Mary Jane Cramer

Brief Life History of Mary Jane

When Mary Jane Cramer was born on 22 November 1850, in Marion, Ohio, United States, her father, Jesse Cramer, was 29 and her mother, Sarah Ann Garbison, was 18. She married Samuel William Deckman on 13 January 1872, in Pulaski, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Harrison Township, Pulaski, Indiana, United States in 1920. She died on 16 September 1927, in Franklin Township, Pulaski, Indiana, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Winamac Cemetery, Winamac, Monroe Township, Pulaski, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel William Deckman
1848–1918
Mary Jane Cramer
1850–1927
Marriage: 13 January 1872
Bertha Eldora Deckman
1872–1956
Viola Melissa Deckman
1874–1953
John W Deckman
1876–1963
Albert Cramer Deckman
1878–1951
Joanna Deckman
1879–1944
Cassandria Deckman
1881–1911
Tincy Piccola Deckman
1883–1946
Robert Leander Deckman
1885–1951
Anna May Deckmann
1887–1948
Luella Deckman
1891–1964
Fannie Fay Deckman
1893–1977

Sources (24)

  • Mary Jane Deckman in household of George F Poor, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Mary J Creamer, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959"
  • Mary Jane Cramer Deckman, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1855

Historical Boundaries 1855: Pulaski, Indiana, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1872 · The First National Park

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.

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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