Ira Norton CRAMER
Birth:
1 Aug 1888
Stuart, Holt, Nebraska
Death:
14 Aug 1954
Miles City, Custer, Montana
Marriage:
1 Sep 1922
Broadus, Montana
Father:
Mother:
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2-1-98 Information about the death of Norton Cramer from Reva Walquist.
2-27-98 Information received today from Emma Cramer Crosby. When Ira
was discharged from the army his parents lived at Kruger Montana, and he
returned there. In his discharge papers it says he was in good health,
and his character was excellent. It states he was 29 11/years old, he
had blue eyes, lt. brown hair, ruddy complexion, and was 5' 5". He
farmed with his parents until he married Ida Crays, when he homesteaded
his own farm. In 1942, after his daughter Emma graduated from High
school, they moved to Stockton California, to work during World War II.
Norton got Multiple Sclerosis while working in the Stockton-Pollack
Shipyards and had to quit working. They moved back to Miles City,
Montana and purchased an apartment house. Norton passed away and is
buried at Custer National Cemetery at Crow Agency, Montana, on August 14,
1954.
Obituary: Ira N. CRAMER, Ira Norton Cramer, 66, 221 North Ninth, a
Montana resident for about 42 years, died at a local hospital early
Saturday morning. He had been hospitalized about two weeks.
Mr. Cramer was born Aug. 1, 1888, in Stewart, Neb., and came to Montana
in 1909, homesteading on Baking Powder creek near Broadus. The family
lived there until moving to California in 1942, Three years later they
returned to Montana to make their home in Miles City.
Mr. Cramer is survived by his wife, Ida J.; a daughter, Mrs Emma Crosby,
Denver; a son, Sgt. Samuel N Cramer with the Army on Okinawa; three
step-daughters, Mrs. Wilma Rhodes, Seattle; Mrs Bulah Cole, Broadus, and
Mrs Norman Camp, Hamilton; a step son, Forest M Crays, Denver; 23
grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. A sister and one grandchild
preceded him in death.
Funeral services have been set tentatively for Thursday morning in the
chapel of Graves Funeral home. Burial will be in the Custer
Battlefield. *****
I am told Ira Norton was a blacksmith. I believe Joanne Rollins is the
person who told me, very recently. Karon 6-5-98 *****
Miles City Library, Miles City, MT 59313 406-232-1496
Custer County Clerk and Recorder, Miles City, MT 59313 406-233-3343
Miles City Genealogical Society Mailing Address: P.O. Box 711, Miles
City, MT 59301 Contact: Robin Gerber, 309 Orr, Miles City, MT 59301
Ida Jane Montgomery CRAYS
Birth:
Abt 1890
Loogootee, Martin, Indiana
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
Marlene told me that Ida Montgomery was married 4 times, each time to a
man whose last name began with a "C". Ira Norton Cramer was the third
husband. With each husband she had two children, and her husband died.
The last time she married she was about 70, and the man lived 20 years.
Marlene said they were told that the original spelling of the name was
Krahmmer, and presumed to be Dutch. It was then changed to Kramer, and
later to Cramer. She had met someone who was from Holland and he said
the name Krahmmer was a common name there.
Children
Marriage
1
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked
Marr:
2
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked
Marr:
Notes:
The copy of his birth certificate states they lived at Biddle, MT.
Reva Walquist, adopted granddaughter of Laura Cramer says she remembers
Norton Cramer, she thought he was a cousin, and she remembers Sammy, he
was in the service, she was a child, he was wearing a brown uniform, she
thinks it must have been air force or army.
2-1-98 Talked to two of Sam Cramer's children, Joanne and David. David
said his father was in the Marines in WW II, and later joined the Army,
and retired from the Army.
Sam married several times, and had 6 children.
2-27-98 Information from his sister, says he was born on a ranch near
Kruger, MT., near Broadus. He enlisted in the Marine Corp at age 17, and
later joined the Army, retired from the Army.
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Ira Norton Cramer - Ida Jane Montgomery Crays
Ira Norton Cramer
was born at Stuart, Holt, Nebraska 1 Aug 1888.
His parents were Orestes Charles Cramer and Eliza Emmarilla Carlton.
He married Ida Jane Montgomery Crays 1 Sep 1922 at Broadus, Montana . Ida Jane Montgomery Crays was born at Loogootee, Martin, Indiana Abt 1890 .
They were the parents of 2
children:
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Ira Norton Cramer died 14 Aug 1954 at Miles City, Custer, Montana .