On November 25, 1845, the ship "Washington" arrived at the busy port of Galveston, Texas. One of the many German immigrants aboard was Frederich Heinrich Schlador, a 28 year old man from Iserlohn, Germany, a city in the western central part of the country. For the ship's records, he stated that his destination was Guadalupe County, in southeastern Texas. He moved to Comal County, where in 1849 he divorced his first wife, Julie von der Nahmer, who apparently refused to join him in America.
Between his arrival and the year 1850, he married Franziska Wiedenfeld, a very young girl who had also arrived from Germany in 1845 in the company of her parents, Wilhelm and Henrietta Wiedenfeld, and her brother Theodore. F. H. and Franziska made their home in New Braunfels, Texas until sometime in the year 1852, when they, their infant daughter Ida, and Franziska's brother Theodore and his family made the somewhat hazardous trip to an area on Cypress Creek near the Guadalupe River in what was then Bexar County, near the present town of Comfort, Texas. In this wild and unsettled area, the Schladors and Wiedenfelds established a home, where Franziksa bore four more children: William in 1853, Samuel in 1855, Theodore in 1857 and Magdalena in 1863.
How the family made their living is unknown,but probably by farming or ranching. There is a cattle brand for F. H. Schlador registered with the state of Texas.
Between 1862 and 1867, F. H., Franziska and their children moved from Comfort to Bandera County, Texas, a small town on the Medina River, and owned a cypress shingle mill for several years. In 1870, the mill was seriously damaged by floodwaters, and totally destroyed by floods in 1900. However, by that time the Schlador family was gone, except for daughter Ida, who had married a resident of Bandera, Johann P. Heinen; and son William, who in the 1880 federal census is listed as a mail carrier in Bandera County, Texas.
Apparently, the call to move west had come to F. H., because the next federal census finds him in Oregon, his occupation listed as a hotel keeper in the town of Silverton. He and his family eventually moved to Los Angeles, California, where he and Franziska ran a boarding house located on "San Fermando near the new depot" (information from Los Angeles City Directory).
An announcement appeared in the Los Angeles Times during early April 1886 to the affect that F. H. Schlador, a native of Iserlohn, had died 08 April. The invitation to his funeral on 11th April appeared a few days later in the same paper. The following notice was published in the June 6, 1886 Los Angeles Times:
NOTICE TO CREDITORS, In the matter of the estate of F. H. Schlador, deceased. Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, administratrix of the estate of F. H. Schlador, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers, within four months after the first publication of this notice, to the said administratrix, at 522 San Fernando Street, in the city of Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, state of California, the same being the place of residence of said administratrix, and the place for the transaction of the business of said estate. Dated at Los Angeles city May 29, 1886. MAGDALENA SCHLADOR, Administratrix of the estate of F. H. Schlador, deceased. Gardiner & Stephenson, attorneys for the estate.
Magdalena Schlador was F. H.'s daughter, and later the first wife of Los Angeles Times editor, Harry Chandler, with whom she had two daughters.
A written family history indicates that F. H. was buried in Old Calvary Cemetery. It is assumed he was among the graves relocated to New Calvary cemetery.
Between his arrival and the year 1850, he married Franziska Wiedenfeld, a very young girl who had also arrived from Germany in 1845 in the company of her parents, Wilhelm and Henrietta Wiedenfeld, and her brother Theodore. F. H. and Franziska made their home in New Braunfels, Texas until sometime in the year 1852, when they, their infant daughter Ida, and Franziska's brother Theodore and his family made the somewhat hazardous trip to an area on Cypress Creek near the Guadalupe River in what was then Bexar County, near the present town of Comfort, Texas. In this wild and unsettled area, the Schladors and Wiedenfelds established a home, where Franziksa bore four more children: William in 1853, Samuel in 1855, Theodore in 1857 and Magdalena in 1863.
How the family made their living is unknown,but probably by farming or ranching. There is a cattle brand for F. H. Schlador registered with the state of Texas.
