When George Louis Kramer was born on 30 September 1851, in Posey, Indiana, United States, his father, Jacob Kramer, was 26 and his mother, Elisabeth Lawrence, was 18. He married Mary Elizabeth Wolfe on 8 March 1881, in Franklin, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Metamora, Metamora Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Metamora Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States in 1900. He died on 30 April 1929, in Franklin, Indiana, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Metamora, Franklin, Indiana, United States.
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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.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) (mainly Krämer); Dutch: occupational name for a shopkeeper or trader, from an agent derivative of Middle High German, Middle Low German krām ‘trading post, tent, booth’. This surname is also found in some other parts of Europe, e.g. in Britain, Poland, and France (Alsace and Lorraine); see also 2 below. In part, Kramer is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname, originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola, Slovenia (see Kocevar ). Compare Kraemer .
Americanized or Germanized form of Polish Kramarz , Czech Kramář, Slovak Kramár, Slovenian (compare 3 below), Croatian, Ukrainian, and Belorussian Kramar .
Slovenian: variant of Kramar . Compare 2 above and Cramer .
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