Anna Margaret Becker 1 2 3 4 5
- Born: 1 June 1856, Port Washington, WI 1 2 3 4 5
- Marriage (1): George Friedrich Wilhelm Kramer on 1 August 1873 in Winona, MN 1 2 3
- Died: 16 October 1909, Mount Vernon Township, Winona, MN at age 53 1 5
- Buried: After 16 October 1909, Oakridge, MN 5
 Cause of her death was Heart disease.1
General Notes:
My grandparents settled in a claims cabin in the late 1850's on west Oak Ridge near the east edge of Whitewater Twp. A summer drought dried up their water supply, and Grandmother would take a shoulder yoke and two wood buckets and make a 3 mile walk down into a side valley to a spring near the Whitewater River. A large group of Wampbog Indians had camped near this spring where they came each Spring and lived during the summer months.
When Grandmother started back up the valley trail with her buckets of water, some of the Indians would follow her; women, men, children; always someone would tag along, which bugged Granny, as neither she or the Indians could speak the other's language. Carrying an unborn baby, she could not climb the bluff-side out of the valley and had to wait for Grandfather to come and carry the buckets up. The Indians stayed with her till she left with Grandfather. (The wood buckets held just a little under 4 gal. each.)
My reason for writing this about these wilderness natives, (men, women, and children), is that never once did any of them raise a hand against this white woman, who alone, came to the spring. Today, in our civilized, educated, Christianized society, a woman is not entirely safe on the streets or anywhere else among her own people. And our children and teenagers surely are not, where thousands of them disappear, vanish forever every year, off the streets and roads of our nation. Something to think about, isn't it? And we refer to those early woodland natives as SAVAGES !
Source: A Commentary by Archie Melcher about Anna (Becker) Kramer, c.1970, from Cindy Klemm, 9-9-01
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Noted events in her life were:
She appeared on the 1875 Minnesota State Census in Utica, MN on May 1875.
1875 Minnesota State Census
page 694, family 26, line 24
Utica, Winona County, Minnesota
Anna Kramer..18..WI
(Living with husband, daughter, widowed mother, and younger sister.)
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She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Utica, MN on 15 June 1880. 2
1880 US Census
Page 142A, District 28, Family 150, Roll 637
Utica, Winona County, Minnesota
Anna Kramer..Wife..24..WI...Keeping House
(Living with husband and 4 daughters.)
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She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Mount Vernon Township, Winona, MN on 6 June 1900. 3
1900 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 183, Dwelling 44, Family 44
Mount Vernon Township, Winona County, Minnesota
farm owned with mortgage
Married 26 years
Anna Kramer..Wife..Jun 1856..43..WI..9/9
(Living with husband and 6 children.)
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She was buried after 16 October 1909 in the Saint Mary's Cemetery in Oakridge, MN.
Find A Grave Memorial #109497714
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Anna married George Friedrich Wilhelm Kramer, son of Christian Friedrich Kramer II and Maria Christine Kφppen, on 1 August 1873 in Winona, MN.1 2 3 (George Friedrich Wilhelm Kramer was born on 23 August 1844 in Klaushagen, Uckermark, Brandenburg, GERMANY,1 4 6 7 8 9 died on 1 July 1911 in Mount Vernon Township, Winona, MN 1 9 and was buried after 1 July 1911 in Oakridge, MN 9.). The cause of his death was Typhoid Fever.1
Noted events in their marriage were:
They appeared on the 1875 Minnesota State Census in Utica, MN on May 1875.
1875 Minnesota State Census
page 694, family 26, line 24
Utica, Winona County, Minnesota
Frederick Kramer..30..PRUSSIA
Anna Kramer..18..WI
Mathilda Kramer..1..MN
Teresa Becker..11..WI
Christina Kramer..74..PRUSSIA
NOTE - Teresa Becker was a young sister to Anna Becker. Christina Kramer was Frederick's mother. They lived next to brothers Charles and Joachim.
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They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Utica, MN on 15 June 1880. 2
1880 US Census
Page 142A, District 28, Family 150, Roll 637
Utica, Winona County, Minnesota
Fredrick Kramer..Head..36..PRUSSIA..Farmer
Anna Kramer..Wife..24..WI...Keeping House
Matilda Kramer..Dau..6..MN
Anna Kramer..Dau..4..MN
Theresa Kramer..Dau..2..MN
Lauren Kramer..Dau..1..MN
Ida Simon..Brdr..12..MN..At Home
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They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Mount Vernon Township, Winona, MN on 6 June 1900. 3
1900 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 183, Dwelling 44, Family 44
Mount Vernon Township, Winona County, Minnesota
farm owned with mortgage
Married 26 years
Fred Kramer..Head..Aug 1855..44..GER..Farmer..Immig 1856
Anna Kramer..Wife..Jun 1856..43..WI..9/9
Traca Kramer..Dau..Aug 1877..22..MN
Henry Kramer..Son..Oct 1883..16..MN
Rohmay Kramer..Son..Oct 1887..12..MN
Maggie Kramer..Dau..Nov 1888..11..MN
Louis Kramer..Son..Sep 1892..8..MN
Lenna Kramer..Dau..Jul 1897..2..MN
NOTE - The birth dates given for most of the family members were slightly off by a month or two up to a year or two.
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Marriage Notes:
When they were married in 1873, Fred was 29 years old and Ann was only 17. Her parents had moved to Winona County, Minnesota from Ozaukee County, Wisconsin sometime between 1860 and 1870.
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