Henry Cramer – 1835-1885 is my maternal three x grandfather. He is Cyril Wright’s grandfather.
He was born in Geseke, Westfalen, Preuben, Germany on 12th June, 1835. His parents were Conrad Cramer (1789-1835) and Elizabeth Leising (1796-1835).
He married Margaret McNamara on January 17, 1867 in the Roman Catholic Church in Mt Gambier, South Australia. They had seven children including Josephenna Theresa Cramer (in 1877) who was Cyril Wright’s mother.
1872: Henry is charged with forging and uttering a cheque
Henry Cramer, a German, speaks good English, aged 30
years, 5ft. in. high, fair complexion, beard and moustache
inclined to be sandy, very thin whiskers, dressed in a suit of
light striped tweed (very dirty), and a high-crowned felt hat,
is charged, on a warrant issued at Adelaide on the 13th
instant, with feloniously forging and uttering a cheque for
£5, on the Bank of Australasia, signed Gong Yung, with
intent to defraud Albert Domeyer, at Adelaide. The offender
is reported to have a wife living at Kapunda, and deals in
greengrocery ; he was also employed by Dean & Laughton.
South Australian Police Gazette, 14 Feb 1872, p.26
1880 (August) Heinrich was charged with deserting Margaret and ordered to pay maintenance for desertion.
Henry Cramer, a German, aged 40 years, height 6ft.,
stout build, dark hair and whiskers, dark complexion, a
carpenter by trade, for deserting his wife, at Port Pirie, on
the 20th Ultimo.
South Australian Police Gazette, 18 Aug 1880, p.153
In the same year, he attempted suicide (by hanging) and was charged with wilful suicide for which he served 3 months in jail.
In 1885 in Wentworth, NSW, he died by a gunshot wound to his head, inflicted by himself. He was 49 years old.
For further details, go to Henry’s pages for the places below.
Cramer Family Residences
- 1835 Westfarlen, Germany
- 1867 Mt Gambier, South Australia
- 1877 Port Pirie, South Australia
- 1885 Wentworth, New South Wales