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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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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.
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.
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 .
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