Gale-Heinemann Family Info Wanted

I received the following email from Bob Heinemann the other day. Since one of the purposes of the Blog is to exchange family history information and to help others who have genealogy questions, I hope someone out in the Blog-O-Sphere can give Bob a hand.

Dear Pete,

I would like to compliment you on the fine work you do with the Bass River History blog.I've recently encountered while doing family research and have enjoyed many of the postings. Although I am not specifically from bass river township, I did grow up in Hammonton and I have fond memories of the pinelands.

I have had relatives that resided in the Bass River area. One in pariticular (a great-great-great Aunt) named Mathilda S. Heinemann was born in Harrisville, Feb 10, 1856 (the famous pine barrens papertown). Her father Christian Heinemann (a German immigrant) was a machine tender in the paper mill and later on when the company incorporated was listed as one of the board of directors.

On Oct 18, 1883 she married a William F. Gale. They were married by a Rev Albert Worthington. Which I discovered from this source:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njburlin/documents/BassRivernj-history.txt

Worthington was a minister of The First Presbyterian Church of Bass River. From your blog I discovered that this ministerer had served there from 1879-1885. Attached is the marriage certificate. An interesting name to note is of the witnesses.

Three are listed: (1) Mrs Francis Gale (I believe this to be William F Gale's Mother, not positive though); (2) Joseph McNeil; and (3) Rusha Gale Cramer

I noticed that Rusha Gale Cramer is similar to the name listed in the blog posting talking about the stained glass windows of the presbyterian church, "Window #8- Six Church Elders." This may be the second wife of Charles Pitman Cramer.

On Feb 12, 1930 Mathilda died and was buried at Miller cemetary. A photo of her and her husband's tombstones are attached.

The 1920 census list Mathilda and William F. Gale as residing in the Wading River Village and his occupation as being a farmer. They had three children named (1) Annie Frances Gale; (2) William C. Gale married Maud Wetherbee and had Frances Gale (b 1918) and Marion Gale ( b 1919); and (3) Edwin Ruthven Gale married Louise ________.

1920 Washington Township Census

1910 Washington Township Census

I just wanted to share this with you because I thought it was an interesting connection as well as let you know that your blog has been a valuable resource in providing some insight to the daily lives of my ancestors. So with that I would like to say thank you.

Also, I would like to pose a question to your readership if any of them may be familiar with this line of the Gale family or Heinemann family for that matter.

I do have a great-great-great-uncle that was a methodist minister (Henry J Heinemann married to Gertrude Allen) in the area and he and his family is internned at the Johnson Cemetary in Lower Bank. That's a different story however.

Regards,

Bob Heinemann

So, let's here from someone out in the Blog-O-Sphere and give Bob some help. I know there are at least 3 readers out there (Ed, Gary, and Nancy) who are working on Gale family genealogies.

Pete S

We're freezing our butts off here in New Gretna

Our Blog buddy, Clif Brown out in toasty, warm Arizona, sent this photo of an interesting snow sculpture. I guess he remembered that I was interested in outhouses, as I had posted photos on the Blog of those outhouses in New Gretna that I know about.

As we are now up to our @#%&%# in snow and ice here in New Gretna, I thought that Clif's photo may be appropriate for some comic relief. We sure could use some.

The photo was taken somewhere in Virginia and came with a little poem. I took the liberty of substituting "New Gretna" where "Virginia" appeared in the poem. Hope the author forgives me.

Pete S

It's winter in New Gretna

And the gentle breezes blow,

70 miles per hour at 25 below!

Oh, how I love New Gretna

When the snow's up to your butt;

You take a breath of winter air

And your nose is frozen shut.

Yes, the weather here is wonderful,

I guess I'll hang around.

I could never leave New Gretna

'Cause I'm frozen to the ground.

PS- Here's the real thing, just down the road from my house. Wonder if there is any mail? A Sears catalog might come in handy.

February 27, 2002 photo by Pete Stemmer.

Louisa Allen Wiseman - Bride Number 5

Beverly Mathis Robinson wrote the following comment to the February Blog on Bill Butcher, asking about her great-great grandmother, Louisa Allen Wiseman which is reprinted below.

Hi Pete:

Fascinating as usual. A question. Are the Wisemans mentioned in this installment related is some way to my great-great grandmother Louisa Allen Wiseman's second husband, Jacob Wiseman? I cannot find out anything about him except (I think) his son's name is John.

