{"id":11649,"date":"2026-01-31T14:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T12:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teuthorn.net\/feuilleton\/?p=11649"},"modified":"2026-02-15T21:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T19:59:17","slug":"die-schroter-teuthorn-familie-kalifornien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teuthorn.net\/feuilleton\/?p=11649","title":{"rendered":"Die Schroter-Teuthorn-Familie \/ Kalifornien"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-b3900d7095550ff744d207f4d3832207 wp-block-paragraph\">Abstract: This text supplements an earlier essay on the Schroter family with newly discovered sources from the Find a Grave platform. Newspaper obituaries provide a comprehensive portrait of this family, who originated from Frankenhausen and the surrounding area and settled in Northern California. The focus is on family cohesion until the death of the head of the family, Gunther Frederick Schroter, in 1905, the regional ties to Shasta County, and the professions, life paths, and social roles of the children. A special aspect is the influence of Freemasonry on the choice of burial site, the Shasta Masonic Cemetery. (OpenAI adapted)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die Geschichte dieser Familie habe ich in dem digitalen Aufsatz <a href=\"https:\/\/teuthorn.net\/feuilleton\/?p=10365\"><em>\u201ePauline und der kalifornische Goldrausch \u2013 Von Frankenhausen nach Shasta CA\u201c<\/em><\/a> dargerstellt. Ein Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf den herausfordernden Reisewegen. Erst k\u00fcrzlich bin ich auf eine weitere aussagekr\u00e4ftige Quelle gesto\u00dfen. Auf der Internetplattform Find-a-Grave finden sich f\u00fcr die meisten Familienangeh\u00f6rigen Zeitungsnotizen anl\u00e4sslich ihres Todes. Aus ihnen l\u00e4sst sich ein Familienportr\u00e4t zusammengestellen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Als das Familienoberhaupt am 15. M\u00e4rz 1905 mit 77 Jahren einem Krebsleiden erliegt, sind von den acht \u00fcberlebenden Kindern sechs an seinem Sterbebett und k\u00f6nnen vom Vater Abschied nehmen. Und alle acht, also auch die beiden, die wegen l\u00e4ngerer Anreise sp\u00e4ter ankamen, nehmen am Begr\u00e4bnis teil. Anl\u00e4sslich der sp\u00e4teren Begr\u00e4bnisdaten dieser Kinder erfahren wir jeweils einiges aus deren Biografie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die Familie hielt nachweislich bis zum Tode des \u201ePatriarchen\u201c Gunther Frederick eng zusammen. Offensichtlich blieben die Schroter-Kinder f\u00fcr lange Zeit in der Region Shasta-Redding, also dem Shasta County, auf jeden Fall aber in Nordkalifornien. Gunther Frederick starb im Haus seiner j\u00fcngsten Tochter Augusta Agnes. Sie war seit 1896 in Redding mit George Crow Strode verheiratet und einen Tag vor dem Sterbetag des Vaters 32 Jahre alt geworden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Es folgen ein paar Skizzen, die durch Verkn\u00fcpfen der Aussagen von Artikeln der lokalen Presse auf der Plattform \u201aFind a Grave\u2018 m\u00f6glich wurden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Oscar Alwin<\/em> (1860-1880), der \u00e4lteste Sohn, starb bereits in der Jugend.<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Arthur Alvin<\/em> (1861-1832) Sattler in Shasta<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Otto Paul<\/em> (1863-1925) Sattler in Shasta<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Gunther Frederick (Fritz) C<\/em> (1864-1935) \u00fcbte wie sein Vater das Handwerk des Sattlers aus.<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3188a11e38564ae07aa8403ae6be84e3\"><strong><em>Frederick (Fritz) Carl<\/em> (1865 1923) arbeitete in seiner Jugend in den Goldminen. 1892 heiratete er in Shasta Lizzie Gleason<\/strong><sup data-fn=\"b9537e62-bba5-4976-8c9c-96b9c809eb26\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#b9537e62-bba5-4976-8c9c-96b9c809eb26\" id=\"b9537e62-bba5-4976-8c9c-96b9c809eb26-link\">1<\/a><\/sup><strong> (1862-1932). Das Paar hatte eine Tochter, Maude Irene (1862-1961), <em>\u201ea Trinity County school teacher who resides in Weaverville\u201d<\/em>. Diese heiratete Frederick Edward Chapman (1891-1942). Zwei verstorbene S\u00f6hne des Paares werden auf Ancestry (Downey Family Tree) genannt.