Henry Augustus Kramer

Brief Life History of Henry Augustus

When Henry Augustus Kramer was born on 11 July 1866, in Peppertown, Salt Creek Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States, his father, Jacob Kramer, was 40 and his mother, Elisabeth Lawrence, was 33. He married Laura Belle Wentz on 6 January 1901, in Fayette, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Metamora, Metamora Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States for about 60 years. He died on 31 May 1934, in Peppertown, Salt Creek Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Brookville Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Augustus Kramer
1866–1934
Laura Belle Wentz
1885–1936
Marriage: 6 January 1901
Clifton Edward Kramer
1903–1962
Florence A. Kramer
1906–2008
George Elmer Kramer
1908–1975
John Harold Kramer
1910–1957
Anne Irene Kramer
1911–2003
Robert Leroy Kramer
1915–1976
Theodore H Kramer
1919–1997
Mildred Cramer
1923–

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  • August Cramer in household of Jacob Cramer, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Henry A Kramer, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Henry Kramer, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"

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Name Meaning

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 .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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