Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Cramer was born on 6 September 1854, in Metamora Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States, her father, Jacob Kramer, was 29 and her mother, Elisabeth Lawrence, was 21. She married Edward Everhart Hedrick on 14 December 1875, in Franklin, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Laurel, Laurel Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States in 1910 and Posey Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States in 1920. She died on 1 September 1942, in Franklin, Indiana, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Metamora, Franklin, Indiana, United States.
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- Margaret Cramer in household of Jacob Cramer, "United States Census, 1860"
- Margaret Cramer, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Margaret Kramer Hedrick, "Find A Grave Index"
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1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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