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Kramer's Market, established 1869
Elkader
In 1867 Anton Kramer and his aunt Francisca Kramer immigrated from Neubistritz or Neu Beustritz, Austria, to Clayton County, Iowa. Antons uncle Joseph Kramer was already operating a meat market in Elkader, Iowa, and Anton joined him as a butcher. In 1872 while on a marketing trip in Milwaukee, Joseph died of a heart attack leaving a widow Maria Ludovia Gehrlein Kramer and six children in Elkader, Iowa. This family lived in the large stone farm house at the top of the Kramer hill.
Anton took over the butcher shop and later employed his brother John as well as his uncle Karl. The business thrived and meat was shipped by rail to cities in the east. Anton was involved bringing electricity and the railroad to Elkader and also starting a new bank, the First National Bank, in Elkader. His wife was Caroline Gehrlein, a sister of Maria who had married his uncle Joseph.
His aunt Francisca married William Osa (Osie) and
they had two children, Robert who died in infancy and Marie
Bertha Osa who married Fred L. Stinger.
John Kramer
b. August 29, 1849 in Neubistritz, Austria
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Anton and Caroline Kramers
children were: Anton Fridelin 'Fred' Kramer who married Matilda M. Brandt Louis John Kramer who married Ethel Leola Laycock Katherine Louise Kramer who married Dr. Harry Merritt Bradley Henry Florian Kramer who married Emily A. Cassutt Arthur Leo Kramer who married Effie Boots Raymond Karl 'Ray' Kramer who married Dorothea M. Parmenter Florence Kramer who died in infancy |
Anton & Caroline Kramer family
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Caroline Gehrlein Kramer |
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Katherine Louise Kramer |
Katherine Louise Kramer |
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Louis Kramer, Sr. (center)
Prospecting for gold in Alaska, 1898
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Arthur Kramer & Effie Boots Elkader, 1911 ~*~*~
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Effie Boots Kramer ~*~*~
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Joseph and Maria Kramers
children were: Julia Louise Kramer who married Peter Meyer Louis Kramer who died young Joseph Kramer who married Katherine Wentz John A. Kramer who married Mary E. Whitley Mary Elizabeth Kramer who married Peter Klein Caroline Antonette Kramer who married John C. Schmidt |
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~photos were contributed by Judy
Moyna from her personal collection. Judy's email address can be
found in the Surname Registry for Kramer. Also, find a LOT of additional information on the
Seifert & allied families by visiting Judy's World Connect
website at Rootsweb, a link to her site is on the Personal Websites page (scroll down to 'Bender-Moyna Families')