Thanks,

Beverly Mathis Robinson

The following photo shows the relationship of Beverly Mathis Robinson to Louisa Allen Wiseman which is uncovered when we know who the relationships of the people in the photo.

Eugene "Booter" Mathis, Beverly Robinson's grandfather, with his mother, Ida E. Mathis French (center), and grandmother, Louisa Allen Wiseman. Ida E. was married to Booter's father, John Oliphant Mathis, and later married Swarrow French after John's death. Ida would be Beverly's great grandmother. Louisa was Ida's mother which would make her Beverly's great-great grandmother. Hope you all got that. Who's on first? (Photo courtesy of Jean Mathis McGee, Booter's daughter.)

Our Blog buddy, Don Maxwell, now on winter vacation down in warm Key Largo, sent me an email about his memories of Louisa Allen. He's been writing in a lot lately which I am grateful for. I may have to think about putting him on the Blog payroll.

Pete,

I will attempt to answer Beverly Robinson's question if her great great grandmother Louisa Allen was related to the Wiseman family mentioned in the blog about Bill Butcher. Yes she was, as there was only one Wiseman family in New Gretna, unlike the different branches of the Allens, Mathises and Cramers. I remember Louisa well. She lived in a little house attached to Elizabeth and Earl Cramer's house, as she was Elizabeth and her brother, Eugene (boot) Mathis's grandmother. She was a little old, bent over lady, always dressed in black with high buttoned shoe, and a long dress that swept the ground, just like the ones you see on tv on the old westerns. She never quite adapted to the 20th century. One day, Norman Cramer said to me lets rack up grandmother Wiseman's wood in her woodshed, as she isn't home., Most everyone was burning wood in those days in the 1930's, When she comes home, she will have a nice surprise. So, we did. We worked like beaver's, as we were small boys. We got it all done, figuring she would be tickled pink. When she came home, she was so mad at us, claiming we stacked it all wrong She made us take it all out. I went home and Norman and his dad, Earl, had to restack it. Those old people were pretty well set in their ways in those days.

Don Maxwell

One of the reasons Beverly has been having trouble finding information is that Louisa Allen's second husband was Joshua Wiseman, not Jacob Wiseman as she states in her comment above. While Joshua was Louisa's second husband, Louisa was Joshua's fifth, and last, wife. All that remarrying sure makes tracing one's genealogy quite a challenge.

Following are some genealogy notes and photos regarding Louisa Allen and Joshua Wiseman that may be helpful to Beverly and anyone else interested in Louisa Allen and/or Joshua Wiseman.

Here is family information related to Louisa's parents, Caleb and Mary Eliza Allen:

CALEB W. ALLEN (THOMAS JEFFERSON, JOSEPH, PETER, ROBERT, RALPH?) was born 15 Dec 1823, and died 08 Jul 1909. He married MARY ELIZA LEAK 1846, daughter of JOHN LEAK and ROSEANNA. She was born 12 Jan 1823, and died 04 Apr 1900. Caleb and Mary are buried in Miller Cemetery in New Gretna.

Children of CALEB ALLEN and MARY LEAK:

i. THOMAS A.7 ALLEN, b. Feb 1847; d. 16 Feb 1930, New Gretna, NJ.

ii. SARAH ANN ALLEN, b. 06 Dec 1848.

iii. MARIAH J. ALLEN, b. 12 Dec 1850.

iv. LOUISA M. ALLEN, b. Abt. 1851; d. 19 Feb 1938 in Margate, NJ. at the home of her niece, Mrs. Ferdinand Loveland. m. (1) JOHN ALLEN; m. (2) JOSHUA WISEMAN, Bef. 1925; b. 1851; d. 12 Aug 1925, Atlantic City, NJ.

The 1880 census shows a 9 year old Louisa M. Allen living with her parents, Caleb W. and Mary E, along with two brothers and a sister.

Louisa's first husband was John P. Allen. They were married about 1873. Following is their Family information. John P's roots can be traced back to Robert Allen, the first Allen to settle in the Bass River Township area.

JOHN P. ALLEN (URIAH J., THOMAS JEFFERSON, JOSEPH, PETER, ROBERT, RALPH?) was born 21 Dec 1856. He married LOUISA M. ALLEN Abt. 1873, daughter of CALEB ALLEN.

