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Cramer Family Genealogy Report

Cramer Family

Generation No. 4

Jacob & Margaret Cramer

Jacob Herman Cramer, born August 31, 1879 in Bluff Springs, IL; died August 11, 1936 in Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL. He was the son of Englebert Cramer and Paulina M. Hackman. He married Margaret A. Winklehake November 2, 1905 in Springfield, IL.

Margaret A. Winklehake, born October 16, 1882; died October 2, 1924 in Springfield, IL. She was the daughter of Henry Frederick Winklehake and Wilhelmina M. Jokisch.

Children of Jacob Cramer and Margaret Winklehake are:

  1. Pauline Cramer.

  2. Henry Englebert Cramer.

  3. Hazel Ada Cramer.

  4. Nina Louise Cramer.

  5. Rosemary Margaret Cramer.

  6. Jacob H. Cramer, II.

  7. Dorothy Cramer.

  8. Robert Cramer.

  9. Betty Margaret Cramer.


Generation No. 5

Englebert Cramer

Englebert Cramer, born November 7, 1856 in Beardstown, Cass Co., IL; died September 4, 1945 in Bluff Springs, IL. Buried at Arenzville, IL Cemetery. He was the son of Jacob H. Cramer and Charlotta Trompe. He married Paulina M. Hackman, 1877.

Paulina M. Hackman, born in Cass Co., IL; died November 26, 1910. She was the daughter of John Henry Hackman and Louisa Jokisch.

Children of Englebert Cramer and Paulina Hackman are:

  1. Louisa Cramer, died October 1944; married William M. Carls.

  2. Julius W. Cramer, died Aft. 1945. Served in U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. New York in 1915.

  3. Ada Cramer, died 1924; married Raymond Rhineberger.

  4. Henry Cramer, born Abt. 1878; died in infancy.

  5. Jacob Herman Cramer , born August 31, 1879 in Bluff Springs, IL; died August 11, 1936 in Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL; married Margaret A. Winklehake, November 2, 1905 in Springfield, IL.

  6. Englebert Cramer, born September 23, 1889; died April 9, 1968 in Bluff Springs, IL.

Henry F. Winklehake


Henry Frederick Winklehake, born March 5, 1858 in LaGrange, MO. He was the son of Frederick Winklehake and Elizabeth Drescher. He married Wilhelmina M. Jokisch.

Wilhelmina M. Jokisch. She was the daughter of Traugott Ernst Jokisch and Margaret Ziegemier.

Children of Henry Winklehake and Wilhelmina Jokisch are:

  1. Ada L. Winklehake

  2. Margaret A. Winklehake , born October 16, 1882; died October 2, 1924 in Springfield, IL; married Jacob Herman Cramer, November 2, 1905 in Springfield, IL.

  3. Alma C. Winklehake , born October 3, 1889; died April 2, 1967; married Louis Frederich Middendorf, April 10, 1960 in Virginia, IL; born April 5, 1889 in Bluffs, IL; died September 20, 1971 in Virginia, IL.


Generation No. 6

Jacob H. Cramer, born October 5, 1823 in Hanover, Germany; died May 7, 1872 in Beardstown, Cass Co., IL. Buried at Beardstown City Cemetery. He married Charlotta Trompe, March 8, 1851 in St. Louis, MO.

Charlotta Trompe, born 1828 in Prussia, Germany; died 1888 in Beardstown, Cass Co., IL. Buried at Beardstown City Cemetery.

Children of Jacob Cramer and Charlotta Trompe are:

  1. J. Edward Cramer, born in Beardstown, Cass Co., IL. Moved to Portland, OR.

  2. Englebert Cramer , born November 7, 1856 in Beardstown, Cass Co., IL; died September 4, 1945 in Bluff Springs, IL; married Paulina M. Hackman, 1877.

  3. Amelia M. M. Cramer, born in Beardstown, Cass Co., IL; died Bef. 1910.

  4. Julius Henry Cramer, born March 29, 1859 in Beardstown, Cass Co., IL; died September 24, 1912.

  5. Adelia M. Cramer, born in Beardstown, Cass Co., IL.

  6. Charles William Cramer, born in Beardstown, Cass Co., IL. Moved to Tacoma, WA.

  7. Henry Cramer, born in Beardstown, Cass Co., IL; died Bef. 1910.

  8. Catharina Maria Margaretha Cramer, born November 9, 1865 in Beardstown, Cass Co., IL.

  9. Bertha Cramer, born in Beardstown, Cass Co., IL; died Bef. 1910.


John Henry Hackman, born in Hanover, Germany; died Aft. 1860. He married Louisa Jokisch.

Louisa Jokisch, born March 13, 1837 in Cass Co., IL; died Aft. 1860. She was the daughter of Carl Gotthelf Jokisch and Christina Elsner.

Children of John Hackman and Louisa Jokisch are:

  1. Lydia Hackman, married Henry Stier.

  2. Julius Hackman, married Mary Zurstadt.

  3. Charles Hackman.

  4. Frank Hackman, married Rose Wagoner.

  5. Paulina M. Hackman , born in Cass Co., IL; died November 26, 1910; married Englebert Cramer, 1877.


Frederick Winklehake, born August 26, 1822 in Germany; died Aft. 1884 in Palmyra, Marion Co., MO. He was the son of Frederick Winklehake and Catherine. He came to America in 1846. He married Elizabeth Drescher, August 31, 1856 in LaGrange, Lewis Co., MO.

