Person:Anna Riedel (4)

Elise was born on 19 Jan 1857 at 6:00 p.m.in Kustrin, German y. She was the sixth child of Emil Gustav Riedel and his wif e, Wilhelmine Ottilie Cammann. Elise was baptized 22 Feb 1857 in the parish church at Kustrin-Altstad t and confirmed 24 Mar 1872 at the same place. She died of stomach cancer on 10 Apr 1921 in her apartment at 41 Wald Street, Berlin, at 12 Noon. She bore her illness with great patience. The internment took place at the St. John's Cemetery III in Plotzensee, Berlin Ger many.

Elise attended the school for you ng ladies starting at Easter about 1863, at Kustrin. She lef t Easter in 1872. She received 3 prizes for diligence. One prize was a book on natural histor y now in the possession of Viola Kramm. A second book on child ren's verses is in the possession of Ursula Nitschke whose married name is Saal.

Elise trained in the Latvian Society School in Berlin to be an athletic and handwor k teacher. She received , as a good student, authority to teach in mid dle and high schools. She received this authority on 15 Jun 1878, bu t did not practice the prof ession. She mar ried Emil Carl Kramm, the watch maker, instead.

Elise's father handcraf ted a grandfa ther clock about 1844. Upon his death, this clock became her prized posses sion. U pon the death of Elise in 1921, the clock was bequeathed to her son Alfred. She wrote in her will, dated 15 Oct 1920: "The clock, the master piece of m y father, shall go to m y son Alfred.

But the clock shall stay in the posses sion of my son Erich, u ntil my son Alfred ( who by this time had estab lished his own Jewelry and Watchmak ing business in Grass Valley, Ca, USA.) will fetch it by himself , or by someone in his name."

Mrs. Fred Burton, a family friend, prior to her return from Germany, did visit Erich and fetch the clock. The case, because of its bulk, was lef t behind.

Alfred H. Kramm, son of Alf red M. Kramm states: "I remem ber clearly the evening in 1922 when the Burtons came to our Grass Valley home ... Iwas 12 years old. The big steamer trunk was u npacked in the middle of the family room floor. The porcelain dial was badly broken. Our father inspected the clock caref ully, and concluded it was genuinely the handwork of his grandfa ther. He valued it highly."

Alfred Max Kramm died in 1953. His wife died in 1962. Upon her death, the family agreed this heir loom should go to the youngest son, Douglas Kramm living in Allentown, Pa, USA where it is as of 1988.