Jeremiah Fraites

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 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 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 named Ruth Matilda Bowman.

Sources: 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

6 Responses

    • madman says:

      That’s definitely his family, and I have more information on his ancestry now (and some updates).

      It appears as though he was actually born in Ramsey, New Jersey.

      Kathleen S. and Joel Ira Fraites —> Kathleen “Kathy” (Sayre) and Joel Ira Fraites

      Yes, I’m sure the man you linked in the last comment is his grandfather. I don’t know why I didn’t include him when I submitted the profile.

      Jeremiah’s paternal grandfather was Stanley Vernon 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 Joseph Veira/Vena and Mary Rier, who were from Madeira, Portugal.

      Jeremiah’s paternal grandmother was Sylvia/Silva V. Garber.

      https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M591-1BK
      https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ5V-JX8
      https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4JW-ZF7

      Jeremiah’s maternal grandfather was Thomas Robert Sayre (the son of Louis James Sayre and Gertrude Elizabeth Simkins). 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.

      https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5Q-YTF7
      https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=rhoads42952&id=P14156

      • andrew says:

        http://www.destak.pt/artigo/198934

        He stated in this interview:

        “It is an incredible feeling to go to Portugal for the first time. In fact, this may sound stupid, but I discovered that I have Portuguese blood. My last name is Fraites but originally it comes from Freitas, so I imagine that my ancestors changed it when they arrived in the United States. Therefore, I am doubly enthusiastic to go to Portugal to play my music and visit the country.”

      • follers says:

        Sylvia Garber (who was born Sylvia Gottlieb, and was Jewish) might have been a step-grandmother.

        The paternal grandmother may also have been Irene Myrtis Curtin (the daughter of William Walter Hoffman and Christina/Christine Gallik).

        Or another woman.

  1. andrew says:

    “English, possibly other” again, really???

    Fraites is a Portuguese surname

    Maybe this is his grandfather: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M591-1BK

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