Then, as added an obituary database, I thought it would surely appear. Later, I thought maybe it would be posted in Find-a-Grave by some Ritterhouse relative, but so far no luck with that. At first I was sure it would be in my Great-Aunt Edna's papers, but we never found it. I knew when and where she died, but had never been able to find an obituary. Was it the early loss of her mother, the smallness of her village, the lack of opportunities in Germany, an adventurous spirit? We'll probably never know, but I probably won't stop wondering and looking for answers.įor several years, I have been searching for an obituary for Rosina Kramer Ritterhouse VanDorn. With roots that deep and a legacy like that in her hometown, it seems even more amazing that the young Rosina undertook the arduous and dangerous ordeal of immigrating to America. According to these Family Group Sheets, there is documentation for Crammes there from, at least, 1686 to 1877. Reading through these five generations of Cramme/Kramme families, it is impressive to note that Crammes lived in the tiny village of Haueda, Germany for at least two hundred years. The children were almost certainly all born in Haueda, since Wilhelm and Elisabeth were married there, although it is not recorded in the Family Group Sheets. For most of them, birth dates, death dates and other facts are not known.
Wilhelm and Elisabeth (Bolton) Kramme had at least eight children. The information is sketchy since we are going back into the mid-1600s and early 1700s. The final generation we have any information on is Rosina's paternal great-great-great-grandparents'. We only know of one child, although it is highly likely more were born to Johann Henrich and Anna Elisabeth (Wolff) Kramme, especially since they were married in 1723 and Rosina's great-grandfather was born in 1728.
Rosina's paternal great-great-grandparents were born around the turn of the 18th century. At least three of their children did not live past toddler age. They had seven children, four daughters and three sons, with her grandfather born right in the middle, the fourth oldest. Rosina's paternal great-grandparents had a large family relative to her family and her father's family. Here is the information from the Family Group Sheet for Friedrich's family. That must have been a tough time for him. His father was nearly 76 when he died and his sister 47. It also appears like he lost his father and oldest sister within a month of each other. Friedrich's mother also died when he was young, although he was nearly a teenager. Rosina's father, Friedrich, was the youngest child of his parents, Johann George and Anna Maria (Scherf) Cramme. Marriage: 1865 in Pekin, IL to Anna Kleen Marriage: in Pekin, IL to William Ritterhouse It seems likely he remarried, or that their grandparents may have helped raise the children. Their family group sheet provides the following information: There is no indication that her father remarried, but he would have had three very young children (6, 3 1/2, and nearly 1) and he would have only been 34 years old. Also, notice that her mother died when she was just six years old. Notice that her first name is spelled differently, and we now have her middle name. Our Rosina was the oldest child of three, according to these Family Group Sheets and was born almost exactly nine months after her parents marriage. Rosina's parents were Friedrich and Katherina Elizabeth (Ackermann) Cramme. Nevertheless, below is the information included in the Family Group Sheets provided by Cousin Jim Stewart. I am still hoping to acquire a copy of the book. I do not have any source documentation for this information. The book was a big help!"Ĭousin Jim did provide Family Group Sheets on six generations of Cramer/Cramme ancestors. As our cousin Jim writes, "Unfortunately it is written in German and my German vocabulary is limited to about 500 words or less. According to our "Cramme/Cramer" cousin, one of our German "Cramme" cousins (Hans Heinrich Cramme) wrote "a book of genealogy research" on the Cramme family.
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