Friedrich Wilhelm Kramer ³

   Another name for Friedrich was William Fredrick Kramer.^{1 2 4 5 6 7 8}

  General Notes:

Although his true birth name was Friedrich Wilhelm, he went by name of "William".
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Following the death of Christian Friedrich Kramer II in 1867, there apparently were two mortgages issued by the father to each of two sons, William and Frederick. These mortgages were recorded only 8 months before his death and upon his death the family probably wiped the debt clean as part of the estate settlement.

Christina Kramer (Maria Christine Köppen - Mother)
Christian Kramer (Christian Friedrich Kramer III - Son)
Charles Kramer (Carl Friedrich Kramer - Son)
William Kramer (Friedrich Wilhelm Kramer - Son)
Joachim Kramer...(Joachim Friedrich Kramer - Son)
Frederick Kramer (George Friedrich Wilhelm Kramer - Son)
To
William Kramer (Friedrich Wilhelm Kramer - Son)
Frederick Kramer (George Friedrich Wilhelm Kramer - Son)

We, Christina Kramer, Christian Kramer, Charly Kramer, William Kramer, Joachim Kramer, and Frederick Kramer the heirs and assigns of Christian Kramer deceased from the town of Utica in the County of Winona in the State of Minnesota do hereby certify that a certain Mortgage bearing date the 18th day of April 1867 made and executed by William Kramer and Elizabe this wife of the first pact to him the said Christian Kramer deceased of the second pact and Recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of the County of Winona in book "M" of Mortgages on page 617 on the 31st day of May 1867 is fully paid satisfied and discharged.

And one certain Mortgage bearing date the 18th day of April 1867 made and executed by Frederick Kramer of the first part to him the said Christian Kramer deceased of the second part and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of the County of Winona in book "M" of Mortgages on page 617 on the 31st day of May 1867 is fully paid satisfied and discharged.

Dated this 28th day of January 1869

William Kramer (SEAL)
Joachim Kramer (SEAL)
Frederick Kramer (SEAL)
Christina ("X") Kramer (SEAL)
Christian Kramer (SEAL)
Charles Kramer (SEAL)

Signed in the presence of
Peter Peters, William Schartan

On this 28th day of January 1869 before me came Christina Kramer, Christian Kramer, Charly Kramer, William Kramer, Joachim Kramer, and Frederick Kramer known to me to be same individuals described in and who executed the above certified and acknowledged that they executed the same.
Peter Peters, Justice of the Peace
Filed February 9th 1869 at 11:06 o'clock AM

NOTE: Transcription of copy (above) of original land record / payment in full of mortgage on Kramer farm in Utica Township, Winona, Minnesota, dated January 28, 1869, and filed February 9, 1869 in Winona, Minnesota. Copy in the possession of Robert Westphal, Jr.
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Source: "History of Winona County", page 958)
William Kramer, son of above (Christian Kramer), was born in Brandenburg, September 13, 1832, and was therefore nearly twenty-four years old when he came to America with his parents. On July 24, 1860, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Schartan, a deceased pioneer of this town, elsewhere mentioned in this work. After buying a share in his father's homestead he sold the whole of his land and bought the Schartan homestead of 100 acres, on Sec. 11, in 1882, and dwells thereon. He is a Lutheran and a Republican; has served as school director. Eight children have been born to him, as here given; Elmer, March 13, 1871; Elizabeth, April 25, 1874; Molly, June 22, 1876; Susannah, March 30, 1879; Huldah A., June 27, 1881.
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KRAMER WILLIAM F. BIOGRAPHY
BOOK - HISTORY OF WINONA COUNTY, MN., VOL 1 & 2, PUBLISHED IN 1913

William F. Kramer was born in Germany and married Elizabeth Schartan. He came to America in 1855, and located in Dodge County, Wisconsin. In 1856 he came to Minnesota and located in Utica township, this county, where he bought land and carried on general farming until 1889, when he disposed of his farm and moved to Dodge county, this state, where he remained until 1902, when he moved to Jamestown, North Dakota, where he is now living with his youngest daughter, Alvina, wife of Levi Lisk.

NOTE: William's wife died in 1915 in Minnesota. William is not listed on the 1910 US Census at the residence of his daughter, Alvina Lisk (living in Hawkinson, ND at the time). Is it likely that he never permanently relocated to North Dakota, as he died in Minnesota in 1918?
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CIVIL WAR SERVICE:
Name: Frederick Kramer
Enlistment Date: 18 August 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Minnesota
Unit Numbers: 1155 1155
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 18 August 1862 at the age of 33
Enlisted in Company E, 6th Infantry Regiment Minnesota on 18 August 1862.
Mustered out Company E, 6th Infantry Regiment Minnesota on 19 August 1865 in Fort Snelling, MN
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  Noted events in his life were:

• Military: Served in the Civil War.

• He was baptized on 25 September 1832 in Klaushagen, Brandenburg, GERMANY.

