When Jacob William Kramer was born on 25 August 1857, in Metamora, Metamora Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States, his father, Jacob Kramer, was 32 and his mother, Elisabeth Lawrence, was 24. He married Esther Elizabeth Barmore on 23 December 1890, in Crawford, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Franklin, Indiana, United States in 1860. He died on 21 April 1912, in Stevens, Kansas, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Texas, Oklahoma, United States.
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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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