John Henry and Clara Kramer
Information comes from various sources, newspapers, census, marriage and burial records.
John Henry Kramer was born 16 Aug 1850 in Cincinnati, the son of Gerhard and Jane Kramer. Shortly after the firing on Ft Sumter in South Carolina and the start of the Civil War, he joined the 11th Ohio Infantry in the Union army in Aug 1861.
After being discharged in April of 1862, John returned to Cincinnati where he married Clara Kaveman in 1879. Clara was born 8 Sep 1854 in Cincinnati, the daughter of Charles Kaveman and Mary Speckman.
Children of John Henry Kramer and Clara Kaveman
1. George Kramer b-Aug 1880 in Cincinnati
2. Charles Henry Kramer b-7 May 1882 in Cincinnati; d-28 Feb 1939 in Ft Thomas;
br-St Stephen Cemetery; m-Gertrude Eleanor Trautman
3. Edward H Kramer b-20 Sep 1884 in Cincinnati; d-18 June 1921 in Newport; br-St
Stephen Cemetery; m-Agnes Krechen
4. Alphonse William Henry Kramer b-4 Feb 1887 in Cincinnati; d-26 Aug 1948 in
Bellevue; br-St Stephen Cemetery; m-Blanche Newell
5. Mary Josephine Kramer b-8 Dec 1889 in Newport; d-16 Mar 1919 in Indian
Springs; br-St Joseph Old Cemetery in Cincinnati
6. Joseph Francis Kramer b-22 Mar 1891 in Newport; d-2 Dec 1959 in Dayton; br-St
Stephen Cemetery
7. Louisa Clara Kramer b-17 Mar 1893 in Newport; d-28 Oct 1963 in Dayton; br-Evergreen;
m-Arthur Adams
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Children of Charles Henry Kramer and Gertrude Eleanor Trautman
1. Grace Kramer b-22 May 1914 in Newport; d1
Nov 2002; m-Pleiman
2. Jeanne C Kramer b-26 Jan 1916 in Newport; d-4 Dec 1994 in Ft Thomas; m-Goodhew
3. Robert William Kramer b-5 Feb 1919 in Newport; d-20 Apr 1920 in Newport; br-St
Stephen Cemetery
4. Mary M Kramer b-17 June 1921 in Newport; d-8 Apr 1996
5. William Francis Kramer b-25 Oct 1923 in Dayton; d-14 July 1989
6. Gertrude Ann Kramer b-7 Apr 1926
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Children of Alphonse William Henry Kramer and Blanche Newell
Howard A Kramer b-30 July 1909 in Melbourne;
d-14 Apr 1957 in Dayton; br-St Stephen Cemetery
Newell John Kramer b-17 Apr 1911 in Melbourne; d-17 Aug 1983; br-St Stephen
Cemetery
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Clara died 20 Sep 1916 in Indian Springs and was buried in St Joseph Cemetery in Price Hill, Cincinnati. John Henry Kramer died 20 Mar 1935 in Silver Grove and was buried in the St Joseph Old Cemetery in Cincinnati.
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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 21 March 1935, page 2
KRAMER-John Henry, beloved husband of the late Clara Kramer (nee Caveman) died Wednesday, 20 Mar 1935 at residence, 554 Second av. Silver Grove, aged 84 years. Funeral Saturday, March 23 from residence with requiem high mass at St Phillip Church at 9 am. Interment at St Joseph Old Cemetery, Cincinnati.