Elizabeth Drescher, died September 4, 1878 in Palmyra, Marion Co., MO. She was the daughter of Joseph Drescher.

Children of Frederick Winklehake and Elizabeth Drescher are:

  1. Henry Frederick Winklehake , born March 5, 1858 in LaGrange, MO; married Wilhelmina M. Jokisch.

  2. Mary L. Winklehake, born May 24, 1863; married W. Hireman, February 21, 1884.

  3. Augusta Winklehake, born December 10, 1871.


Traugott Ernst Jokisch, born February 6, 1825 in Germany. He was the son of Carl Gotthelf Jokisch and Maria Elizabeth Jacob. He married Margaret Ziegemier.

Margaret Ziegemier. NFI.

Children of Traugott Jokisch and Margaret Ziegemier are:

  1. Carolina C. Jokisch, married Oscar H. Long.

  2. Wilhelmina M. Jokisch , married Henry Frederick Winklehake.

  3. Louisa B. Jokisch. NFI.

  4. William E. Jokisch, married Matilda Carls.

  5. Frank O. Jokisch, married Emma Hessler.

  6. Charles L. Jokisch, married Pearl Rhineberger.

  7. Henry A. Jokisch, married Rose Williams.


Generation No. 7

Carl Gotthelf Jokisch, born June 20, 1796 in Apach, Saxony, Germany; died October 9, 1851 in IL. He was the son of Johann Gottlieb Jokisch and Johanna Richter. He married (1) Maria Elizabeth Jacob May 1815 in Germany. He married (2) Christina Elsner, May 29, 1836 in Beardstown IL.

Maria Elizabeth Jacob, born October 24, 1790 in Germany; died of Cholera, January 24, 1835 in St. Louis, MO.

Christina Elsner, born October 23, 1811.

Children of Carl Jokisch and Maria Jacob are:

  1. Carl Christian Gottlieb Jokisch, born May 11, 1816 in Germany; married Margaret Scheidt.

  2. Carl August Jokisch, born April 8, 1817 in Germany; married Lehman.

  3. Johanna Christina Jokisch, born December 27, 1818 in Germany; died October 19, 1850 in IL; married Moritz Kallenbach, October 24, 1837.

  4. Carl Friederich Gotthelf Jokisch, born February 22, 1820 in Hanover, Germany; died Abt. 1893; married Elenora Marie Carls; born in Hanover, Germany; died Abt. 1900.

  5. Carl Traugott Jokisch, born January 4, 1822 in Saxony, Germany; died Bef. 1915 in Cass Co., IL; married Maria Elenora Carls in IL; born in Hanover, Germany; died Aft. 1915 in Cass Co., IL.

  6. Fredericka Elenora Jokisch, born March 19, 1823 in Germany; died September 1834 in Germany, aged 11, shortly before the family emigrated to America.

  7. Traugott Ernst Jokisch , born February 6, 1825 in Germany; married Margaret Ziegemier.

  8. Ellenora Carolina Jokisch, born November 16, 1826 in Germany; died February 17, 1850 in IL; married Philip Nauman.

  9. Carl Wilhelm Jokisch, born March 1, 1829 in Germany; married Elizabeth Rohn.

  10. Heinrich Gottlieb Jokisch, born October 25, 1832 in Germany; married Louise Eckhardt.

  11. Carl Leberecht Jokisch, born January 2, 1835 at Sea, on the way to America; died March 22, 1835 in Beardstown, IL.

Children of Carl Jokisch and Christina Elsner are:

  1. Louisa Jokisch , born March 13, 1837 in Cass Co., IL; died Aft. 1860; married John Henry Hackman.

  2. Maria Paulina Jokisch, born November 17, 1842; married Charles Nickel.


Frederick Winklehake, born Abt. 1800 in Germany; died in Germany. He married Catherine.

Catherine, born in Germany; died in Germany.

Child of Frederick Winklehake and Catherine is:

  1. Frederick Winklehake , born August 26, 1822 in Germany; died Aft. 1884 in Palmyra, Marion Co., MO; married Elizabeth Drescher, August 31, 1856 in LaGrange, Lewis Co., MO.


Joseph Drescher, born in Germany; moved to LaGrange, Lewis Co., MO; died in America.

Child of Joseph Drescher is:

  1. Elizabeth Drescher , died September 4, 1878 in Palmyra, Marion Co., MO; married Frederick Winklehake, August 31, 1856 in LaGrange, Lewis Co., MO.


Generation No. 8

Johann Gottlieb Jokisch, born November 5, 1771 in Krostau (Apach) Saxony Germany; died September 23, 1835 in Beardstown, Cass County, ILL. He married Johanna Richter.

Johanna Richter, born December 21, 1766 in Germany; died August 30, 1846 in Beardstown, Cass County, ILL.

Children of Johann Jokisch and Johanna Richter are:

  1. Johann Gottlieb Jokisch II, born April 10, 1793 in Germany; died January 11, 1860 in Beardstown, Cass County, ILL; married Johanna Christina Jacob in Germany; born September 29, 1794 in Germany; died January 17, 1851 in Beardstown, Cass County, ILL.

  2. Carl Gotthelf Jokisch , born June 20, 1796 in Apach, Saxony, Germany; died October 9, 1851 in IL; married (1) Maria Elizabeth Jacob, May 1815 in Germany; married (2) Christina Elsner, May 29, 1836 in Beardstown IL.

  3. Rahele Jokisch, born Abt. 1801 in Germany; died in Germany; married Seiler.

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