Arthur Henry Kramer ^{1 2 3 4}

  Birth Notes:

Name: Arthur Henry Kramer
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 12 Mar 1895
Birthplace: Utica, Minnesota
Race: White
Father's Name: Frank William Kramer
Father's Birthplace: Minnesota
Father's Age: 30
Mother's Name: Anna E. Stenernagal
Mother's Birthplace: Minnesota
Mother's Age: 21
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C75160-6
System Origin: Minnesota-EASy
GS Film number: 1377831

Citing this Record:
"Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDQK-9Q8 : accessed 11 April 2016), Arthur Henry Kramer, 12 Mar 1895; citing Utica, Minnesota, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,377,831.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Utica, MN on 20 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 181, Family 213, Roll 797
Utica, Winona County, Minnesota
Aurthur H. Kramer..Son..Mar 1895..5..MN
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Lewiston, MN on 15 April 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 189, Family 18, Roll 729
Lewiston, Winona County, Minnesota
Home owned, no mortgage
Arthur Kramer..Son..15..MN
(Living with parents.)
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• Arthur Henry Kramer registered for WW II Draft: 28 July 1942, Lewiston, MN.

¹ Name: Arthur H Kramer
Age: 49
Complexion: Ruddy
Employer: N B C Contractors, New York City
Birth Date: 12 Mar 1895
Birthplace: Utica, Minnesota
Relative's Name: Anna E Kramer
Relationship to Registrant: Mother
Eye Color: Gray
Hair Color: Gray
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 200
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• He was buried after 26 March 1962 in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Columbia Falls, MT.

Find A Grave Memorial #74985350
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Arthur married Caroline circa 1932. (Caroline was born circa 1900 and died on an unknown date.)

  Marriage Notes:

1930 US Census
Sheet 16A, ED 27, Family 232, Roll 824, Ward 2
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
1525 Brook Avenue; Home owned, $4500
10 Apr 1930
Sophy Gemlo..Head..68..WI..Widowed
Arthur Kramer..Lodger..35..MN..Laborer, Machinery
Caroll M. Kramer..Lodger..25..WI..Teacher, Public School

(Living in the home of Sophy Gemlo)
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1934 Winona, MN City Directory
Arthur Kramer (Carol), Laborer, Res. F. W. Kramer
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1940 US Census
Sheet 5B, ED 85-30A, Family 112, Roll 1969
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota
507 Howard Street; Home rented $25
6 Apr 1940
Arthur Kramer..Head..45..MN..12th grade..Res 1935: Same House..Laborer, Storm Sewer Constr.. earned $577 in 1939
Caroline Kramer..Wife..34..WI..4 years college..Res 1935: Same House
Geralding Kramer..Son..7..SD..2nd grade..Res 1935: Same House
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Did Arthur and his wife, Caroline, divorce shortly after 1940? On his WWII Draft Registration card, his listed his contact as his mother instead of the expected wife.
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What is also strange about the various residences of Arthur is that the 1940 US Census shows one child, named Geralding as a son (possibly should be Geraldine as a daughter) with a birth location of South Dakota. Based on the age of the child, they would have lived in South Dakota sometime around 1932 or 1933. Yet the US Census shows them living in Minneapolis in 1930 and the Winona (Minnesota) City Directory shows them living there in 1934. They would have had to move to South Dakota for only a few short years and then would have had to move back to Minnesota. There are no records of a marriage to Carroll or Caroline and no records of a birth of Geraldine or Geralding.
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