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Fratzke Family Genealogy
The beginning... (as we know it)
Bonnie Rae Fratzke Schatz (great-granddaughter of Carl F. Fratzke from Pierre, S.D., furnished all the information on the Carl F. & August Fratzke.
CARL F. FRATZKE
- Born: May 7, 1851 or 1852
- West Prussia, Germany
- Died: October 7, 1927 (ill for 10 months prior to death)
- Buried: Sleepy Eye, Minnesota
- Came to America in 1881
Married: AUGUSTA YESKA ( Geyski, Jeske )Children:
- Born: April 29, 1849
- Selganel, Germany
- Died: May 22, 1930 (of Pneumonia)
- Buried: Sleepy Eye, Minnesota
Notes:
- William August - Born: January 2, 1879 - in Germany
- Charles Henry - Born: January 24, 1881 - in Germany
- Bertha - Born: Unkown - Sleepy Eye, MN. (?)
- Minnie - Born: Unkown - Sleepy Eye, MN (?)
- Amelia - Born: Unkown - Sleepy Eye, MN
- Arthur - Born: May 19, 1893
- 3 Other children died in infancy
Carl F. & Augusta Fratzke are buried in the Home Cemetary in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. Their Obituarys are in the Sleepy Eye Harold Dispatch.
Augusta's father's name was William Jeske (Geyski or Yeska).
Carl, Augusta and those children already born came to America on May 15, 1881 aboard a boat named "Fandalio" (unsure of spelling).
They emigrated from Hamburg, Germany, their last residence was Brustovo, Germany. William II was German Emperor when they came over.