Children of JOHN ALLEN and LOUISA ALLEN are:

i. IDA E. ALLEN, b. Abt. 1869.

ii. MARTHA ALLEN, b. Abt. 1872.

iii. JOHN FRANKLIN "FLICK" ALLEN, b. 23 Nov 1874, Woodbury, NY; d. 09 Apr 1942.

iv. DORA M. ALLEN, b. Oct 1881.

The 1880 Bass River Township census records show the family of John and Louisa M. Allen. Louisa is 37 years old, and her daughter, Ida E., is 11.

As I mentioned earlier, Louisa married Joshua Wiseman after the death of her first husband, John Allen. Following is family information pertaining to Joshua Wiseman who married Louisa rather late in life. I got a particular chuckle out of Myrtle Wiseman Falkinburg's comment regarding Joshua, John Bowers, and John Bowers' daughters. Myrtle is Joshua Wiseman's granddaughter.

Joshua Wiseman

Tintype courtesy of Myrtle Wiseman Falkinburg

JOSHUA WISEMAN (JOHN A.) was born 1851, and died 12 Aug 1925 in Atlantic City, NJ. He married (1) SARAH MITILDA BOWERS Jul 1875, daughter of JOHN BOWERS and CATHERINE WILDERMUTH. She was born Abt. 1860, and died Bef. 1884. He married (2) HARRIET BOWERS 07 Oct 1888, daughter of JOHN BOWERS and CATHERINE WILDERMUTH. She was born Abt. 1865, and died 1895. He married (3) ELNORA V. KELLY 1896, daughter of WILLIAM KELLY and SARAH SPRAGG. She was born 24 Jun 1865, and died 1905. He married (4) MARY THERESA CAULEY 10 Jan 1907 in Manahawkin, NJ. She was born 24 Jun 1865, and died 16 Apr 1910. He married (5) LOUISA ALLEN Bef. 1925, daughter of CALEB ALLEN and MARY LEAK. She was born 1855, and died 19 Feb 1938 in Margate, NJ. at the home of her niece, Mrs. Ferdinand Loveland. Funeral services were held at Pursells and Son in Pleasantville, NJ. She was buried with her husband, Joshua Allen, in her parent's (Caleb and Mary Eliza Allen) plot on the south side of the hill in Miller Cemetery, New Gretna, NJ. Both of their graves are unmarked.

Notes for JOSHUA WISEMAN:

Myrtle Wiseman Falkinburg tells that Joshua first married Sarah Bowers. After Sarah's death, he then married Sarah's sister, Harriet. After Harriet's death, Joshua went back to John Bowers looking for his third wife, as there were five more girls in the family, and was quickly chased away.

Notes for LOUISA ALLEN:

Louisa died at the home of her niece, Mrs. Ferdinand Loveland. Funeral services were held at Pursells and Son in Pleasantville, NJ. Louisa was buried in her parent's (Caleb and Mary Eliza Allen) plot on the south side of the hill in Miller Cemetery, New Gretna, NJ. with her husband, Joshua Wiseman. Both graves are unmarked.

Joshua and Louisa Wiseman

Photo courtesy of Myrtle Wiseman Falkinburg

It is important to take note that Louisa and John Wiseman were burried in Miller Cemetery in the plot of Louisa's parents, Caleb and Mary Eliza Allen, as there is no written record of that fact that I am aware of. That information came from Myrtle Wiseman Falkinburg, who attended her grandfather Joshua's home wake as a five year old.

Myrtle Wiseman Falkinburg remembers attending the wake of her grandfather, Joshua Wiseman, in August, 1925, when she was five years old. Joshua's home stills stands on North Maple Avenue, just across the street from the intersection with Mink Path. (March 6, 2007 photo by Pete Stemmer.)

The Joshua Wiseman homestead was located on Allentown Road, now North Maple Avenue, across from the the Mink Path intersection. (Map courtesy of Bing Maps.)

While Myrtle didn't attend Louisa's funeral, she remembers hearing from her parents that both Joshua and Louisa were buried in Louisa's parents' plot on the hill in Miller Cemetery. Louisa's 1938 obituary below confirms her burial in Miller Cemetery but does not identify the burial plot location as Myrtle was able to do.

I hope the above information answers some of the questions Beverly may have had regarding her great grandmother, Louisa Allen Wiseman. Hopefully, it will also help anyone who might be interested in or working on a genealogy of the Allen or Wiseman families.

Pete S

PS- A big Blog thank you to Myrtle Wiseman Falkinburg and Shirley Whealton who helped me with the Wiseman genealogy.

