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Marriage: Children:
  1. Georg Friedrich Kramer: Birth: 26 Sep 1826 in Klaushagen, Uckermark, Brandenburg, GERMANY. Death: 31 Mar 1837 in Klaushagen, Uckermark, Brandenburg, GERMANY

  2. Christian Friedrich Kramer: Birth: 9 Sep 1828 in Klaushagen, Uckermark, Brandenburg, GERMANY. Death: 6 Apr 1910 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States

  3. Carl Friedrich Kramer: Birth: 5 Sep 1830 in Klaushagen, Uckermark, Brandenburg, GERMANY. Death: 1 Jan 1910 in Good Thunder, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States

  4. Friedrich Wilhelm Kramer: Birth: 13 Sep 1832 in Klaushagen, Uckermark, Brandenburg, GERMANY. Death: 14 Oct 1919 in Concord, Dodge, Minnesota, United States

  5. Joachim Friedrich Wilhelm Kramer: Birth: 13 Sep 1832 in , , , PRUSSIA. Death: 11 Dec 1898 in Westfield Township, Dodge, Minnesota, United States

  6. Ferdinand Kramer: Birth: 17 Apr 1835 in Klaushagen, Uckermark, Brandenburg, GERMANY. Death: 22 Mar 1839 in Klaushagen, Uckermark, Brandenburg, GERMANY

  7. George Friedrich Wilhelm Kramer: Birth: 23 Aug 1844 in Klaushagen, Uckermark, Brandenburg, GERMANY. Death: 1 Jul 1911 in Mount Vernon Township, Winona, Minnesota, United States


