Sunday, March 10, 2019

Our Gramlich/Cromley line to Robert James Confer



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Catharine Richman 1735-1809

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Anna Margreda Musik 1763

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Christiana Cromley 1798-1881

Juli Ann Martha Andes 1828 -
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Lydia 'Jane' Crossley 1855 - 1927 

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Frances Marion Forney 1879 - 1943 

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Freda Francis Aikey 1925 - 2005






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Kraml1ch Fam1ly The ship Patience which arrived at Philadelphia Sept 19 1749 had among its 270 passengers the following Valentine Gramly Hans Adam Gramlich Hans Adam Gramlich Jr The relationship between the first one and the two last named is not of record but tradition states that the first two were brothers The name is one which is easily misspelled and on the old documents are found the following spellings Kramlich Kramley Kramly Cromley Cromly and Crumley Valentine Kramlich came from the Duchy of Wurtemberg Germany and soon after his arrival at Philadelphia he proceeded via the Schuylkill river to Oley township Berks county thence across the hills into Macungie then settled in Weisenberg township Northampton now Lehigh county There he became a large property owner and one of the organizers of a church for the community He was a man of great prominence inence and influence and was a leader in his district But in an historical record of Ziegel church written by the Rev WH Helffrich a minister of the Reformed faith possessed of great learning and foresight who dwelt in that section credit for meritorious work was largely given to members of his own faith while the work of the Lutherans of which Valentine Kramlich was a leader were barely mentioned Kramlich was possessed of more than ordinary intelligence was a Lutheran of strong convictions and his numerous posterity among whom are a number of ministers of the Gospel have continued to hold to that faith with remarkable zeal The ancestor had the following children 1 George who moved from the district after 1 790 died near Danville Pa 2 Paul who died upon the homestead 3 Daniel 4 Anna Maria 5 Christian who moved to Ohio in 1808 and soon afterward he began to spell his name Crumley and Cromley but on his marriage certificate and official documents it was spelt Kramlich Paul Kramlich who continued upon the homestead in Weisenberg township in 1790 had three sons and four daughters The sons were Paul Jr Jacob and Jonathan The tax lists of Weisenberg township contain these names 1 762 Valentine Kramlich 1 781 Valentine Gramlich Paul Gramlich 1 81 2 Paul Kramlich Paul Kramlich Jr Jacob Kramlich The Penna Arch record the names of Paul Jacob Christian George and Frank Francis Kramlich as having served in the Revolutionary War from Northampton county The four first named were descendants and doubtless sons of Valentine of Weisenberg township except Jacob who was a son of Paul Kramlich Frank or Francis was a son of Adam Kramley whose record follows In Will Book 1 Page 105 in the court house at Easton Pa is the will of one Adam Kramley who died in April 1773 in Moore township Northampton county He was twice married and by his first wife had five children An item of the will says My son Francis Kramley by my present wife shall have the homestead farm upon which I now live The will was made March 8 1773 and was probated on May 1 of the same year The executors of it were M F I and E Kramley doubtless sons of the testator The above Adam Kramley doubtless was the same Hans Adam Gramlich who with his son Hans Adam Jr emigrated to America in 1749 The Federal Census of 1790 records one Adam Gramlich living in the eastern district of Cumberland county Pa and he had three sons and four daughters Christoper and Frederick Cromlich lived also in the same district in that year The former had four and the latter had six children Three of the five children of Valentine Kramlich moved to Ohio in 1808 and settled in Fairfield county Christian his youngest son was the father of the late Daniel Crumley of Lith opolis O and of Conrad Crumley of Hocking township to whom the Crumlings of Fairfield county owe their genealogy Three sons of Paul Kramlich moved from Pennsylvania to Pickaway county O in 181 5 Their names were Paul Jacob and Jonathan Paul died in March 1826 leaving four sons viz Jonas Stephen Thomas and William The latter was born in Lehigh county Pa March 19 1 813 and died in Ohio in May 1888 He was the father of the Hon TE Cromley of Ash ville O He served as a trustee of the boys industrial school at Lancaster and was state senator from Pickaway county Conrad Crumley the immediate ancestor of the Hocking township clan reared a large family two of whom Daniel and George served in the Union army Conrad Crumlie was one of the grand old men of the past one whose influence and example for good was felt in a large circle of acquaintances He served as a trustee of the St Peter's Lutheran Church Lancaster O He died in 1879 aged seventy seven years having enjoyed a happy married life for fifty five years Of his eleven children six were still living in 1912 They were David Mrs Elizabeth Graham Peter G Joshua Daniel and George W George Kramlich was a laborer and an old line veterinary doctor He and family for many years lived in Longswamp township Berks county but died while living with his son John at Topton Pa about the year 1877 aged seventy nine or eighty years He is buried at the Longswamp church His wife was a Wal bert and their children were Charles James Sarah who was very tall and heavy was the wife of Levi Leibensperger John and Mary married to John Batdorf Charles Kramlich son of George was born in 1837 He was a butcher and carried on the business at Monterey and later at Topton where he died in 1874 He is buried at the Maxa tawny Zion's church He was married to Sallie Ann Kuhns born June 19 1838 and died at Allentown in 19 13 They had the following children Frank O who died Jan 22 1913 aged fifty three years two months and three days Charles F Alice married to Edward Kramer Ida married to Dr CJ Otto Hiester  

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