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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
Albert August 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
Augusta Emelia Marie FROMKE
Carl FROMKE
Emil FROMKE
Hattie FROMKE
Herman FROMKE
Hertha FROMKE
Ida FROMKE
Oscar Julius Frederick FROMKE
Otillie FROMKE
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