Another Snowstorm

Two nights ago, Donald Maxwell called me from Key Largo, Florida to chew the fat about the old days in New Gretna. During our conversation, Donald was complaining that it was getting so hot that he was going to have to turn on the air conditioner. I told him that he wasn't going to get any sympathy from me, as a new winter storm was predicted to hit New Gretna in a day or two. Well, it hit early evening last night, and it is still snowing as I post this Blog entry at 12 Noon.

It's difficult to tell exactly how much snow we have gotten because it's been blowing around pretty good in blustery, high winds, and it's still coming down. I would estimate around 16 inches, so far. The following photos give a pretty good picture of the storm.

16 inches and counting

As this is a history Blog, I thought I would post a few snow related photos from our New Gretna old photos archive. I hope you enjoy them.

Bennie Allen plowing Mink Path Road in a 1956 storm. (Photo courtersy of Joseph & Betty Petzak.)

There are three Route 9 houses in the above photo of Earle and Viola Cramer. It's interesting that both went by their middle name. Who out in the Blog-O-Sphere can identify these houses by naming an owner from the old days in New Gretna?

Hope this snow stops soon. I'm getting tired of shoveling. Right about now, sitting in air conditioning in the Florida keys is sounding pretty good. Donald, I'll trade you my snow shovel for your Bermuda shorts.

Pete S

PS- It's now 4:15 PM and still snowing, with no sign that it is letting up.

PPS- Finally stopped snowing around 5 PM. Hurray!

Don Maxwell Remembers Bill Butcher

In our recent journey regarding the identification of Mrs. G. Seel, Don Maxwell mentioned Bill Butcher. The connection was that both sold Supplee ice cream. A few days ago, I got another email from Don with some more of his memories about Bill Butcher. I thought I would share them with you.

Pete,

A little info on Bill Butcher, what little I know. I don't know which branch or family of Cramers he was from, but I think it was from Charles Cramer of the Leektown area. Also, he was close to the Norman Cramer family, as Norman's dad, Earl Cramer, talked about him a lot and called him Cousin Bill. Remember, I was practically raised with Norman as his mother and father and my mother and father had double weddings. They were married together on the same day, October 20, 1923, at the same place. I think it was the Presbyterian minister at the time, as mom was a devout Presbyterian and wouldn't have had anyone else.

Earl and Elizabeth French Cramer were married the same day as Donald Maxwell's paretns, Curtis and Dorothy. (Photo courtesy of Norman and Leila Cramer.)

Anyway, Norman's father, Earl, was born and raised in Leektown. Norman's great-grandfather was Charles Cramer who a calvary man in the Civil war. Norm has showed me his calvary sword with his name inscribed on it.

What Bill Butcher's father name was, I don't know. Bill and his brother, Ward, both went down in the Vineland area and became glassblowers. They retired back in their hometown, New Gretna. Ward was somewhat of a recluse, as he lived in an old shack on Rt. 9 on the old Meadow Road going over to the old iron bridge crossing the Mullica. He was an old bachelor and lived alone. He finally was killed one day when he wasn't looking and stepped out in front of an express truck from Barnegat on its way to making a delivery in Atlantic City. The trucking company name, as I remember, was Bellefontaine Trucking, as it went thru New Gretna all the time.

Back to Bill. My father and I had a fellow from Tuckerton working for us at the time named Jeff Cramer. He was originally from New Gretna in the Greenbush section. His father's name was Renard Cramer. Jeff had a sister, Olive, who married Jack Wiseman. Cassy Heinrich, Myrtle Falkenburg, and Renard Wiseman were jeff's neices and nephew.

John and Olive Wiseman at their 50th wedding anniversary celebration. (Photo courtesy of Myrtle Wisemand Falkinburg.)

Jeff worked for us all through the 1950's, and he used to tell me about Bill Elwood as he called Bill Butcher. Elwood was probably his middle name. Jeff said at one time Bill Butcher joined a religious sect that grew large long beards - on the men, naturally. He said Bill Butcher spoke in "thees" and "thous" and used biblical terms and speech.

One day, Jeff said Bill was underneath calking and painting a boat he had hauled out for repairs . He accidentally calked his long beard in the caulking and while trying to get it out of the seam, he accidentily upset a pail of red copper paint all over himself. Well, he finally got loose and came out from under using a few choice words. He went home, or somewhere, and shaved off his beard and severed all ties with his fellow sect members.

