Frank A. Schroeter

Brief Life History of Frank A.

When Frank A. Schroeter was born on 17 December 1864, in Groß Kruscha, Strelno, Posen, Prussia, Germany, his father, Johann Schröter, was 40 and his mother, Eva Christine Rahn, was 44. He married Bertha A. Braun on 26 September 1883, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 5 March 1937, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Willow Springs, Cook, Illinois, United States.

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Frank A. Schroeter
1864–1937
Bertha A. Braun
1864–1943
Marriage: 26 September 1883
Albert Gustave Carl Schroeter
1884–1951
Frank August Schroeter Jr.
1887–1923
Schreader
1890–
Berthold Alvin Albert Schroeter
1893–1982
Bertha Emma Schroeter
1896–
Emma Friedarika Schroeter
1899–1988
Otto Franz Frederick Schroeter
1903–1993

Sources (37)

  • Frank Schroeter, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Frank Schreader, "Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915"
  • Franz Schroeter, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1867 · The Chicago Water Tower

The Chicago water tower was built out of Lemont limestone by William W. Boyington and was used for firefighting and also drawing clean water from Lake Michigan. The tower gained prominence after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Some believe that the tower was the only building to survive the Great Chicago Fire, but a few other buildings survived alongside the tower. The tower has become a symbol of old Chicago and how the city recovered from the fire. The tower has undergone only two renovations since 1913. 

1885 · The World's First Skyscraper

The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Juergen, Otto, Elke, Ernst, Erwin, Gerd, Gertraud, Hermann, Ingeborg, Klaus, Kurt. Scandinavian Sven, Birgit, Gorm, Niels.

North German (mainly Schröter): variant of Schroeder . Compare Schroter .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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