Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-21
Death of Jacob Cramer, Father or Jennie
 

Death OT JacOO Cf11meEs EatheF or Jenm1e Cramer.
 Jacob Cramer, father of the late Jennie Cramer, whose body was found at West Ha- ven beach in August last, passed away at his residence on Grand street yesterday morning. He had been slowly sinking with consump- ton and nervous prostration for year or two past. He was in the store attending to customers until late the night before, and re- tired to bed late. His wife, who slept in the room adjoining his, was awakened by hear ing him making ina-ticulate sounds, as if in occurrence with him, it was not thought strange, and she dozed off to sleep again, not disturbing him, as he had frequently asked her not to during such attacks, as they meant nothing. She again awoke near z o'clock and went to her husbands room, and found him dead. The body was warm and he appeared to have only just ceased to breathe. On going down stairs she found on the table in the kitchen at the rear of the cigar store paper from her husband, writ ten in German. Translated it reads as fol- Jews:
 dead don't you be discouraged 1t is the best for me. Give my love to Eddie and Minnie Pray let me penses exceed $50 Send to Dr. Lindsey to have him make ont the certificate of death. hope I shall soon be relieved from all suffering
 Your loving husband in death JACOB CRAMER.
 P. s.-I shall soon rest in peace by my children. Tell Eddie to be man and take care of his mother.
 The MT. Stahl to whom the note makes reference is of the firm of Stahl & Hegel undertakers, and has been warm friennd of MT. Cramer's from the time they served to- s,, kI,,a Ga I.-L
 of Jennie, Mir. Cramer had lost two sons, one of whom died in Syracuse several years ago, and the other about three years ago in this city. These are the children to whom he refers.
 Deceased has left sunny instructions to his wife and family, having an idea that he could live but short time, and his gloomy forebodings remained despite all efforts to dispel them. On Saturday last he remarked sadly to his daughter Minnie, who bears same resemblance to the dead Jennie that he expected to live but few days, and to friends he made the remark that he had seen his last Christmas. Mrs. Cramer was much over come by the fresh afiiction, and weepingly remarked that Jennie's death had hastened the fathers death. ''Jennie was his idol, and her death broke his heart.'' That after that blow, his health, which had been for years uncertain, declined steadily. Her sad fate hung like pail over his feelings and memory and of late he thought and spoke often concerning her, lamenting her. He was reserved man and brooded much, though not in revengeful spirit, over the loss of his child. Deceased was in New York for medi- cal treatment lately. Dr. Lindsley, who was called, said the man had been dying for weeks, and simply happened to breathe his last when no one was present. Deceased was native of Schleswig, now 8 Prussian province. He served for three years in the army of revolt which carried on the Schles- wig -Holstein war of 1848 against Denmark At the close of the war victorious Denmark eoniscated the property of many of the peo- pie of Schleswig, and that of Cramer's father among the rest. The young man, to avoid the threatened danger of being pressed into service in the Danish army for period of six years, stole away to Hamburg without stop ping to bid farewell to his father and his other relatives, and took passage for Ameri- ca. He arrived in this country Tn 1855, when he was twenty-six years old, and shortly after met his wife in Syracuse. They were natives of the same town and their families had sui fered like misfortunes from the war at home. For the last twenty-two years Mir. Cramer has carried on the tobacco business in New Haven, twelve years in Grand street and be- fore that in State street, accommodating some property. The funeral takes place to-mor- row afternoon.