Brief Life History of Mesamore H.
When Mesamore H. Cramer was born on 16 January 1853, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Samuel King Cramer, was 37 and his mother, Anna Maria Maurer, was 35. He married Anna Elizabeth Schmuck in 1879, in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Saltlick Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States for about 70 years. He died on 5 July 1938, in Indian Head, Saltlick Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Mount Zion, Bethel Township, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Misamay Cramer in household of Samuel Cramer, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mesamore Cramer, "BillionGraves Index"
- Messmore H Cramer in entry for George H H Cramer and Carrie L Pirl, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
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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