Emily Jane (Brown) Kramer

EMILY JANE BROWN, my Great Great-Grandmother, was born in Kittery, Maine on 14 June 1864, the daughter of James W. and Emily (Waitt) Brown. Her parents had just married a year prior in Malden, MA, and they returned there after their daughter's birth. It was here that she likely married JOHN KRAMER on 28 Mar 1889 [date in family p.work, rec not yet found]. He was a widower, and had four young children, having moved up to Malden from Colchester, Connecticut, to find work at the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. Following the birth of their first daughter, he and Emily returned to his home town, where they would have five more girls born to them (one would die at birth).

Some time between 1898 and 1900, Emily returned to Kittery with her five daughters, and John remained behind in Colchester. She lived with her parents and sister, May Brown, at Locke's Cove. 

She came down ill in Nov. 1909, according to the local newspaper, and she would die from tuberculosis on 8 Dec 1909 at her parents home in Kittery. She was only 45 years old. She would be buried in Orchard Grove Cemetery.

The above photos were taken at Oak Bank, or Locke's Cove, in Kittery, Maine [note: these pictures were received by me in low resolution, so it is not possible to zoom in and try to identify who is who]. Aunt May Brown is likely one of the adults, and perhaps Emily is the other older female in the boat. 

The children of John and Emily (Brown) Kramer were:
i. Estelle Maude Kramer, born 8 Jan 1890 in Malden, MA
ii. Martha Louise Kramer, b. 9 Jul 1891 in Colchester, CT
iii. (daughter) Kramer, b and d. 20 Aug 1892 in Colchester, CT
iv. Helen Kramer, b. 4 Sept 1893 in Colchester, CT
v. Verna Brown Kramer, b. 31 Oct 1894 in Turnerville (Hebron), CT
​vi. Hazel Irene Kramer, b. 7 Oct 1897 in Colchester, CT

Earlier blog pages:
Brown - Locke's Cove
​The immigration of George Kramer and Mary Fedder (John Kramer's parents)