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PHILIP S. KRAMER FAMILY
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Mrs. Phil Kramer
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TOWNSHIP 139N RANGE 96W
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PHILIP S. KRAMER FAMILY
Philip S. Kramer was born in Stark County, Dickinson, N.D. on April 10, 1912. He received his formal education in Gladstone, N.D. While going to school he helped his father on the farm, which was six miles south of Gladstone. He later worked for the Glen Cassidy Dairy, south of Dickinson. He went to Billings, Mont. In 1935. Philip married Evelyn R. Bartell on Sept. 27, 1937 at Dickinson. After marriage they left for Billings, where he worked for Ryniker Sheet Metal, where he learned his trade from a German, Emil Rouf. Times were hard and wages low, but the people were happy. Hamburger was 19¢ a lb., loaf of bread 11$$, and eggs 7¢ a doz.
On Sept. 4, 1939 our son, Terrence John, was born. The war broke out in 1942. Sheet Metal workers were needed at the Bremerton Ship Yards, so Philip applied and was accepted working on ships such as the California, Saratoga and others. Tragedy struck on Sept. 2, 1943; our son was killed in a car accident. This dampened our hopes of staying on the west coast. On Dec. 8, 1943, our daughter, Karen, was born. On March 23, 1945, our son, Donald, was born. After the war in October of 1945, we traveled back to our homeland, Dickinson.
Philip had plans of opening up his own sheet metal shop. After working for his uncle, Philip, at Bogner Implement, he started his own business in an old stone shack. Progress was good, the old shack was torn down and built up, but it soon was too small. A new modern building was built, known as the Kramer Sheet Metal Works. Mr. Kramer was in business for 30 years. His son Donald has taken over the business.
Our children attended St. Joseph's Catholic School in the grades and Dickinson High School. Karen attended St. Catherine's College in St. Paul, Minn., and graduated in 1965. Donald attended State School of Science, Wahpeton, N.D. Karen married Gary Price on Dec. 28, 1965 at St. Joseph's Church, Dickinson. They have two daughters, Pamela, age nine, and Jennifer, age five. They are living in Glen Ellyn, Ill., where Gary is with Sears, Roebuck as an auditor.
Mr. Kramer's parents: John Kramer was born March 3, 1887 in Nimetz, Ternes Commitat, Bernat. Agnes Bogner was born April 30, 1890 at San Andres, Ternes Commital, Bernat. His paternal grandparents were John and Catherine (Koller) Kramer, born 1858-1950. His maternal grandparents: Frank Bogner, born Feb. 16, 1858 and Catherine Frie, born Nov. 16, 1867. His maternal great grandparents were Anton and Maria Frie. His paternal grandfather was a farmer and his maternal grandfather a cabinet maker. Philip's father left his native country in 1897, taking up a homestead 15 miles south of Gladstone, N.D.
Mrs. Kramer's parents: Nick Bartel was born Sept. 14, 1883 at Platz, Ternes Commital, Bernat. He was a barber by trade when haircuts were 15¢. With not enough business in small Dickinson, he left barbering and worked for the Charles Bakke Construction. In later years he was a janitor at the Dickinson Court House. Elizabeth Haas was born Oct. 7, 1884 at Vilagas, Ternes Commital, Bernat. She came to the United States when she was 12 years old. Her paternal grandparents were Jacob Bartel, born 1843 at Dolatz. Clara Ochenfeldt was born Aug. 12, 1843. Maternal grandparents: Joseph Haas and Barbara Garasak, both natives of Colony Vilagas, Bernat. They came to Richardton in the fall of 1892, where he took up a homestead nine miles south of Richardton. They built a sod house and listened to the coyotes howl at night.
Mr. Kramer has nine brothers and sisters: Frank, Billings, Mont.; John, deceased; Nick, Napa, Calif.; Kathryn, deceased; Helen Roberts, Grand Blanc, Mich.; Tony, Kentwood, Calif.; Barbara Breden, Sebastopol, Calif.; Jack Sebastopol, Calif.; and Zita Moreano, San Jose, Calif.
Mrs. Kramer has one brother and one sister, one half brother: John, Kelso, Wash.; Sue Bartell Dasovick, Dickinson; Fran Haas, deceased; and Michael, deceased.
