Johannes "John" Cramer

1821 - 1912  (90 years)

• Name	Johannes "John" Cramer  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Nickname	John
  Birth	9 Oct 1821	York County, Pennsylvania   [2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9]
  Christening	25 Nov 1821	Saint Jacobs (Stone) Union Church, Codorus Township, York County, Pennsylvania   [7]
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Jan 1912	Van Wert County, Ohio   [3, 6]
  Burial	Woodland Union Cemetery, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio   [3]
  Notes	Per BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF VAN WERT COUNTY (Ohio) "John Cramer was eighteen years of age when he accompanied his parents to Seneca County, Ohio, and had then finished his education. Until twenty-one years of age he remained on the home farm, and then engaged as a laborer in a saw-mill in Seneca County for two years, and then, in 1847, he married and bought eighty acres of land, on which he at once located and cultivated until 1864, when he came to Van Wert and bought 120 acres in Pleasant township, where he now resides and still owns 75 acres of finely improved land. The family all worship in the Methodist Episcopal faith, and in politics Mr. Cramer is a prohibitionist; he is a member of the grange No. 82, of which he was the treasurer for 14 years." FindAGrave lists his date of birth as 9 Oct 1822, and date of death as 10 Jan 1912. A photo of an engraved double tombstone, with a second wife, Sarah J. Cramer, shows the dates as 6 Oct 1833 through 11 Jan 1912. Dean Cramer has an earlier date of death, 11 November 1905. (Research): Census Listings: 1850 Census Ohio, Seneca County, Bloom Twp Enumerated 28 Sept 1850 1305-1333 Martin and Rebecca Schaffner 1306-1334 John Cramer 28 M Laborer Pa Ann Cramer 20 F Ohio 1860 Census Ohio, Seneca County, Bloom Twp, PO Bloomville Enumerated 28 Jun 1860 Page 79 600-567 John Cramer 36 M Farmer 2000 844 Pa Anne E Crame4r 30 F O William J Cramer 8 M O Sarah C Cramer 6 F O Frank A Cramer 4 M O Irene H Cramer 3 F O Anne E Cramer 1 F O Charles W Cooly 17 M Laborer O 1870 Census not located 1880 Census Ohio, Van Wert County, Fourth Ward Van Wert Enumerated 14 Jun 1880 Page 31 SD One ED 151 Cherry Street 3 Van Danig John B M 20 Laborer Mich Penn Oh Cramer, John W M 57 Farmer Pa Pa Pa Cramer, Ann W F 49 Wf Keeping House Oh Pa Pa Cramer, Frank W M 24 Son Farmer Oh Pa Oh Cramer, Irene H W F 23 Dtr Oh Pa Oh Cramer, Annie W F 21 Dtr Oh Pa Oh Cramer, Martin S W M 19 Son At School Oh Pa Oh Cramer, Ralph A W M 14 Son At School Oh Pa Oh Cramer, Charles W M 12 Son At School Oh Pa Oh
  Person ID	I6744	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Johannes "John" Cramer, Sr.,   b. 25 Aug 1791, York County, Pennsylvania d. 29 Jun 1856, Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Catharina Schlott,   b. 20 Jul 1794, York County, Pennsylvania d. 16 Sep 1854, Seneca County, Ohio (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1816	York County, Pennsylvania   [10, 11]
  Family ID	F135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Eve Shaffner,   b. 17 Sep 1830, Crawford County, Ohio d. 28 Mar 1901, Van Wert County, Ohio (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	29 Dec 1847	Seneca County, Ohio   [8, 12]
  Children	1. John Wesley Cramer,   b. 10 Sep 1850, Seneca County, Ohio d. 13 Sep 1852, Seneca County, Ohio (Age 2 years)   2. William Jefferson Cramer,   b. 20 Oct 1851, Seneca County, Ohio   3. Sarah Catherine Cramer,   b. 16 Jul 1853, Seneca County, Ohio d. 1 Apr 1941 (Age 87 years)   4. Frank Alfred Cramer,   b. 25 May 1855, Seneca County, Ohio d. 29 Jan 1935, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio (Age 79 years)   5. Irene Henrietta Cramer,   b. 23 May 1857, Bloomville, Seneca County, Ohio d. 17 Jan 1948, Richwood, Union County, Ohio (Age 90 years)   6. Anna Eve Cramer,   b. 25 Apr 1859, Seneca County, Ohio d. 10 Nov 1935, Liberty Township, Van Wert County, Ohio (Age 76 years)   7. Martin Shaffner Cramer, M. D.,   b. 23 Dec 1861, Seneca County, Ohio d. 10 Dec 1935, Liberty Township, Van Wert County, Ohio (Age 73 years)   8. Ralph Wilcox Cramer,   b. 20 Mar 1865, Van Wert County, Ohio d. 19 May 1931 (Age 66 years)   9. Charles Barton Cramer,   b. 28 Aug 1868, Van Wert County, Ohio d. Abt 1960 (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F3323	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2013

