Brief Life History of George Hancock
When George Hancock Cramer was born on 14 February 1883, in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Mesamore H. Cramer, was 30 and his mother, Anna Elizabeth Schmuck, was 22. He married Carrie L Pirl on 23 November 1902, in Springfield Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Saltlick Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Springfield Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. He died on 16 September 1955, at the age of 72, and was buried in Mount Joy Church Of The Brethren Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- George H Cramer, "United States Census, 1910"
- George H H Cramer, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- George Henry Cramer, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
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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