By Mrs. Phil Kramer
Philip S. Kramer was born in Stark County, Dickinson, N.D. on April 10, 1912. He received his formal education in Gladstone, N.D. While going to school he helped his father on the farm, which was six miles south of Gladstone. He later worked for the Glen Cassidy Dairy, south of Dickinson. He went to Billings, Mont. In 1935. Philip married Evelyn R. Bartell on Sept. 27, 1937 at Dickinson. After marriage they left for Billings, where he worked for Ryniker Sheet Metal, where he learned his trade from a German, Emil Rouf. Times were hard and wages low, but the people were happy. Hamburger was 19¢ a lb., loaf of bread 11$$, and eggs 7¢ a doz.
On Sept. 4, 1939 our son, Terrence John, was born. The war broke out in 1942. Sheet Metal workers were needed at the Bremerton Ship Yards, so Philip applied and was accepted working on ships such as the California, Saratoga and others. Tragedy struck on Sept. 2, 1943; our son was killed in a car accident. This dampened our hopes of staying on the west coast. On Dec. 8, 1943, our daughter, Karen, was born. On March 23, 1945, our son, Donald, was born. After the war in October of 1945, we traveled back to our homeland, Dickinson.
Philip had plans of opening up his own sheet metal shop. After working for his uncle, Philip, at Bogner Implement, he started his own business in an old stone shack. Progress was good, the old shack was torn down and built up, but it soon was too small. A new modern building was built, known as the Kramer Sheet Metal Works. Mr. Kramer was in business for 30 years. His son Donald has taken over the business.
Our children attended St. Joseph's Catholic School in the grades and Dickinson High School. Karen attended St. Catherine's College in St. Paul, Minn., and graduated in 1965. Donald attended State School of Science, Wahpeton, N.D. Karen married Gary Price on Dec. 28, 1965 at St. Joseph's Church, Dickinson. They have two daughters, Pamela, age nine, and Jennifer, age five. They are living in Glen Ellyn, Ill., where Gary is with Sears, Roebuck as an auditor.
Mr. Kramer's parents: John Kramer was born March 3, 1887 in Nimetz, Ternes Commitat, Bernat. Agnes Bogner was born April 30, 1890 at San Andres, Ternes Commital, Bernat. His paternal grandparents were John and Catherine (Koller) Kramer, born 1858-1950. His maternal grandparents: Frank Bogner, born Feb. 16, 1858 and Catherine Frie, born Nov. 16, 1867. His maternal great grandparents were Anton and Maria Frie. His paternal grandfather was a farmer and his maternal grandfather a cabinet maker. Philip's father left his native country in 1897, taking up a homestead 15 miles south of Gladstone, N.D.
Mrs. Kramer's parents: Nick Bartel was born Sept. 14, 1883 at Platz, Ternes Commital, Bernat. He was a barber by trade when haircuts were 15¢. With not enough business in small Dickinson, he left barbering and worked for the Charles Bakke Construction. In later years he was a janitor at the Dickinson Court House. Elizabeth Haas was born Oct. 7, 1884 at Vilagas, Ternes Commital, Bernat. She came to the United States when she was 12 years old. Her paternal grandparents were Jacob Bartel, born 1843 at Dolatz. Clara Ochenfeldt was born Aug. 12, 1843. Maternal grandparents: Joseph Haas and Barbara Garasak, both natives of Colony Vilagas, Bernat. They came to Richardton in the fall of 1892, where he took up a homestead nine miles south of Richardton. They built a sod house and listened to the coyotes howl at night.
Mr. Kramer has nine brothers and sisters: Frank, Billings, Mont.; John, deceased; Nick, Napa, Calif.; Kathryn, deceased; Helen Roberts, Grand Blanc, Mich.; Tony, Kentwood, Calif.; Barbara Breden, Sebastopol, Calif.; Jack Sebastopol, Calif.; and Zita Moreano, San Jose, Calif.
Mrs. Kramer has one brother and one sister, one half brother: John, Kelso, Wash.; Sue Bartell Dasovick, Dickinson; Fran Haas, deceased; and Michael, deceased.
By Mrs. Phil Kramer