<br \/>Das Paar lebte seit etwa 1910 in Carrville. Fritz war ein kontaktfreudiger und beliebter Mitb\u00fcrger, der sich f\u00fcr das \u00f6ffentliche Wohl und die Weiterentwicklung des Gemeinwesens einsetzte. Er nahm \u00f6ffentliche \u00c4mter ein. Unter anderem war er Supervisor, Forest Ranger, Deputy Sheriff und Deputy Assessor. Das Begr\u00e4bnis fand auf dem katholischen Friedhof von Redding statt.<\/strong><sup data-fn=\"f9f0e860-7d62-4bc7-b0fe-1e3408a41227\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#f9f0e860-7d62-4bc7-b0fe-1e3408a41227\" id=\"f9f0e860-7d62-4bc7-b0fe-1e3408a41227-link\">2<\/a><\/sup><br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Amelia (Emily) Emma Wilhelmine<\/em> (1867-1932), war in zweiter Ehe seit Fr\u00fchjahr 1895 mit John Sale STRODE verheiratet. Dessen Bruder George Crow (1845-1924) heiratete im selben Jahr ihre 6 Jahre j\u00fcngere Schwester Augusta (siehe weiter unten), in deren Haus Vater Gunther gestorben war. Die Br\u00fcder waren rund 20 Jahre \u00e4lter als ihre Frauen, die sie jeweils viele Jahre \u00fcberlebten. Die Familiengrabst\u00e4tte zeugt von einer gewissen Wohlhabenheit.<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-05d83285aff519a7bc01ca7a19c45c8f\"><strong><em>Grant Alfred<\/em> (1869-1949) ist als Schmied (1926) in Shasta nachgewiesen. Seine 1898 geborene Tochter <em>Nellie Malvina<\/em> wurde Lehrerin. Sie heiratete James Marshal MOORE jr. und spielt f\u00fcr die Familiengeschichte Schroter-Teuthorn eine wichtige Rolle. Denn sie verfasste und ver\u00f6ffentlichte 1977 im Covered Wagon (S. 53-55) als Nellie Schroter Moore unter dem Titel <em>Gunther C. Schroter: Entrepreneur<\/em> eine Biografie ihres Gro\u00dfvaters, die ich mit Gewinn f\u00fcr oben genannten Aufsatz heranziehen konnte<\/strong>.<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>William August<\/em> (1871-1913) lebte in Redding. Es sind kurzfristige T\u00e4tigkeiten als Hotelangestellter und Leiter der Reddinger Feuerwehr bekannt.<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Augusta Agnes<\/em> (1873-1961) hatte, wie oben anl\u00e4sslich des Todes ihres Vaters erw\u00e4hnt, den Goldminenbesitzer George Crow STRODE geheiratet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 44%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vater Gunther war als Freimaurer Mitglied der Western Star Lodge Nr. 2. Diese war 1851 von Benton City nach Shasta, dem Zenrum des damals neu gegr\u00fcndeten Shasta County, verlegt worden und besa\u00df dort ein markantes Geb\u00e4ude. Eine der wichtigsten Aufgaben der Bruderschaft war es, eine w\u00fcrdige Bestattung zu erm\u00f6glichen, insbesondere auch f\u00fcr diejenigen, die mittellos und fern der Heimat gestorben waren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Auf dem Shasta Masonic Cemetery, der 1864 gegr\u00fcndet wurde und von der Western Star Nr. 2 betrieben wird, befinden sich Grabsteine einiger der bedeutendsten Pers\u00f6nlichkeiten der Stadtgeschichte. Einer von ihnen ist unser Gunther Frederick Carl Schroter. Auf einer <a href=\"https:\/\/images.findagrave.com\/photos\/2019\/80\/CEM2272597_6b3a9c5f-7b12-4bf4-9635-fadea5102d67.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Schema-Zeichnung<\/a> k\u00f6nnen die Gr\u00e4ber der Schroters, die dort ihre letzte Ruhe fanden, lokalisiert werden. Ich fand die Pl\u00e4tze 26, 81,100 und 123.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/teuthorn.net\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/western-starlogeNo2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11661 size-full\" style=\"object-position:56% 49%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teuthorn.net\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/western-starlogeNo2-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/teuthorn.net\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/western-starlogeNo2-1-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/teuthorn.net\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/western-starlogeNo2-1-120x150.