Joseph Darby Kramer

Catherine Miller married Joseph Darby Kramer on November 27, 1907 at Valley City. They farmed the original home place of the Miller family. Catherine, the daughter of John W. Miller and Anna Catherine (Loendorf) Miller, was born January 20, 1885.

Joseph Darby Kramer was the son of Mathias and Maryann (Koehn) Kramer, who came to Barnes County in 1881.

After farming for fifty years, Joseph and Catherine retired to Valley City in 1958.

To this union were born the following children: Genevieve (Mrs. Alexander Kammerer, Valley City), Claude, Magdalen (Mrs. Rupert Anderson), Romauld, Eunice (Mrs. Christopher Olson and later Mrs. John Clark), Arnold, Regina (Mrs. Robert Walkhoff, Puyallup, Washington), Edmund, Norbert, Anthony and Delores (Mrs. Donald Larson, Westminister, California).

Catherine Miller Kramer died on December 24, 1961, and Joseph Darby Kramer died on April 21, 1967.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 130