Brief Life History of August
When August Fromm was born on 2 June 1874, in Hortonville, Sullivan, New York, United States, his father, Frederick Fromm, was 35 and his mother, Ferina or Verona Schilling, was 39. He married Elizabeth H Hopkins on 11 April 1898. He lived in Delaware, Sullivan, New York, United States for about 25 years and Callicoon, Sullivan, New York, United States in 1940. He died on 21 August 1944, in Firemens Home, Columbia, New York, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Hortonville, Sullivan, New York, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- August Fromm in household of Frederic Fromm, "United States Census, 1880"
- August Fromm, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
- August Fromm, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
Spouse and Children
1874–1944 Male
1859–1921 Female
Parents and Siblings
1838–1908 Male
1835–1925 Female
Siblings (10)
1858–1894 Male
1860–1879 Female
1861–1934 Male
1863–1940 Male
1865–1889 Male
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 1
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
Age 1
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 22
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Egon, Fritz, Hilde, Kurt, Bernhard, Heinz.
German: nickname for an honorable man, from Middle High German vrum, vrom ‘capable, honorable, trustworthy’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a pious man, from German fromm ‘devout, pious’ (a later sense of the same word as in 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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