Kramer, Donald W.

Male Abt 1912 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Kramer, Donald W. 
    Born Abt 1911–1912  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • According to one report, when George and Marie Kramer divorced, their son, Donald, was adopted by his grandmother, Mary Wilhelmine (Wellemeyer) Addicks, and assumed the Addicks surname. This has not yet been confirmed.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1920  Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • According to the 1920 federal enumeration, Donald W. Kramer, age 8, attending school, and his mother, Mary L. Kramer, age 33, divorced, were living in the home of Mary's mother, Mary W. Addicks, age 57, a widow. Also in the home was two other daughters of Mary Addicks: Dorothy L. Addicks, Mary's daughter, age 24, single, teaching in the public school; and, Eunice M. Addicks, age 16, attending school.
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I5785  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 24 Dec 2010 

    Father Kramer, George L.,   b. Abt 1877–1878,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Addicks, Marie Louise Busch,   b. 2 Jun 1886, Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1977  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 26 Aug 1908  Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    • According to the application for a marriage license and the marriage license, George L. Kramer, of Brighton, Macoupin County, Illinois, age 30, and Miss Marie L. Addicks, of Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, age 24, were married by Rev. George B. Addicks. This was almost certainly Marie's father.
    Family ID F1881  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 70.
      Don W. Kramer was a child of George L. Kramer and Marie Louise Busch Addicks. No date or place of birth given.
           Citing information from Family Tree Maker CD 28, Gretchen wrote: "Mary lived in Warrenton with her husband until his death. Mary bought another house on Steinhagen Street and lived there for some time afterwards with her adopted son, Don Addicks, and her daughter, Eunice. She ran a chicken business, sold eggs to the college; sold eggs and chickens in the St. Louis area. She would raise approximately one thousand chickens at a time. Don helped deliver them. Mary adopted her grandson, Don W. Kramer, and he took the Addicks name. Don was the son of Mary's daughter Marie, who divorced George Kramer. In 1928 Eunice got married and Don left to go to St. Thomas College in Pennsylvania on a football scholarship. Don lost the scholarship when he got hurt playing ball."

    2. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T625, roll 966, image 94, page 4A.
      1920 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Warren County, Elkhorn Township, Warrenton, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 9, Enumeration District 190, census sheet 4A, enumerated on 6-7 January 1920; Mary W. Addicks household, College Heights, dwelling 92, family 99, lines 35-39. Access through Ancestry.com in November 2010.
           In the household was: 39) Kramer, Donald W.; grandson; male; white; age 8; attended school since 1 September 1919; born in Missouri; father born in Illinois; mother born in Illinois.
           By calculation from the information provided, Donald would have been born about 1911-1912. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1920 U.S. census for this person.

    3. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T625, roll 966, image 94, page 4A.
      1920 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Warren County, Elkhorn Township, Warrenton, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 9, Enumeration District 190, census sheet 4A, enumerated on 6-7 January 1920; Mary W. Addicks household, College Heights, dwelling 92, family 99, lines 35-39. Access through Ancestry.com in November 2010.
           The household consisted of: 35) Addicks, Mary W.; head; owns home; with mortgage; female; white; age 57; widow; can read; can write; born in Iowa; father born in Germany (German); mother born in Germany (German); speaks English. 36) Addicks, Dorothy L.; daughter; female; white; age 24; single; can read; can write; born in Missouri; father born in Germany (German); mother born in Iowa; speaks English; teacher, in Public School; employment states=s [salary worker]. 37) Addicks, Eunice M.; daughter; female; white; age 16; single; attended school since 1 September 1919; can read; can write; born in Missouri; father born in Germany (German); mother born in Iowa; speaks English. 38) Kramer, Mary L.; daughter; female; white; age 33; divorced; can read; can write; born in Illinois; father born in Germany (German); mother born in Iowa; speaks English. 39) Kramer, Donald W.; grandson; male; white; age 8; attended school since 1 September 1919; born in Missouri; father born in Illinois; mother born in Illinois.

    4. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 70.
      George L. Kramer and Marie Louise Busch Addicks were married. No date or place given.

    5. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002. Application for License to Marry #112.
      Accessed on 26 November 2010. Original data from: Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, Missorui: Missouri State Archives.
           Issued in Warren County, Missouri on 26 August 1908 to George L. Kramer, of Brighton, Macoupin County, Illinois, age 30, and Miss Marie L. Addicks, of Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, age 24. Recorded on page 102 of the register on 31 August 1908 by J. G. Wessendorf, recorder.

    6. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002. Marriage License.
      Accessed on 26 November 2010. Original data from: Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, Missouri: Missouri State Archives.
           Marriage License register, page 177. A marriage license issued by J. G. Wessendorf, Recorder of Deeds, at Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri on 26 August 1908 to George L. Kramer, of Brighton, Macoupin County, Illinois, who was over the age of 21 years, and, Miss Marie L. Addicks, of Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, who was over the age of 18 years.
           George B. Addicks, a minister of the Gospel, certified that he did unite in marriage the above named persons on 26 August 1908 at Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri.
           The Certificate of Marriage was filed in the office of the Recorder of Deeds at 8:00 a.m. on 31 August 1908.