Almira (Elmira) Patch

  General Notes:

The death certificate of her son, George W. Cramer, lists his mother's name as Almira Patcle while the death certificate of her other son, August Jesse Cramer, lists his mother as Elmira Patch. The 1860 and 1870 census records below lead us to the most likely candidates for her parents and siblings:

The 1860 Federal Census for Buck Township, Hardin Co., Ohio, page 323 records Elmira Patch (3 - Ohio) living with her parents William (37 - Ohio) and Mary (23 - Ohio) Patch and siblings Sarah (9 - Ohio), Martha (7 - Ohio), Elisabeth (5 - Ohio), and Alice (5/12 - Ohio). William is a farmer with real estate valued at $300 and a personal estate valued at $262.

The 1870 Federal Census for Buck Township, Hardin Co., Ohio, Kenton P.O., page 335 records Elmira Patch (14 - Ohio) living with her parents William (46 - Ohio) and Mary (34 - Ohio) Patch and siblings Martha (17 - Ohio), Elizabeth (14 - Ohio), Alice (10 - Ohio), Lucy (8) - Ohio), John (3 - Ohio), and Albert (1 - Ohio). William is a farmer with real estate valued at $700 and a personal estate valued at $200.

The 1880 Federal Census for Buck Township, Hardin Co., Ohio, District 95, page 44B, dated June 19, 1880 records William (55 - Ohio/VT/VT) and Mary (40 - Ohio/Unknown/NY) Patch and children Lucy (18) - Ohio), John (13 - Ohio), Albert (11 - Ohio), Stella (5 - Ohio), and Osie (9/12 - Sept - Ohio). William is a farmer.

Almira married George W. Cramer/Creamer Sr., son of Samuel George Cramer/Creamer and Sarah A. Goudy, circa 1876 in Ohio. (George W. Cramer/Creamer Sr. was born in Aug 1849 in Pennsylvania, died on 25 Mar 1927 in Pleasant Township, Hardin Co., Ohio and was buried on 27 Mar 1927 in Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Township, Hardin Co., Ohio.) The cause of his death was Pneumonia.