Joseph John Cramer

Brief Life History of Joseph John

When Joseph John Cramer was born on 6 November 1888, in Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, his father, John Cramer, was 31 and his mother, Margaret McKay McLellan, was 30. He married Angela Viola White on 6 April 1920, in New York, United States. He lived in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Lockport, Niagara, New York, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 20 July 1957, in New York, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph John Cramer
1888–1957
Dora Louise Erle
1893–1955
Marriage: 26 March 1932
Mary Elizabeth Cramer
1933–2006
John Robert Cramer
1934–2019

Sources (18)

  • Joseph Cramer, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Joseph Cramer, "Ontario Births, 1869-1911"
  • Joseph Cramer, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario

Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

Name Meaning

German, Dutch, and Jewish: variant of Kramer ‘shopkeeper or trader’ and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. The surname in this form is also found in some other parts of Europe, e.g. in Britain and France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine).

English: variant of Creamer 1.

Americanized form of Polish Kramarz , Czech Kramář, Slovak Kramár, Slovenian, Croatian, Ukrainian, and Belorussian Kramar , and Slovenian Kramer .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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