Another thing is that's how Otto Kalm and his wife came to New Gretna. They met Bill Cramer somewhere and develeped a friendship which brought them to New Gretna. Dave and Fred Kalm and Claire Allen might have some insight on that phase of Bill's life.

Otto and Monica Kalm

(Photo courtesy of Claire Kam Allen)

I believe Bill's first butcher shop was where Levi Downs barber shop was. I remember getting a ride home from visiting my grandparents, the Maxwell's in Wading River, as Bill had a meat route that went to Wading River. When we got back to New Gretna, we stopped right in front of where Levi's barbershop was. That was before it was a barbershop. I remember asking my father what Bill Butcher did for a living in his younger days, and he said Bill was a glassblower down in South Jersey. The reason I asked was because he had much more than most people at that time when the depression was still on. He always had a nice new car, always a Pontiac, several nice shiny new guns, and a nice houseboat moored up Bass River off Doughty and Joe Cramers dock. He also had a house in Leektown, probably the one Phyllis Briggs was talking about.

I remember, just before WWII started in early 1941, Bill bought a brand new Pontiac coupe and had it all during the war. He also had the best rabbit dogs in town, as he loved rabbit hunting. I remember Earl Cramer, Norma's father, and even Norman when he was a boy going rabbit hunting with Bill. If someone had a better dog then Bill, he would buy it.

Bill died sometime in the late 1940's, and i don't know whatever happened to his wife, Ann. I do know they never had any children. That's all I can think of about Butcher Bill.

Don Maxwell

Wow, Donald sure has an excellent memory! It's great that he would take the time to write down all those interesting old New Gretna stories. Otherwise, they would be lost. I hope we can encourage him to do some more writing that can be shared here at the Blog.

I thought I would also share some genealogy regarding Butcher Bill. The following information comes from Jean and Murray Harris' book, "Descendants of William Cranmer of Elizabethtown, NJ".

William H. Cramer, son of Ellwood (2541) and Sarah H. (Stackhouse) Cramer, born 2 October 1873 at New Gretna, married about 1898 Anna Patience _________, born May 1877. In 1900 he was a glassblower in Glassboro Township, in 1910 he had a restaurant in New Gretna. He had meat markets in Tuckerton and in New Gretna in 1931. In New Gretna his shop was at the rear of Schaeffer's restaurant in the building owned by Ashton Lamson. This building was destroyed by fire on 1 April 1931. He was known in New Gretna as" Bill Butcher". Children:

i Anna Upton may have been an adopted daughter. She worked with him as a butcher.

I found the Harris' comment about Anna Upton revealing, as it helped me to solve a puzzle I was having with a circa 1940's photo that I found in Marian Broome's attic labelled "Annie Butcher". The Annie in the photo was clearly too young to be Bill Butcher's wife who would have been in her 60's in the 1940's. It appears as if Anna Upton, mentioned by the Harrises, may have been known as "Annie Butcher" as was Bill's Wife, Anna.

Annie Butcher, circa 1940's

Courtesy of Marian Broome

While the Harris helped clear up my confusion regarding the Annie Butcher in the circa 1940's photo, their description of the location of Bill Butchers New Gretna Butcher Shop left me scratching my head. Welcome to my world!

The Harris' description seems to refer to the north-west corner of Rt 9 and North Maple Avenue (See # 2 on the areal map below). That is where, I believe, Ash Lamson's restaurant stood before it was destroyed by a fire in 1931. I don't ever remember hearing that Butcher Bill had his Butcher Shop there.

The intersection of Route 9 and Maple Avenues. 1- The site of the old New Gretna House; 2- The old Rustic Inn, now boarded up; 3- Present day "Munchies"; and 4- Vacant Lot. The house in the upper right corner was the home of Curtis and Dot Maxwell where Donald Maxwell grew up.

All the stories I have heard about Butcher Bill's shop placed it about where the present day "Munchies" deli is located - #3 on the map. This is also the location described by Don Maxwell in the January 27 Blog entry. Donald placed it " . . . on the S.E. corner of South Maple Avenue (commonly called Eel Street in those days), sort of diagonally across from our house next to the Rustic . . ."

It's possible that both the Harrises and Don Maxwell are right regarding the location of Butcher Bill's business establishment. Bill could have moved his operation and, thus operated out of two New Gretna locations.

