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| − | Kramer was a Mennonite family in Hamburg, [[ | + | Kramer was a Mennonite family in Hamburg, [[Germany]], but is now extinct. They were a wealthy mercantile family, probably originally from [[Netherlands|Holland]]. Lourens Kramer (d. 1714), married to Adriana de Vos (Vosz), and his brother Lucas Kramer (d. 1719), married to Sara de Vos (Vosz), were important Greenland whalers. Lucas Kramer and Elisabeth and Susanna Kramer supported the building of a new meetinghouse at [[Altona (Hamburg, Germany)|Altona]] in 1796. Pieter Kramer (d. 1796), three times a deacon of the church, bequeathed it 1,000 Marks. |
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| − | Roosen, Berend Carl. | + | Roosen, Berend Carl. ''Geschichte der Mennoniten-Gemeinde zu Hamburg und Altona.'' Hamburg, 1886-1887: II, 6, 82, 84. |
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Latest revision as of 22:26, 17 June 2017
Kramer was a Mennonite family in Hamburg, Germany, but is now extinct. They were a wealthy mercantile family, probably originally from Holland. Lourens Kramer (d. 1714), married to Adriana de Vos (Vosz), and his brother Lucas Kramer (d. 1719), married to Sara de Vos (Vosz), were important Greenland whalers. Lucas Kramer and Elisabeth and Susanna Kramer supported the building of a new meetinghouse at Altona in 1796. Pieter Kramer (d. 1796), three times a deacon of the church, bequeathed it 1,000 Marks.
Bibliography
Roosen, Berend Carl. Geschichte der Mennoniten-Gemeinde zu Hamburg und Altona. Hamburg, 1886-1887: II, 6, 82, 84.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Kramer family." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Kramer_family&oldid=148922.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1957). Kramer family. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Kramer_family&oldid=148922.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 232. All rights reserved.
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