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 9 Oct 1821 - York County, Pennsylvania Christening - 25 Nov 1821 - Saint Jacobs (Stone) Union Church, Codorus Township, York County, Pennsylvania Marriage - 29 Dec 1847 - Seneca County, Ohio Death - 10 Jan 1912 - Van Wert County, Ohio  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S80] Family Archive CD #450 County and Family Histories: Ohio 1780-1970 (c) Broderbund Software, Inc October 31, 1998, Disk 4, Mercer, Van Wert Counties Volume II, p 154 (Reliability: 3). [S144] 1850 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census.), Ohio, Seneca County, Bloom Twp Enumerated 28 Sept 1850 1306-1334 (Reliability: 3). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 34606155 (Reliability: 3). [S98] 1860 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1860 Federal Census.), Ohio, Seneca County, Bloom Twp, PO Bloomville Enumerated 28 Jun 1860 Page 79 600-567 (Reliability: 3). [S308] 1880 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005., (1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ? Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls. This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents? place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census.), Ohio, Van Wert County, Fourth Ward Van Wert Enumerated 14 Jun 1880 Page 31 SD One ED 151 Cherry Street 3 (Reliability: 3). [S1414] Ancestry.com - Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, & 1958-2007. [S1537] Cannon, Edith Beard "Genealogical Reports for The Historical Society of York County, Vol. XXIX, pp. 1-72, Evidence of the Cramer Families of York before the year 1850 REVISED" published 1943, (The Historical Society of York County, 250 East Market Street, York, PA 17403), p. 13 (Reliability: 3). [S1539] Cramer, Clarence E. "The Family of Johan Helfer Cramer (Revolutionary War Pension W-2762) With Historical Background", (Preliminary Draft Presented at The John Cramer Family Reunion, Bascom, Ohio, August 22, 1943. Copyright 1944. Clarence Cramer, author, was a resident of Chicago, Illinois, and indicated that his book was prepared 'with the assistance of the Combined Relationship.' Copy of this manuscript is at the Historical Society of York County, 250 East Market Street, York, PA 17403, and a xerox of certain sections in the files of Melinda McLemore Strong, San Antonio, Texas.), p. 57-a (Reliability: 3). [S547] Cramer, Dean-Family Researcher (dcramer@primus.al.net). [S80] Family Archive CD #450 County and Family Histories: Ohio 1780-1970 (c) Broderbund Software, Inc October 31, 1998, Disk 4 Mercer, Van Wert Counties Volume II, p 154 (Reliability: 3). [S1539] Cramer, Clarence E. "The Family of Johan Helfer Cramer (Revolutionary War Pension W-2762) With Historical Background", (Preliminary Draft Presented at The John Cramer Family Reunion, Bascom, Ohio, August 22, 1943. Copyright 1944. Clarence Cramer, author, was a resident of Chicago, Illinois, and indicated that his book was prepared 'with the assistance of the Combined Relationship.' Copy of this manuscript is at the Historical Society of York County, 250 East Market Street, York, PA 17403, and a xerox of certain sections in the files of Melinda McLemore Strong, San Antonio, Texas.), p. 53, 56, 57-a (Reliability: 3). [S80] Family Archive CD #450 County and Family Histories: Ohio 1780-1970 (c) Broderbund Software, Inc October 31, 1998, Disk 4, Mercer Van Wert Counties, Vol 1, p 154 (Reliability: 3).