Daily AncestorFredk.
Fredk. is an old abbreviation of the first name Frederick, common in deeds, wills, church registers and census pages.
Fredk. is a clerk's shorthand for the given name Frederick. Writers shortened common first names to save time and ink, usually by keeping the first letters and the last one or two, often with the final letters raised above the line.
Fred. is another short form for the same name. The k at the end is often raised above the line, and indexes may list the man under Fredk. rather than Frederick.
As seen in a recordName column of the 1860 census
Fredk. Snyder, 31, Miller, Penn.
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