Rev. Joseph Cramer

1892 - 1949  (57 years)

• Name	Joseph Cramer
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	13 Jul 1892  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	House of Friendship
  		Ruby Dettweiler, Joseph Cramer and Ilda Bauman about 1940 near the House of Friendship, Kitchener. Cemetery, F., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, F. (1892). Rev Joseph Cramer (1892-1949) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 25 April 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69799044/joseph-cramer#view-photo=154582002
  Public Service	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	founder of the House of Friendship
  Residence	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Jewish
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-179617
  Died	28 Jul 1949  [1]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I179617	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  House of Friendship has a rich, vibrant history, going back nearly eight decades. It all started in 1939, when a women's prayer group saw a need, and met it. They saw men who were struggling with hunger. The women couldn't solve every problem, but they could solve this one. They started feeding the men warm, home-cooked meals. Out of these humble beginnings, supported by the local Christian community, the 'House of Friendship for All Nations' was born. The founding director was Joseph Cramer, a Jewish Christian immigrant who had come from his home in Russia to Kitchener. Originally, House of Friendship was a store-front mission on King Street in downtown Kitchener. It had a reading room, a dining room and provided food. The mission was a response of the local Christian community to the physical and spiritual needs of the area's most vulnerable residents \endash a tradition that continues to this day. Over the years, the work of House of Friendship has evolved into a charitable social service agency serving thousands, providing addiction treatment, food, housing, and community resources throughout Waterloo Region. History - House Of Friendship. (2020). Retrieved 25 April 2020, from https://www.houseoffriendship.org/about-us/history/?fbclid=IwAR1MGBpVa_cIduIIo8N47yColg6jsxt3Vv0JCPHFsWEiSEgsSjAosHzIVzc

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. Rev. Joseph Cramer/ Jul 13, 1892-Jul 28, 1949/ founder of "The House of Friendship" of Kitchener,

  
  

• Event Map

  Interesting - House of Friendship - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Public Service - founder of the House of Friendship - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Jewish - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth