Nathaniel Casper Cramer

Brief Life History of Nathaniel Casper

When Nathaniel Casper Cramer was born on 29 August 1892, in Saltlick Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Mesamore H. Cramer, was 39 and his mother, Anna Elizabeth Schmuck, was 31. He married Anna Belle Ansell on 17 March 1915, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in German Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920 and Upper Tyrone Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. He died on 6 February 1973, at the age of 80.

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Family Time Line

Nathaniel Casper Cramer
1892–1973
Anna Belle Ansell
1891–1980
Marriage: 17 March 1915
Mary Jane Cramer
1913–1967
Ray Franklin Cramer
1916–1916
Hazel Cramer
1918–1991
Flora Mae Cramer
1920–2002
Ruth Cramer
1922–1997
Bessie Grace Cramer
1924–1984
Earl Gross Cramer Sr.
1926–2013
Edna Catherine Cramer
1928–2001
Kenneth L Cramer Sr.
1931–2013

Sources (22)

  • Nathaniel Cramer in household of Mesamore H Cramer, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Nathaniel Casper Cramer, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Nethaniel Casper Cramer, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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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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