Richard C Cramer

Brief Life History of Richard C

When Richard C Cramer was born on 25 January 1897, in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Mesamore H. Cramer, was 44 and his mother, Anna Elizabeth Schmuck, was 36. He married Edith Mary Barnhart in 1925. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1935 and East Huntingdon, South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 1 January 1969, in Saltlick Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Saltlick Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Richard C Cramer
1897–1969
Edith Mary Barnhart
1902–1933
Marriage: 1925
Helen L Cramer
1921–2014
Ward C. Cramer
1925–1985
Arthur H Cramer
1927–2000

Sources (18)

  • Richard C Cramer, "United States, Census, 1950"
  • Richard Cramer, "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
  • Richard Cramer, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1905 · The Movie Theater

The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in. 

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

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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