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Fraites in 2017, photo by kathclick /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Jeremy Caleb Fraites
Place of Birth: Ramsey, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 17, 1986
Ethnicity: German, Portuguese, English, possibly other
Jeremiah Fraites is an American musician, composer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is a drummer and songwriter of folk rock band The Lumineers. Other members of the band are/have been Neyla Pekarek and Wesley Schultz .
He is married to Francesca. He has become an Italian citizen.
Jeremiah’s paternal grandfather was Stanley Vernon/Gibian Fraites (the son of Joseph Fraites and Alice Augusta Veira). Stanley was born in New York, to parents from St. Kitts, and had Portuguese ancestry. Joseph was the son of Joseph Fraites and Mary. Alice was the daughter of Jose/Joseph Veira/Vena and Maria/Mary Rier Baptista, who were from Madeira, Portugal.
Jeremiah’s paternal grandmother was named Ethel H. Ethel was born in New York.
Jeremiah’s maternal grandfather was Thomas Robert Sayre (the son of Louis James Sayre and Gertrude Elizabeth Simkins). Thomas was born in New Jersey. Louis was the son of Edwin Wetheril Sayre and Maria Leaming Crowell. Gertrude was the daughter of Jonathan Simkins and Ella Long Fredericks.
Jeremiah’s maternal grandmother was Ruth Matilda Bowman (the daughter of George Kinter Bowman and Margaret Amelia Woolfe). George was the son of Charles William Bowman and Martha Elizabeth Kinter. Margaret was the daughter of Grant Daniel Wolfe and Jennie Susanna Olwine.
Sources: Jeremiah’s father on the 1950 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Jeremiah’s paternal grandfather, Stanley Vernon Fraites, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org Stanley Vernon Fraites on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org Stanley Vernon Fraites on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org