Between 1862 and 1867, F. H., Franziska and their children moved from Comfort to Bandera County, Texas, a small town on the Medina River, and owned a cypress shingle mill for several years. In 1870, the mill was seriously damaged by floodwaters, and totally destroyed by floods in 1900. However, by that time the Schlador family was gone, except for daughter Ida, who had married a resident of Bandera, Johann P. Heinen; and son William, who in the 1880 federal census is listed as a mail carrier in Bandera County, Texas.
Apparently, the call to move west had come to F. H., because the next federal census finds him in Oregon, his occupation listed as a hotel keeper in the town of Silverton. He and his family eventually moved to Los Angeles, California, where he and Franziska ran a boarding house located on "San Fermando near the new depot" (information from Los Angeles City Directory).
An announcement appeared in the Los Angeles Times during early April 1886 to the affect that F. H. Schlador, a native of Iserlohn, had died 08 April. The invitation to his funeral on 11th April appeared a few days later in the same paper. The following notice was published in the June 6, 1886 Los Angeles Times:
NOTICE TO CREDITORS, In the matter of the estate of F. H. Schlador, deceased. Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, administratrix of the estate of F. H. Schlador, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers, within four months after the first publication of this notice, to the said administratrix, at 522 San Fernando Street, in the city of Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, state of California, the same being the place of residence of said administratrix, and the place for the transaction of the business of said estate. Dated at Los Angeles city May 29, 1886. MAGDALENA SCHLADOR, Administratrix of the estate of F. H. Schlador, deceased. Gardiner & Stephenson, attorneys for the estate.
Magdalena Schlador was F. H.'s daughter, and later the first wife of Los Angeles Times editor, Harry Chandler, with whom she had two daughters.
A written family history indicates that F. H. was buried in Old Calvary Cemetery. It is assumed he was among the graves relocated to New Calvary cemetery.
On November 25, 1845, the ship "Washington" arrived at the busy port of Galveston, Texas. One of the many German immigrants aboard was Frederich Heinrich Schlador, a 28 year old man from Iserlohn, Germany, a city in the western central part of the country. For the ship's records, he stated that his destination was Guadalupe County, in southeastern Texas. He moved to Comal County, where in 1849 he divorced his first wife, Julie von der Nahmer, who apparently refused to join him in America.
Between his arrival and the year 1850, he married Franziska Wiedenfeld, a very young girl who had also arrived from Germany in 1845 in the company of her parents, Wilhelm and Henrietta Wiedenfeld, and her brother Theodore. F. H. and Franziska made their home in New Braunfels, Texas until sometime in the year 1852, when they, their infant daughter Ida, and Franziska's brother Theodore and his family made the somewhat hazardous trip to an area on Cypress Creek near the Guadalupe River in what was then Bexar County, near the present town of Comfort, Texas. In this wild and unsettled area, the Schladors and Wiedenfelds established a home, where Franziksa bore four more children: William in 1853, Samuel in 1855, Theodore in 1857 and Magdalena in 1863.
How the family made their living is unknown,but probably by farming or ranching. There is a cattle brand for F. H. Schlador registered with the state of Texas.
Between 1862 and 1867, F. H., Franziska and their children moved from Comfort to Bandera County, Texas, a small town on the Medina River, and owned a cypress shingle mill for several years. In 1870, the mill was seriously damaged by floodwaters, and totally destroyed by floods in 1900. However, by that time the Schlador family was gone, except for daughter Ida, who had married a resident of Bandera, Johann P. Heinen; and son William, who in the 1880 federal census is listed as a mail carrier in Bandera County, Texas.
Apparently, the call to move west had come to F. H., because the next federal census finds him in Oregon, his occupation listed as a hotel keeper in the town of Silverton. He and his family eventually moved to Los Angeles, California, where he and Franziska ran a boarding house located on "San Fermando near the new depot" (information from Los Angeles City Directory).
