Sarah Cramer

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Cramer was born about 1819, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Enos Cramer, was 46 and her mother, Anna Schoonhover, was 30. She had at least 5 sons and 3 daughters with Philander Wright.

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Family Time Line

Philander Wright
about 1819–1890
Sarah Cramer
about 1819–
Hester Wright
1840–
Jacob Nelson Wright
1844–1919
Joel Warren Wright
1847–1933
Susan Wright
1849–
Albert C. Wright
1852–1922
Mary Ellen Wright
1855–1931
Charles O. Wright
1850–1884
Roland Newell Wright
1860–1943

Sources (17)

  • Sarah Wright in household of Philander Wright, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Sarah Cramer in entry for Warren J Wright and Canisa Grooms, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • Sarrah Wright in household of Philander Wright, "United States Census, 1880"

World Events (8)

about 1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1863

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

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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