I was able to trace Butcher Bill through a variety of censuses, spanning 50 years, from 1880 as a 7 year old boy through 1930 as a 53 year old merchant.

The 1880 Bass River Township census shows our William H. Cramer, age 7, living on a farm with his parents, Elwood and Sarah, and two younger brothers, Harry and Calvin.

Just 4 families down the same 1880 census page we see the Charles Cramer family. The Elwood Cramer family is listed as Family 111 and the Charles Cramer family as Family 115. This confirms a connection between Elwood Cramer and Charles Cramer and relates to Donald Maxwell's statement - " I don't know which branch or family of Cramers he (Butcher Bill) was from, but I think it was from Charles Cramer of the Leektown area." Jean and Murray Harris' genealogy of Ellwood Cramer (near the end of today's blog posting) proves Don Maxwell correct, as it identifies Charles A. Cramer as the father of Elwood Cramer and, thus, the grandfather of Butcher Bill.

Unfortunately, the 1890 census is not available, as it was destroyed in a warehouse fire. That takes us to the 1900 census where we find William H. Cramer living in Glassboro. Bill, now 25 years old, has married Patience A., age 23, two years earlier. They have no children. His brother, Ward, is living next door with a wife, Olga, and a 2 year old son, Arnold. Both Bill and Ward's occupations are listed as "Glassblower". Again, this confirms Donald Maxwell's story - " . . . he [Donald's father Curtis] said Bill was a glassblower down in South Jersey." and "Bill and his brother, Ward, both went down in the Vineland area and became glassblowers." I guess you could say that Glassboro is in the Vineland area, especially from the perspective of a New Gretna resident.

By the 1910 census, we see that Bill has moved to Bass River and was operating a restaurant. His wife is listed as "Anna P." rather than the "Patience A." noted in the 1900 census. I'm sure it is the same person but with middle name listed as a first name and visa versa. We can't be sure if Bill was running a butcher shop at that time, but it's possible.

Bill and Anna seemed to have disappeared at the 1920 census. I could find no trace of them. It is likely that they lived in either Bass River or Tuckerton and continued to run either a restaurant or butcher shop, perhaps both. Any help locating Bill and Anna in 1920 would be appreciated.

They resurfaced in Tuckerton in the 1930 census. Listed as "William H.", Bill is now 53 years old and his wife, Anna, 50. From the years married census columns we see that they were married in 1880 while in their early 20's. The occupation column notations, "proprietor" and "West market", show that Bill is still operating a market business, probably a butcher shop. I have heard that Bill operated butcher shops in both New Gretna and Tuckerton, so it is possible that he was still operating a butcher shop in New Gretna while living and operating a market in Tuckerton.

Taking a look at Butcher Bill's parents' family as presented by the Harrises (see below) may help in recognizing of Bills brothers and sisters who might be known be some of our Blog readers. Unfortunately, I am not familiar with any of Bill's siblings and don't have any photos of them. The family's roots seem to be in the Glassboro area rather than New Gretna. This jives with Don Maxwell's January 27th Blog recollection that " Bill Butcher . . . went into the butcher business after he and his brother, Ward, retired from the glassblowing business somewhere down in South Jersey."

Ellwood Cramer, son of Charles A. (2217) and Elizabeth (Adams) Cramer, born 27 January 1843 at New Gretna, died 29 January 1925 at Glassboro, married at Egg Harbor City 23 August 1872 Sarah H. Stackhouse (Stackers on marriage certificate), daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Headley) Stackhouse of Millville, born 11 April 1853, died 30 March 1934 at Glassboro. They are both buried at Manahath Cemetery in Glassboro. Ellwood was a sailor for a number of years before settling at Glassboro. Their children:

i William H. Cramer, married Anna Patience ____________.

ii Harry Ward Cramer, married (a) Olga B. _______ and (b) Eliza Spangler.

iii Calvin Cramer, born April 1879, married (a) Esther Stow and (b) Anna M. Deckman.

iv Ervin B. Cramer, born 7 August 1882 Bass River, died 1893, buried Manahath Cemetery, Glassboro.

v Stanley Cramer, born 3 February 1885 at Bass River

vi Alice A. Cramer, born 2 October 1889, lived in Glassboro in 1934. (Informant on mother's death certificate)

vii Rose Cramer, born May 1892.

Well, thanks to Don Maxwell we sure know a lot more about Butcher Bill. It's always satisfying when another piece of New Gretna history falls into place.

Pete S