An announcement appeared in the Los Angeles Times during early April 1886 to the affect that F. H. Schlador, a native of Iserlohn, had died 08 April. The invitation to his funeral on 11th April appeared a few days later in the same paper. The following notice was published in the June 6, 1886 Los Angeles Times:
NOTICE TO CREDITORS, In the matter of the estate of F. H. Schlador, deceased. Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, administratrix of the estate of F. H. Schlador, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers, within four months after the first publication of this notice, to the said administratrix, at 522 San Fernando Street, in the city of Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, state of California, the same being the place of residence of said administratrix, and the place for the transaction of the business of said estate. Dated at Los Angeles city May 29, 1886. MAGDALENA SCHLADOR, Administratrix of the estate of F. H. Schlador, deceased. Gardiner & Stephenson, attorneys for the estate.
Magdalena Schlador was F. H.'s daughter, and later the first wife of Los Angeles Times editor, Harry Chandler, with whom she had two daughters.
A written family history indicates that F. H. was buried in Old Calvary Cemetery. It is assumed he was among the graves relocated to New Calvary cemetery.
Between his arrival and the year 1850, he married Franziska Wiedenfeld, a very young girl who had also arrived from Germany in 1845 in the company of her parents, Wilhelm and Henrietta Wiedenfeld, and her brother Theodore. F. H. and Franziska made their home in New Braunfels, Texas until sometime in the year 1852, when they, their infant daughter Ida, and Franziska's brother Theodore and his family made the somewhat hazardous trip to an area on Cypress Creek near the Guadalupe River in what was then Bexar County, near the present town of Comfort, Texas. In this wild and unsettled area, the Schladors and Wiedenfelds established a home, where Franziksa bore four more children: William in 1853, Samuel in 1855, Theodore in 1857 and Magdalena in 1863.
How the family made their living is unknown,but probably by farming or ranching. There is a cattle brand for F. H. Schlador registered with the state of Texas.
Between 1862 and 1867, F. H., Franziska and their children moved from Comfort to Bandera County, Texas, a small town on the Medina River, and owned a cypress shingle mill for several years. In 1870, the mill was seriously damaged by floodwaters, and totally destroyed by floods in 1900. However, by that time the Schlador family was gone, except for daughter Ida, who had married a resident of Bandera, Johann P. Heinen; and son William, who in the 1880 federal census is listed as a mail carrier in Bandera County, Texas.
Apparently, the call to move west had come to F. H., because the next federal census finds him in Oregon, his occupation listed as a hotel keeper in the town of Silverton. He and his family eventually moved to Los Angeles, California, where he and Franziska ran a boarding house located on "San Fermando near the new depot" (information from Los Angeles City Directory).
An announcement appeared in the Los Angeles Times during early April 1886 to the affect that F. H. Schlador, a native of Iserlohn, had died 08 April. The invitation to his funeral on 11th April appeared a few days later in the same paper. The following notice was published in the June 6, 1886 Los Angeles Times:
NOTICE TO CREDITORS, In the matter of the estate of F. H. Schlador, deceased. Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, administratrix of the estate of F. H. Schlador, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers, within four months after the first publication of this notice, to the said administratrix, at 522 San Fernando Street, in the city of Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, state of California, the same being the place of residence of said administratrix, and the place for the transaction of the business of said estate. Dated at Los Angeles city May 29, 1886. MAGDALENA SCHLADOR, Administratrix of the estate of F. H. Schlador, deceased. Gardiner & Stephenson, attorneys for the estate.
Magdalena Schlador was F. H.'s daughter, and later the first wife of Los Angeles Times editor, Harry Chandler, with whom she had two daughters.
A written family history indicates that F. H. was buried in Old Calvary Cemetery. It is assumed he was among the graves relocated to New Calvary cemetery.
Gravesite Details
The photo shown is a marker for all the unknown graves that were moved from the old cemetery. F. H. does not appear to have an individual marker.
Family Members
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