Clara C. Kramer ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

   Cause of her death was Cardiac Failure/Arterior Sclerotic Heart Disease.

  General Notes:

The exact birth year for Clara is somewhat confusing. On the various census reports, she seldom provided the same information and reported her age a year or more younger than she actually was, as was typical of women in those days.

Her gravestone has the year of 1880 but that is most likely incorrect. Her obituary reported a birth date of July 17, 1889 but that cannot be correct because she was enumerated in the 1880 US Census. The most likely birth date would seem to be in 1877, or more precisely July 1877 as was reported on the 1900 US Census, the only census which requested a month and a year of birth. The 1880 US Census reported her to be 2 years old which would fit with the July 1877 birth date. An early census of a person when they were just infants or young children are probably more reliable because at such a young age, they had little reason to be deceitful about their age.
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  Birth Notes:

Death certificate states date of birth July 17, 1879; obituary says July 17, 1889; gravestone says 1880.
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  Noted events in her life were:

1. Alt. Birth, July 1877, Wisconsin, United States. ^{3 5} This birth year was referenced by her age of 63 on the 1940 US Census.

2. Alt. Birth, 1880, Wisconsin, United States. ¹ This birth year was referenced by her age of 39 on the 1920 US Census.

3. 1880 US Census, 8 June 1880, Caledonia, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. ⁴ 1880 US Census
Page 9A, Roll 1448, District 69, Dwelling 80
Caledonia, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Clara Kramer..Daughter..2..WI
(Living with parents and paternal grandmother.)

4. 1900 US Census, 18 June 1900, Caledonia Township, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. ⁵ 1900 US Census
Page 3A, Roll 1819, District 124, Dwelling 43, Family 44
Caledonia Township, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
farm owned no mortgage
Clara Kramer..Daughter..Jul 1877..22..WI
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - Her birth date was thought to be 5 Apr 1878.

5. 1905 Wisconsin State Census, 1 June 1905, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. ⁶ 1905 Wisconsin State Census
Page 464, Family 95, Line 72
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
home owned
Clara Kramer..Daughter..25..WI..Domestic
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 5 Apr 1878, then her age should have been 27 instead of 25.

6. 1910 US Census, 18 April 1910, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. ⁷ 1910 US Census
Page 4B & 5A, Roll 1739, District 173, Dwelling 123, Family 123
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Clara C. Kramer..Daughter..28..MN..Servant, Private House
(Living with widowed mother.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 5 Apr 1878, then her age should have been 32 instead of 28.

7. 1920 US Census, 9 January 1920, Oakfield Township, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States. ¹ 1920 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 56, Family 26, Roll 1987
Oakfield Township, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Farm rented
Clara Gill...Wife..39..WI
(Living with husband and daughter.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 5 Apr 1878, then her age should have been 41 instead of 39.

8. 1930 US Census, 4 April 1930, Waupun, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, United States. ² 1930 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 53, Family 60, Roll 2573
Waupun, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Home owned, $3000
Clara C. Gill..Wife..50..WI
(Living with husband and daughter.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 5 Apr 1878, then her age should have been 51 instead of 50.

9. 1940 US Census, 16 April 1940, Waupun, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, United States. ³ 1940 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 20-58, Family 236, Roll 4480
Waupun, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
201 Fond du Lac Street; Home owned, $1500
residence in 1935: Same House
Clara Gill..Wife..63..3rd grade..WI
(Living with husband.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 5 Apr 1878, then her age should have been 62 instead of 63.

10. Cemetery: Kekoskee Cemetery, After 20 December 1966, Kekoskee, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States. ⁸ The birth year of 1880 as shown on her gravestone is not correct and should probably be 1877 or 1878.
Find A Grave Memorial 60077949

11. Obituary: Waupun Leader News, 29 December 1966, Waupun, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States. Longtime Resident Is Buried in Kekoskee

Mrs. Clara Gill, 87, widow of the late Theodore Gill and a long time resident of Waupun, died Tuesday, Dec. 20, in Waupun Memorial hospital where she had been a patient for a week.

Born in the Town of Caledonia July 17, 1889, she was the daughter of Christian and Louise Kramer. She was married to Theodore Gill in 1902 and lived in Waupun all their married life. Mr. Gill preceded her in death in November, 1961. She was a member of Pella Lutheran church.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Freemont Tidyman, with whom Mrs. Gill resided the past five years; and one sister, Mrs. Minnie Northup, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.

Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. W. C. Stoehr in Pella Lutheran church at 2 PM Friday, Dec. 23. Arrangements were handled by the Kohls company funeral home. Burial was in Kekoskee cemetery.

(Source: Waupun Leader News, Waupun, Dodge County, Wisconsin, Thursday, December 29, 1966, Page 4)
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Clara married Theodore H. Gill, son of Theodore Reinhold Gill and Augusta A. Possin, in 1910 in Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States.^{1 2 3} (Theodore H. Gill was born on 23 April 1884 in Dodge, Wisconsin, United States,^{9 10 11} died on 26 November 1962 in Fond Du Lac, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, United States ¹¹ and was buried on 29 November 1962 in Kekoskee, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States ¹¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1920 US Census, 9 January 1920, Oakfield Township, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States. ¹ 1920 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 56, Family 26, Roll 1987
Oakfield Township, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Farm rented
Theodore H. Gill..Head..38..WI..Farmer, General Farm
Clara Gill...Wife..39..WI
Esther Gill...Dau..7..WI

2. 1930 US Census, 4 April 1930, Waupun, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, United States. ² 1930 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 53, Family 60, Roll 2573
Waupun, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Home owned, $3000
Theodore H. Gill..Head..49..WI..Farmer, General Farming
Clara C. Gill..Wife..50..WI
Esther M. Gill..Dau...17..WI..Machine Operator, Knitting Factory

3. 1940 US Census, 16 April 1940, Waupun, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, United States. ³ 1940 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 20-58, Family 236, Roll 4480
Waupun, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
201 Fond du Lac Street; Home owned, $1500
residence in 1935: Same House
Theodore Gill..Head..59..WI..3rd grade..Farmer..earned $300 in 1939
Clara Gill..Wife..63..3rd grade..WI
Albert Van Buren..Lodger..64..1st grade..WI