de Cramer
Part of the European community in Turkey.
See
Historical background.
Chevalier
Ambroise de Cramer,
Ambroise Hermann de Cramer,
born Cremer,
changed to Cramer,
born 10 Feb 1757,
Cologne,
Holy Roman Empire.
See
wikitree.
See
entry
in
tree
by
John Hugh La Fontaine Thompson.
He was
educ (in law and diplomacy)
at
University of Vienna.
He was
Austrian
Consul at Smyrna 1777.
He mar 1789-1790 to
Sarah Maltass.
He was in the Austrian army.
In March 1799,
when France was fighting the Ottoman Empire
at
Jaffa,
he defended the
French Church of St. Polycarp
at Smyrna against desecration by Turkish troops.
See
account of this
in
[Goulburn, 1892].
For saving the church he was
created a
Chevalier
of the
Order of Christ
by
Pope Pius VII
on 30 Sept 1802.
Lived
Hacilar
(Hagilar, Hadjilar).
Hacilar was a village
near
Bornova.
(There is today a road called "Hacilarkiri Cd"
coming out of Bornova.
See
map.)
The marriage of Sarah's brother
William near Smyrna in 1806
was witnessed by
"de Kramer the Imperial Consul-General".
He died at Smyrna, 9 Nov 1809, age 52 yrs.
Sarah died pre-1844.
Chevalier de Cramer and Sarah had issue:
- Catherine Marguerite de Cramer,
born 7 Aug 1790.
She signs herself
"Catherine Marguerite de Cramer" at mar.
"Catherine Margaret" at children's bapts.
"Catharine Marguerite" in
[Goulburn, 1892].
"Marguerite" must be after her grandmother
Marguerite Icard.
She was of Austrian,
English
and French
ancestry.
She is
sometimes described as "Greek" but this is because
all the Europeans in Smyrna (the Greek part of Turkey)
were sometimes called "Greeks".
[Bayley, 1963]
mentions a letter written to her when young, addressed to
"Mademoiselle Margoton de Cramer, Chagillar".
"Margoton"
is a French version of "Marguerite".
"Chagillar" is unidentified.
Listed as of Smyrna at mar.
She mar 2 Sept 1811 in Smyrna to
Thomas Burgon [born 1 Aug 1787]
and had issue.
They mar at
[British Chapel, Smyrna].
- Joseph Cramer,
Joseph Gustav de Cramer.
He mar 1833 to Elena Seraphone Tricon.
He died 1872.
[Kalcas, 1983, pp.60-61]
says the De Cramer home for four generations "until recently demolished"
was No.1, Çiçek Sokak, Bornova.
Joseph and Elena had issue:
- Ernest Conrad Joseph de Cramer,
born 1832.
-
Norbert de Cramer,
born maybe c.1843.
(He was a student as at 1863.)
- Frederick Cramer.
Drawing around 1812
of the former residence in Hacilar of Chevalier Ambroise Hermann de Cramer (died 1809).
Labelled as his widow's house:
"Mrs De Cramer's house at Hagilar".
From
Abbott and Holder Ltd.
For sale
here.
Marriage of Catherine Marguerite de Cramer, 2 Sept 1811.
From Smyrna Anglican Chaplaincy register.
Sources yet to be consulted
