROMKE BORN ? DIED In infancy BURIED PARENTS Albert August FROMKE and Augusta Wilma LENTZ Ida FROMKE BORN 28 December 1892 DIED ? BURIED PARENTS Albert August FROMKE and Augusta Wilma LENTZ MARRIED 26 June 1913 Otto A. BUNDE Oscar Julius Frederick FROMKE BORN 8 August 1900 Mazeppa Township, Codington County, South Dakota DIED South Dakota BURIED 28 April 1976 Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota PARENTS Albert August FROMKE and Augusta Wilma LENTZ MARRIED 15 July 1939 Dakota City, Dakota County, Nebraska Bernice Frances GOODELL BORN 3 November 1912 Bradley, Clark County, South Dakota DIED February 1986 Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota BURIED South Dakota PARENTS Bert William GOODELL and Nora Frances GEORGE CHILDREN Audrey FROMKE Burton FROMKE Otillie FROMKE BORN ? DIED April 1887 BURIED At sea PARENTS Albert August FROMKE and Augusta Wilma LENTZ This site is hosted by Geocities.