Charles E. Kreamer

1849–1922

U. S. Census

Census	Age	Race	Gender	Marital	Relation	Address	Birthplace	Father's	Mother's	As transcribed
1900	51	White	Male	Married	Head	114 Forrest Ave.	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Chas Kreamer	114 Forrest
1910	60	White	Male	Married	Head	114 Forrest Ave.	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Maryland	Charles E Kreamer	114 Forrest
1920	70	White	Male	Married	Head	114 Forrest Ave.	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Charles E Kreamer	114 Forrest

Census Households

Census	Name	Relation	Age	Own	Race	Marital	Birthplace	Business	Trade
1900	Charles E Kreamer	Head	51	Own	White	Married	Pennsylvania		Banker Broker
	Mary C Kreamer	Wife	51		White	Married	Pennsylvania
	Mary A Kreamer	Sister	54		White	Single	Pennsylvania
	Thomas McNutt	Servant	51		White	Single	Scotland		Gardener
	Sophia Landen	Servant	35		White	Single	New Jersey		Servant
1910	Charles E Kreamer	Head	60	Own	White	Married	Pennsylvania		on Income
	Mary C Kreamer	Wife	60		White	Married	Pennsylvania
	Mary A Kreamer	Sister	62		White	Single	Pennsylvania
	Charles Herbert	Servant	60		White	Single	Germany		Gardener
	Sadie Townsend	Servant	50		Black	Married	Pennsylvania	Private family	Servant
1920	Charles E Kreamer	Head	70	Own	White	Married	Pennsylvania		none
	S Grace Kreamer	Wife	38		White	Married	Pennsylvania
	Kate Deans	Servant	29		White	Single	Ireland	Private Family	Servant
	James Lyons	Gardener	51		White	Single	Ireland	Private Family	Gardener

Borough position

Burgess

1900 Mar 5 – 1903 Mar 2

Narberth Resident #9 Did What Needed To Be Done

dignified older man in three-piece suit, with glasses, lapel pin and watch fob — The formal portrait represents Kreamer in his role as Narberth Burgess 1900–04.

Charles Edward Kreamer personified the town-building spirit of early Narberth.

Described in his obititary as "the ninth resident of the village of Narberth at its inception", Kreamer was a charter member in 1889 of the town's first civic association (the Narberth Park Association) and one of the five-person committee who secured the Borough charter in 1894. He served as Narberth's third Burgess (Mayor), president of the Narberth Board of Health and president of the Narberth Fire Company.

Before 1891, there was no formal church of any denomination to serve the 300 or so souls living within future Narberth. Despite being a life-long Methodist, Kreamer offered his living room at 114 Forrest to plan the north side's first church, Presbyterian, then served as its treasurer.

Then when a Methodist church was completed in 1895, Kreamer became its president, treasurer, and superintendent of its Sunday School.

Kreamer and his first wife Mary lost 2 children. Daughter Ida died of croup at age 8 in 1878; Charles, Jr. lived only 7 days in 1893.

He died of a heart attack on his way to the train on the morning of January 13, 1922, age 72.

"Charles E. Kreamer Is Claimed by Death", Our Town, January 21, 1922, page 1.

The cause of death of Charles, Jr. was given as "Murasmus". Curiously in well-to-do Narberth Park, Marasmus is described by the Cleveland Clinic as "severe undernutrition… Marasmus causes visible wasting of fat and muscle under the skin, giving bodies an emaciated appearance. It causes stunted growth in children."

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