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Peter Kraemer | |
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| Born | |
| Died | October 23, 1882 St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Spouse | Angeline Lauermann |
| Children | 10 |
| Member of the St. Cloud City Council | |
| In office 1881 – October 23, 1882 | |
| Succeeded by | Gustav Dueber |
| In office 1878–1879 | |
| In office 1859 – July 1862 | |
Peter Kraemer was a German-born American brewer.
Life and career
[edit]Kraemer was born in Germany in October 1833.[a] He immigrated to the United States at the age of 6, living in Crown Point, Indiana until he was 23 years old.[1] He married Angeline Lauermann on June 18, 1852, in Lake County, Indiana, and they had 10 children together.[4][5]
In year,[placeholder] Kraemer and Lauermann trekked from Iowa to Minnesota, temporarily settling in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. It was reported that after Lauermann saw a Native American skinning and eating a mouse raw, the two decided to continue moving across Minnesota.[6] After selling his farm in St. Joseph and moving to St. Cloud, Kraemer established a brewery near Lake George with business partner Peter Seberger, named the Kraemer Brewery, around 1860.[1][7][8] The establishment of this brewery made Kraemer be considered the first brewer in Central Minnesota.[7] Kraemer and his family lived within the brewery campus.[6] The first tax records for the brewery showed a production of 500 barrels of beer.[7] He used the lake's water to brew lager beer. By 1863, the brewery's annual production was about 2,600 barrels.[9] In late 1863 or early 1864, Kraemer decided to visit his mother back in Germany, convincing her to leave him out of her will due to his comfortable life in Minnesota.[10] On the morning of November 24, 1864, a rival brewer set the building the brewery was located in ablaze, as well as all of its supplies, causing around $8,000 of damage,[6][11] with Kraemer arriving back from Germany to his torched brewery.[10] The brewery was never rebuilt.[9]
Upon the destruction of the Kraemer Brewery, Kraemer built a hotel in St. Cloud called the Commerical House, located on 6th Avenue North.[1] He lived and worked at the hotel until his death.[10] The hotel later became the Spaniol Hotel after selling it to Peter Spaniol.[12]
Kraemer served intermittently on the St. Cloud city council three separate times: from 1859 to July 1862, again from 1878 to 1879, and lastly from 1881 to 1882.[13][I]
On October 23, 1882,[b] Kraemer died in St. Cloud.[2] He was succeeded in the city council by Gustav Dueber.[15] His son, Peter Jr., became the first mayor of St. Cloud.[7] At the Woodland Lodge in St. Cloud on October 14, 1934, a reunion for the descendants of Kraemer was held.[16] In 1954, a reunion of the descendants of Kraemer was held at VFW Hall.[10]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Sources differ on Kraemer's year of birth. A short biography written by Gilbert Bunt reported his birth year as October 1833.[1] Death records reported Kreamer's age as 84, indicating a birth year of circa 1798.[2] The 1860 United States census reported an age of 32 years, indicating a birth year of circa 1828.[3]
- ^ Although a biography written by Gilbert Bunt reported a death year of 1890,[5] contemporary sources indicate a death year of 1882.[14][2]
Research notes
[edit]Remove these when publishing the draft.
- ^ For research purposes: Probably not a reliable source, given the fact that it possibly erroneously reports that he served in the city council after his death (until 1884).
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Bunt 1936, p. 1.
- ^ a b c Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001.
- ^ Bunt 1936, p. 3.
- ^ Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019.
- ^ a b Bunt 1936, p. 2.
- ^ a b c Smith 1949.
- ^ a b c d Laxen 2014.
- ^ Lindblad 1998.
- ^ a b Laxen 2020, p. 14.
- ^ a b c d Roeser 1954.
- ^ Mitchell 1915, p. 575.
- ^ Bunt 1936, pp. 1–2.
- ^ St. Cloud Times 1956.
- ^ Minneapolis Star Tribune 1882.
- ^ Der Nordstern 1882.
- ^ St. Cloud Times 1934.
Sources
[edit]Books and journals
[edit]- Bunt, Gilbert (September 29, 1936). "Kraemer, Peter (1833 - 1890)". WPA Biographic Summaries. St. Cloud State University. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
- Laxen, Jacob (2020). Central Minnesota Beer: A History. American Palate. pp. 14–15. ISBN 9781467142236. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
- Mitchell, William Bell (1915). History of Stearns County, Minnesota. Vol. 1. Chicago: H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co. p. 575. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
Newspaper articles
[edit]- "City Councilmen". St. Cloud Times. Saint Cloud, Minnesota. June 30, 1956. p. 92. Retrieved October 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Kraemer Descendants Hold Reunion--Form '1854' Group". St. Cloud Times. Saint Cloud, Minnesota. October 15, 1934. p. 5. Retrieved October 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- Laxen, Jake (December 20, 2014). "The ghosts of brewing past, present and future". St. Cloud Times. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
- Lindblad, Sister Owen (August 10, 1998). "St. Cloud grew as area breweries boomed". St. Cloud Times. Saint Cloud, Minnesota. p. 7A. Retrieved October 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- Roeser, Tim (August 24, 1954). "Peter Kraemer's Wagon Wheels Stopped Here". St. Cloud Times. Saint Cloud, Minnesota. p. 8. Retrieved October 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- Smith, Glanville (September 6, 1949). "Mouse Decides Kraemers". St. Cloud Times. Saint Cloud, Minnesota. p. 10. Retrieved October 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Stadt und Umgegend". Der Nordstern (in German). Saint Cloud, Minnesota. November 9, 1882. p. 8. Retrieved October 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "The State". Minneapolis Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. October 28, 1882. p. 8. Retrieved October 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
Primary sources
[edit]- "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019". FamilySearch. June 18, 1852. p. 54. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
- "Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001". FamilySearch. October 23, 1882. p. 103. Retrieved October 30, 2024.