Franz Henrich KRAMER
NOTES Franz came to America wih his sister Agnes and her husband Gerhard Beckmann about 1857. After marrying Mary Ellen, they setteled on a farm five miles east of Dyersville neighboring Carl Kramer homestead. They retired to South Dyersville in 1905. Frqank was the organizer and first secretary of the Hickory Valley Creamery.
He married Mary Ellen Hendrick 16 Jul 1868 at Beaver Dam, Dodge, Co., Wisconsin . Mary Ellen Hendrick was born at of Steinfeld, Oldenburg, Germany Abt 1846 daughter of Patrick Hendrick and Ellen Donahue .
They were the parents of 7
children:
Herman W. Kramer
born Abt 1869.
George J. Kramer
born 1870.
Frank Kramer
born Oct 1873.
Mary A. Kramer
born 17 Mar 1877.
Joe C Kramer
born Jun 1879.
Helen Frances Kramer
born 23 Nov 1883.
Katherine M. Kramer
born 17 Jun 1887.