All information obtained from marriage records of children.
All information obtained from marriage records of children.
All information obtained from the marriage record of daughter Caroline Eberhard to Jean Michel Schweinberg, 9 Nov 1863.
Occupation: laborer
All information obtained from the marriage record of daughter Caroline Eberhard to Jean Michel Schweinberg, 9 Nov 1863.
Occupation: laborer
All information obtained from the marriage record of daughter Madeleine to Michel Messer 23 May 1871.
All information obtained from the marriage record of daughter Madeleine Claufs to Michel Messer 23 May 1871.
All information taken from record of husband's second marriage to Barbe Wittner in 1811.
Never married. No children.
At the time of the 1870 census, Nicholas Kramer (30) lived in Pittsburgh's 10th Ward. Other members of the household were Catherine Kramer (25), Kate Kramer (4), John Kramer (2), Anna Kramer (2 mos), and Christopher Kramer (18). The 1870 census does not indicate the relationship of the people in the household to each other. One possibility is that Nicholas and Catherine were husband and wife, the youngsters were their children, and Christopher was a brother or cousin of Nicholas. According to the census, Everyone in the household was born in France except Anna. This conflicts with later census data.
In 1880, 40 year old laborer Nicholas Kramer lived in the third precinct of Mifflin Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania with his wife Catherine (35) and children Mary (13), George (12), Sarah (10), Elizabeth (8), Laura B. (4) and Anthony (1). The three oldest children attended school. All of the children were born in Pennsylvania. Nicholas was a native of France, as were his parents. Elizabeth was born in New York; her parents were Irish.
One wonders if the two families found in the 1870 and 1880 census are the same family. The names and ages of the parents match, as do the ages of the children. However, the childrens' names are different in the two censuses, as are their birthplaces. The childrens' names in the 1880 census match those provided by Sister Eugenia for the most part.
In 1900, Nicholas Kramer (51 - Oct 1848), his wife Catherine (53 - Feb 1846) and their children Laura (22 - Jun 1878) and Joseph (17 - Apr 1883) owned a home at 21 Holland Ave. in the third ward of Braddock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Nicholas, a native of France, came to America in 1864 and was a naturalized citizen. According to the census, he married Catherine shortly after arriving in this country. Nicholas's occupation is "engineer sta." The census states that Catherine and her parents were natives of New York. The children were born in Pennsylvania. Everyone in the household could read and write.
According to Sister Eugenia Maurer, Nicholas worked in the Salt Works on the Salt Mill Run near Whttaker.
Sources conflict on year of birth:
abt 1840 -- calculated from 1870 and 1880 census
1843 -- Maurer
Oct 1848 -- 1900 censusData also conflict on year of death:
1927 -- Maurer
1921 -- McAdams, tombstone transcription
According to the 1870 census, Katherine Kramer could not read or write. The 1900 census states that eight of Catherine's ten children were still living in 1900.
This child is not included in the family by researcher Sister Eugenia Maurer. In 1900, 22 year old Laura Kramer lived with her parents in Braddock and worked as a servant.
In 1900, 17 year old Joseph Kramer lived with his parents in Braddock, PA and worked as a laborer in a pipe mill.
ALL:unpublished, undocumented family histories: "The Schweinberg Story" by
Sister Eugeneia Maurer, Mater Dei College, Ogdensburg, NY, 1982 and "The Family
of Louis Leo Schweinberg" by Beatrice Schweinberg Hough, Port Arthur, TX, 1975.
Copies of both manuscripts in possession of submitter.