Frombe History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Frombe

What does the name Frombe mean?

Frombe is a name whose history is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Frombe family once lived in the region of Froome in the counties of Somerset and Hereford. The surname Frombe originally derived from German origin and was later adopted by the English as a local name in the 12th century. In Old English the surname Frombe was printed as Ffraw which referred to someone who lived beside a river.

Early Origins of the Frombe family

The surname Frombe was first found in Dorset, England where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Frombe family

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Frombe Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Frombe family name include Frome, Froome and others.

Early Notables of the Frombe family

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Migration of the Frombe family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Frombe surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Thomas Frome who settled in Barbados in 1663; George Froome arrived in Texas in 1646.