• 1845 Germany Census: 1845, in Wichmannsdorf, Uckermark, Brandenburg, GERMANY. 1845 Germany Census
Wichmannsdorf, Uckermark, Brandenburg, Germany
Wichmannsdorf Notizbuch Datenbank Nr. 893 Wichmannsdorf, Uckermark, Brandenburg, Germany
Friedrich Wilhelm Kramer...Son..13 Sep 1832
(Living with parents.)
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• He immigrated in 1855.


BRANDENBURG EMIGRATION RECORDS
Wolfert, Marion, comp.. Brandenburg, Prussia Emigration Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006.
Friedrich Wilhelm (twin) Kramer 23 1832 Templin Amerika 1855
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• He immigrated in 1856.
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• He was naturalized on 10 October 1859 in Winona, MN.
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Kramer, William
County: Winona
Reel: 1
Code: 2
Volume: A
Page: 24
Operator: CONRA
Date: 21 February 1997
Time: 13:50
Document Type: Declaration of Intention
Years: 1858 -1872
Numbers: 1-592
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Township 110W Range 9, Winona County, MN on 14 July 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 84, Roll 576, Dwelling 710, Family 683
Township 110W Range 9, Winona County, Minnesota
William Cramer..27..PRUSSIA..Farm Hand
(Living with parents.)
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• He immigrated in 1864.
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• He appeared on the 1865 Minnesota State Census in Utica, MN on 1 June 1865.

1865 Minnesota State Census
Volume 11, Family 121, Line 91
Utica, Winona County, Minnesota
Wm Kramer..M
(Living with wife and 2 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Utica, MN on 16 July 1870. ⁵

1870 US Census
Page 19, Dwelling 137, Family 140
Utica, Winona County, Minnesota
William Kramer...37..PRUSSIA..Farmer
(Living with wife and 3 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Utica, MN on 16 June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 142B, District 282, Family 153, Roll 0637
Utica, Winona County, Minnesota
William Kramer..Self..47..PRUSSIA..Farmer
(Living with wife and 5 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Wasioja Township, Dodge County, MN on 6 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 12, Family 65, Roll 762
Wasioja Township, Dodge County, Minnesota
farm rented
married 40 years
Wm Kramer..Head..Sep 1843..66(?)..GERMANY..Immig. 1864..Farmer
(Living with wife and 2 daughters.)

NOTE - His birth date should have been 13 Sep 1832 instead of Sep 1843. His age should have been 67 instead of 66. His immigration year should have been 1855 instead of 1864.
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Big Stone Township, Grant, SD on 11 May 1910. ⁶

1910 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 193, Family 168, Roll 1480
Big Stone Township, Grant County, South Dakota
Farm owned, no mortgage
William F. Kramer..Father-in-law..77..GERMANY..Immig. 1856..married 49 years
(Living with wife at the home of his married daughter, Mary Ann, and her family.)

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• He was buried after 14 October 1919 in the Lewiston Public Cemetery in Lewiston, MN.

Find A Grave Memorial #130735095
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Friedrich married Elizabeth Mary Schartan, daughter of Carl J. Schartan and Mary Abel, on 24 July 1860 in , Winona County, MN.^{1 2} (Elizabeth Mary Schartan was born on 29 November 1841 in Heiligenfelde, Saxony, Germany,^{2 3 6 9} died on 20 August 1915 in Concord, MN ^{3 9} and was buried after 20 August 1915 in Lewiston, MN ⁹.). The cause of her death was Cancer of Stomach.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1865 Minnesota State Census in Utica, MN on 1 June 1865.

1865 Minnesota State Census
Volume 11, Family 121, Line 91
Utica, Winona County, Minnesota
Wm Kramer..M
Elizabeth Kramer..F
Mary A. Kramer..F
Frank Kramer..M
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• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Utica, MN on 16 July 1870. ⁵

1870 US Census
Page 19, Dwelling 137, Family 140
Utica, Winona County, Minnesota
William Kramer...37..PRUSSIA..Farmer
Elizabeth Kramer...29..PRUSSIA..Keeping House
Mary Kramer...8..MN
Frank Kramer...7..MN
Otto Kramer...2..MN
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Utica, MN on 16 June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 142B, District 282, Family 153, Roll 0637
Utica, Winona County, Minnesota
William Kramer..Self..47..PRU..Farmer
Elisabeth Kramer..Wife..36..PRU..Keeping House
Otto Kramer..Son..11..MN..At School
Ellenor Kramer..Dau..9..MN..At School
Elisebeth Kramer..Dau..6..MN..At School
Amalia Kramer..Dau..4..MN
Susana Kramer..Dau..1..MN
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Wasioja Township, Dodge County, MN on 6 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 12, Family 65, Roll 762
Wasioja Township, Dodge County, Minnesota
farm rented
married 40 years
Wm Kramer..Head..Sep 1843..66(?)..GER..Immig. 1864..Farmer
Elizabeth Kramer..Wife..Nov 1841..58..GER..Immig. 1858..10/9
Hulda A. Kramer..Dau..Jun 1881..18..MN
Elvana A. Kramer..Dau..Feb 1884..16..MN..At School
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