Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cramer, Capt. William O., 1933 

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CAPTAIN CRAMER IS LAID TO REST THIS AFTERNOON 

Funeral Rites Here for Aged Seafaring Man, Shipbuilder and Widely Known 
   Citizen Who Died Yesterday.

  Captain William Oscar Cramer, whose shipping and shipbuilding activities 
during the last half of the nineteenth century made Suffolk an important 
inland port, died at his country home on the Norfolk road yesterday at the 
age of 88 years. 

  A seafarer from a long line of ship captains and boat builders, the family 
operating a shipyard before the American Revolution, Captain Cramer, small 
in stature but hearty and full of spirit, went down to the sea in ships when 
masters were masters.  He built his own ships at his yards here, the Suffolk 
Shipbuilding Co., which flourished from 1895 to 1900. 

  Born at Lower Bank, N.J., in January 1845, the son of Captain Richard Cramer 
and Mrs. Marianne Van Sandt Cramer, Captain Cramer as a youth went to sea and 
rose to command ships engaged in world trade. 

  Three of the ships built in Suffolk and commanded by Captain Cramer were 
lost at sea, the Charles B. Lee, the Annie E. Cramer and the Charles B. 
Holden. 

  Captain Cramer had retired some years ago, from advanced years, and spent 
his time at his country home near Suffolk.  Surviving him are one son, Alfred 
B. Cramer, of this city; two grandsons, A.B. Cramer, Jr., and William Cramer, 
of Norfolk; one great-grandson, A.B. Cramer, 3d.; two sisters, Mrs. Mary 
Pullen, of Tuckerton, N.J., and Mrs. Ella Montgomery, of Haddonfield, N.J., 
and a number of nieces and nephews. 

  He had been in feeble health for some time, but was able to come down this 
morning, dying from a sudden heart attack. 

  He was a member of the Main Street Methodist church and of the Fellowship 
Bible class. 

  Funeral services will be held at the grave in Cedar Hill cemetery this 
afternoon at 3 o'clock.  He will be buried by the side of his wife, who 
preceded him to the grave eight years ago.  The services will be conducted 
by the pastor of the church, the Rev. J.T. Allen.  Active pallbearers will 
be the two grandsons of the deceased, A.B. Cramer, Jr., and William Cramer, 
of Norfolk; C.D. Andrews, Charles L. Hutchins, M.K. Kendrick, Robert Nelms, 
I.P. Brinkley and T. Alex Jordan, of Suffolk. 

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CAPT. W. O. CRAMER 

  Suffolk, March 9. - Funeral services for Capt. William O. Cramer, former 
master and shipbuilder, who died yesterday, aged 86 years, were held this 
afternoon at 3 o'clock at the grave in Cedar Hill Cemetery.  The choir of 
Main Street Methodist Church, in which Mr. William Cramer held membership 
for years, sang "How Firm a Foundation" and "Rock of Ages," with Miss 
Josephine Lawrence accompanying on the small organ. 

  Active pallbearers were A.B. Cramer, Jr., and William Cramer, of Norfolk, 
grandsons of the deceased; C.D. Andrews, C.L. Hutchins, M.K. Kendrick, I.P. 
Brinkley, T.A. Jordan and Robert Nelms. 

  Friends of the family acted as honorary pallbearers.  The funeral services 
were conducted by the Rev. J.T. Allen, pastor of the Main Street Methodist 
Church. 


Capt. William Oscar CRAMER, retired ship master & boatbuilder, 
b. 16 Jan 1845, Lower Bank, Burlington Co., NJ, 
d. 8 Mar 1933, at home, Nansemond Co., 
buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block F, Lot 104*), Suffolk, 9 Mar 1933, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 10, No. 300, Thurs., Mar. 9, 1933, pp. 1 & 6 
donated obit, publication unknown, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #245749623, 
   by Mini Might [no grave photo] 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

D.Cert. 3448 (Suffolk #50) gives daughter of Dr./Mr. [overwritten] & Mary 
   (WILLIAMS) McPHERSON. 

The (donated, 1925) obit of his wife, Amanda Maude (PALMER) CRAMER, 
   is posted file at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/c656a1ob.txt 

His parents are buried in Lower Bank Cemetery, Lower Bank, NJ. 


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