Sources
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Author:   Cindy Klemm
Publication:   http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/l/e/Cindy-A-Klemm/; Updated February 2, 2007
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Page:   accessed 27 Apr 2013).
Author:   Robert Westphal Jr.
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4. Title:   1860 U.S. census, <i>FamilySearch</i>, index and images
Page:   M653, roll 576, Township 110W Range 9, Winona County, Minnesota, p. 84, dwelling 710, family 683, Christian Friedrich Kramer II and Maria Christine Koppen, accessed 6 Feb 2015
Publication:   https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473181: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
5. Title:   1865 State Census, population schedule
Page:   Utica, Winona County, Minnesota, family 122, Christian Friedrich Kramer and Maria Christine Köppen; (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1503054 : accessed 17 May 2013)
Author:   Minnesota
Publication:   index and images. <i>FamilySearch</i>. https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1503054 : n.d.
Link:   https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1503054
6. Title:   1875 State Census, population schedule
Page:   Utica, Winona County, Minnesota, p. 694, family 26, line 24, George Friedrich Wilhelm Kramer and Anna Margaret Becker; (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1503053 : accessed 8 Dec 2012)
Author:   Minnesota
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7. Title:   1880 U.S. census, <i>FamilySearch</i>, index and images
Page:   T9, roll 1448, Caledonia, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 69, p. 9A, dwelling 80, Christian Friedrich Kramer and Louisa Emilie Possin, accessed 28 Oct 2014
Publication:   https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417683: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
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Author:   Cindy Klemm
Publication:   http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/l/e/Cindy-A-Klemm/; Updated February 2, 2007
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Publication:   https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473181: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
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Author:   Minnesota
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Notes
a. Note:   NI21046 The following is a discharge certificate from the Prussian Government, relinquishing citizenship in that country. In 1855 the government was Prussian, not German.
  The undersigned Royal Government hereby certifies that Christian Frederick Kramer from Claushagen, born 20 May 1799, at his request and his intention to emigrate to America with his wife, Maria Christine Koeppen, born 30 June 1800, and the following children, under parental supervision Christian Frederick, born 9 Sep 1828 George Frederick Wilhelm, born 23 Aug 1844 has been granted discharge from the Prussian citizenship. This discharge document is valid only for the persons named above and is effective at the time of issue.
  Issued in Potsdam (capital of Prussia)
 Discharge Certificate #2214 in Aug 1855
 (It is thought that these certificates were numbered beginning at the first of each month, indicating that this certificate Number 2,214 was issued at the peak of the immigration wave.)
 1/2 Thaler paid (Thaler was a form of currency)
 Two other Kramer brothers also emigrated and came to settle with the family, apparently at a later date.
 (Source: Cindy Klemm)
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b. Note:   NF7535 The following is a discharge certificate from the Prussian Government, relinquishing citizenship in that country. In 1855 the government was Prussian, not German.
  The undersigned Royal Government hereby certifies that Christian Frederick Kramer from Claushagen, born May 20, 1799, at his request and his intention to emigrate to America with his wife, Maria Christine Koeppen, born June 30, 1800, and the following children, under parental supervision Christian Frederick, born 09 September 1828 George Frederick Wilhelm, born 23 August 1844 has been granted discharge from the Prussian citizenship. This discharge document is valid only for the persons named above and is effective at the time of issue.
  Issued in Potsdam (capital of Prussia)
 Discharge Certificate #2214 in August, 1855
 (It is thought that these certificates were numbered beginning at the first of each month, indicating that this certificate Number 2,214 was issued at the peak of the immigration wave.)
 1/2 Thaler paid (Thaler was a form of currency)
 Two other Kramer brothers also emigrated and came to settle with the family, apparently at a later date.
 (Source: Cindy Klemm)
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  The Kramer family left Germany on 24 Jul 1856 and arrived in New York on 24 August 1856. Immigration record of Christian Friedrich Kramer II and his wife Maria Christine (Köppen) Kramer indicate that the Kramer family emigrated to America, filing papers with Prussian government 30 August 1855. Two of the five children, Christian Friedrich Kramer III, and his brother, George Friedrich Wilhelm Kramer, came to America with their parents, while three brothers remained behind (with relatives). The three brothers, Friedrich Wilhelm Kramer and Joachim Kramer (twins), along with their older brother, Carl Kramer, arrived in the USA several years later.
  Name......... Occupation...... Age...Arrival......... Origin...... Ship
 Chr. Kramer....Farmer.........56...M....25 Aug 1856...Germany...Ippla
 F. W. Kramer...Farmer.........23...M....25 Aug 1856...Germany...Ippland
 G. F. Kramer....Farmer.........11...M....25 Aug 1856...Germany...Ippla
 J. F. Kramer...Farmer.........23...M....25 Aug 1856...Germany...Ippland
 Wife of Christian Kramer II (listed as maiden name on ship's manifest)
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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 Elizabeth his 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 Count 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 9 Feb 1869 at 11:06 o'clock a.m.
  NOTE: Transcription of copy (above) of original land record / payment in full of mortgage on Kramer farm in Utica Township, Winona County, Minnesota, dated 28 Jan 1869, and filed 9 Feb 1869 in Winona, Minnesota. Copy in the possession of Robert Westphal, Jr.
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  The given names of the children born to Christian Kramer and Maria Christine Koppen deserve special attention. Their first son, Georg Friedrich Kramer, was born in 1826 but apparently died in 1837. Their seventh and last born son was named George Friedrich Wilhelm Kramer but generally used the name of Fred or Fredrick through his adult life. He can easily be confused with their 4th born son named Friedrick Wilhelm Kramer but that son generally went by the name of William.
  So therefore "William Kramer" was actually "Friedrich Wilhelm Kramer" and "Fred or Fredick Kramer" was actually "George Friedrich Wilhelm Kramer". Got it?
  It gets worse. There were three other sons all with the middle name of Friedrich but fortunately they all went by their first name which was unique. These three included Christian Friedrich Kramer, Carl Friedrich Kramer, and Joachim Friedrich Kramer.
  There was one more son name Ferdinand but his middle name is not known. If the parents were 100% consistent, then it probably also was Friedrich.
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