This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3hn.2ACEB/76.3.1.1 Message Board Post: YES, I AM A DIRECT DESCENDENT.I HAVE UP TO PAUL KRAMER WHO WAS MARRIED IN 1685 TO MAGDALENA WEISS, IN WALDKIRCH. I KNOW THAT MY FAMILY COMES FROM STOLLHOFEN, GERMANY.I HAVE MET OUR GERMAN COUNTERPARTS AND THEY SAID OUR FAMILY COMES FROM THE BLACK FOREST.I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE 1685. OH, BY THE WAY WE HAVE A TOWN NAMED AFTER US AND I WILL SHARE THE STORY WITH YOU ANOTHER TIME IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT. THANKS, MARVIN

Hi Marvin, I am also related to the south Louisiana Kramers. My great grandmother was Louisa Kramer. She was born in 1833 in Bavaria. She came to the US around 1848-53. She married 1.) Kihnel then 2.) Fred Lemke. They lived on Willow Street in Franklin, LA. Her obit states that she came to America with a large family, perhaps brothers, sisters or cousins. I think she was originally Lutheran, but she attended the Episcopal church in Franklin. Do you have Louisa among your relatives? What is the story of the founding of Kraemer, LA? Kay