Heinrich Frederick Adolph Schroeder, known as Adolph, was born 17 July 1867 in Hannover, Germany to Heinrich Nicolaus and Johanna Charlotte Dorathea (Bode) Schroeder. The Schroeder family immigrated to the port of Galveston, Texas in 1879, settling briefly in the community of Shelby in Austin Co. before moving to the Round Top area in Fayette Co., where Adolph was confirmed in the Lutheran Church in 1882. In 1891 the family moved to Cheapside in DeWitt Co., TX. The year 1891 was an eventful one for Adolph, who married Emma Wunderlich on 11 Aug. 1891, in Shelby, Austin Co., TX. Emma Wunderlich was born in Shelby on 23 Jan. 1870 to Henry August and Friedericke (Treybig) Wunderlich. In December of 1891 Adolph's father died.
The Adolph Schroeder family, who were farmers, made their first home at Wied in Lavaca Co., TX where nine children were born to them. The family them moved to a farm in Gruenau, a little German farming community in DeWitt Co. TX not far from Yorktown. Adolph became a U.S. citizen on 20 Jan. 1922.
According to his obituary in the Yorktown News, Adolph "took a prominent part in the development of the Gruenau community, and contributed generously to many causes seeking the betterment of the community and its people." He was a member of the Gruenau Turn und Schuetzen Verein, a charter member of Turner Lodge No. 254, and was active in several farm organizations and with school and church activities.
Emma (Wunderlich) Schroeder died 19 Feb. 1934 in Yorktown, DeWitt Co., TX. Adolph died 20 July 1946 in the Gruenau Community near Yorktown. Both are buried in the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery in Yorktown.
The Adolph Schroeder family, who were farmers, made their first home at Wied in Lavaca Co., TX where nine children were born to them. The family them moved to a farm in Gruenau, a little German farming community in DeWitt Co. TX not far from Yorktown. Adolph became a U.S. citizen on 20 Jan. 1922.
According to his obituary in the Yorktown News, Adolph "took a prominent part in the development of the Gruenau community, and contributed generously to many causes seeking the betterment of the community and its people." He was a member of the Gruenau Turn und Schuetzen Verein, a charter member of Turner Lodge No. 254, and was active in several farm organizations and with school and church activities.
Emma (Wunderlich) Schroeder died 19 Feb. 1934 in Yorktown, DeWitt Co., TX. Adolph died 20 July 1946 in the Gruenau Community near Yorktown. Both are buried in the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery in Yorktown.
Heinrich Frederick Adolph Schroeder, known as Adolph, was born 17 July 1867 in Hannover, Germany to Heinrich Nicolaus and Johanna Charlotte Dorathea (Bode) Schroeder. The Schroeder family immigrated to the port of Galveston, Texas in 1879, settling briefly in the community of Shelby in Austin Co. before moving to the Round Top area in Fayette Co., where Adolph was confirmed in the Lutheran Church in 1882. In 1891 the family moved to Cheapside in DeWitt Co., TX. The year 1891 was an eventful one for Adolph, who married Emma Wunderlich on 11 Aug. 1891, in Shelby, Austin Co., TX. Emma Wunderlich was born in Shelby on 23 Jan. 1870 to Henry August and Friedericke (Treybig) Wunderlich. In December of 1891 Adolph's father died.
The Adolph Schroeder family, who were farmers, made their first home at Wied in Lavaca Co., TX where nine children were born to them. The family them moved to a farm in Gruenau, a little German farming community in DeWitt Co. TX not far from Yorktown. Adolph became a U.S. citizen on 20 Jan. 1922.
According to his obituary in the Yorktown News, Adolph "took a prominent part in the development of the Gruenau community, and contributed generously to many causes seeking the betterment of the community and its people." He was a member of the Gruenau Turn und Schuetzen Verein, a charter member of Turner Lodge No. 254, and was active in several farm organizations and with school and church activities.
Emma (Wunderlich) Schroeder died 19 Feb. 1934 in Yorktown, DeWitt Co., TX. Adolph died 20 July 1946 in the Gruenau Community near Yorktown. Both are buried in the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery in Yorktown.
The Adolph Schroeder family, who were farmers, made their first home at Wied in Lavaca Co., TX where nine children were born to them. The family them moved to a farm in Gruenau, a little German farming community in DeWitt Co. TX not far from Yorktown. Adolph became a U.S. citizen on 20 Jan. 1922.
According to his obituary in the Yorktown News, Adolph "took a prominent part in the development of the Gruenau community, and contributed generously to many causes seeking the betterment of the community and its people." He was a member of the Gruenau Turn und Schuetzen Verein, a charter member of Turner Lodge No. 254, and was active in several farm organizations and with school and church activities.
Emma (Wunderlich) Schroeder died 19 Feb. 1934 in Yorktown, DeWitt Co., TX. Adolph died 20 July 1946 in the Gruenau Community near Yorktown. Both are buried in the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery in Yorktown.
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SCHROEDER
VATER
ADOLPH
GEB. JULI 17, 1867
GEST. JULI 20, 1946
MUTTER
EMMA
GEB. JAN 23, 1870
GEST. FEB. 19, 1934
RUHET SANFT
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