William H. Fromme was born March 6, 1861, the fourth child of William and Rosena Donnar Fromme. In 1870 and 1880, he lived in the Sulphur Springs Precinct of Morgan County.
Elizabeth Freitag was born in Minnesota, July 7, 1860, the daughter of Bernard and Elizabeth Friday. They called her “Lizzie.”
In 1870, Bernard and Elizabeth Friday lived down the road, to the east of William Fromme’s (William H.’s father) farm. By 1880, the Friday family had moved to the Loami Township in Sangamon County.
On November 17, 1885, William married Elizabeth Friday, who by then was known as Elizabeth Freitag (German for Friday), in Sangamon County, Illinois. They had three children, including Frank B., William, and Elizabeth M. William died shortly after birth.
In 1900 and 1910, William farmed in Loami Township in Illinois. Their farm is shown in the upper left corner on a 1914 map of Loami Township.
Following the death of Elizabeth’s sister Josephine Freitag Goldsberry on April 14, 1919, the Frommes took in her daughters, Marie at age 15, and Anna at age 14. By 1920, William and Elizabeth had moved to New Berlin.
After their son Frank’s wife Elizabeth died in 1925, Frank, along with his four children, Loretta, Francis, Bernard and Mary, lived with William and Elizabeth in New Berlin. In 1930, William worked as a janitor for the Church.
They had been married 60 years when Elizabeth Freitag Fromme died December 18, 1945. William H. Fromme died November 28, 1949. William, Elizabeth, Frank and the infant William Fromme, and Elizabeth Fromme Knepler are buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery near New Berlin, Illinois.
William H. Fromme
William H. Fromme with Knusts
William H. Fromme, 1940
Frank, Francis, William, Elizabeth, and Suzy Fromme, 1945
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