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zur Bedeutung von &#8222;Find a Grave&#8220; f\u00fcr die Familienforschung hatte ich mich bereits 2019 in dem Beitrag f\u00fcr CompGen <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.compgen.de\/2019\/10\/die-faszination-von-grabstaetten\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8222;Die Faszination von Grabst\u00e4tten&#8220;<\/a><\/em> ge\u00e4u\u00dfert. Nach meinem Eindruck hat der Quellenwert seitdem noch zugenommen. Hierzu siehe auch <a href=\"https:\/\/teuthorn.net\/feuilleton\/?p=11691\">https:\/\/teuthorn.net\/feuilleton\/?p=11691<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aus der Shasta-Presse: Shasta Pioneer dies in Redding<sup data-fn=\"dcd7fa28-c7a4-40f1-890b-5b244f2fe394\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#dcd7fa28-c7a4-40f1-890b-5b244f2fe394\" id=\"dcd7fa28-c7a4-40f1-890b-5b244f2fe394-link\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">G.F.C. Schroter breathed his last Wednesday at five p.m. \/ &nbsp;For over forty years he had been a respected resident of Shasta County \u2013 Eight children, all grown to manhood and womanhood survive \u2013 Funeral al Shasta Friday afternoon at 2 o\u2019 Clock.<br \/><br \/>GFC Schroter, a pioneer of the Town of Shasta, died I Redding at 5\u2019o clock Wednesday. afternoon. The end came at the home of his daughter Mrs George Strode and in the presence of all but two of his children.<br \/><br \/>His death was not unexpected. For a year past he had been failing fast, and for the past nine weeks he had been bedfast. In the hope that a surgical operation might relieve him of the Cancer from which he suffered, he was taken to San Francisco and placed in a hospital. Learning that an operation would probably prove fatal, owing to his advanced years, he requested to be conveyed to Shasta, where he could die in the old home he loved so well. &#8211; He returned to Redding last Monday morning when it was found imprudent to convey him to his home in Shasta. He was taken to the home of his daughter instead. He realized that the end was fast approaching, but he was prepared for it. &nbsp;He retained consciousness almost to the very last, and though the power of speech failed him, his kindly eyes looked gratitude for the loving and tender attentions bestowed upon him as he passed away.<br \/><br \/>Gunther Frederick Carl Schroter was born in Germany on June 8, 1829, making him 75 years, nine months and 7 days old. &nbsp;In 1852 he landed in New York and a year later he established himself in the business of harness making at Marysville in this state. Losing his business by fire, he moved to Sacramento, but he remained there only a year or two. <br \/><br \/>In 1852<sup data-fn=\"60bf3dc5-9bd1-433f-890a-5e7010e61eed\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#60bf3dc5-9bd1-433f-890a-5e7010e61eed\" id=\"60bf3dc5-9bd1-433f-890a-5e7010e61eed-link\">4<\/a><\/sup> he removed to Shasta, where he had ever since made his home. He continued to work on his trade of harness making up to a few years ago. He maintained shops in Redding and Shasta for a while. He was twice burned out in this city.<br \/><br \/>He held the office of supervisor in the days when Shasta was the county seat, and for eight years he was justice of the peace of Shasta township.<br \/><br \/>He was a man of remarkable industry. He was a good citizen in every walk of life and a man of sterling integrity. He was devoted to his family and his home. He was married a year or two after his arrival in America. Mrs. Schroter died in 1884 and was buried in the Shasta cemetery. To the couple were born nine children, all of whom but one are living and grown to manhood. A son Oscar was buried by the side of his mother in the Shasta Cemetery.<br \/><br \/>The surviving children are Arthur Schroter of Shasa, Otto Schroter of San Mateo, G.F.C. Schroter jr. of Shasta, Mrs. J.S. Strode of Redding, F. C. Schroter of Carrville, Grant Schroter of Shasta, William A. Schroter of Redding and Mrs. George Strode of Whiskytown. All were at the deathbed but Otto and F.C. Schroter. They will arrive in time to attend the funeral. The funeral will take place from the Union church, Shasta, at 2 p m Friday, under the auspices of Western Star Lodge No. 2, F. &amp; A . M.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-footnotes\"><li id=\"b9537e62-bba5-4976-8c9c-96b9c809eb26\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdnc.ucr.edu\/?a=d&amp;d=SDU19080220.2.103\">https:\/\/cdnc.ucr.edu\/?a=d&amp;d=SDU19080220.2.103<\/a> <a href=\"#b9537e62-bba5-4976-8c9c-96b9c809eb26-link\" aria-label=\"Zur Fu\u00dfnotenreferenz 1 navigieren\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"f9f0e860-7d62-4bc7-b0fe-1e3408a41227\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdnc.ucr.edu\/?a=d&amp;d=TJ19231110.2.2\">https:\/\/cdnc.ucr.edu\/?a=d&amp;d=TJ19231110.2.2<\/a> <a href=\"#f9f0e860-7d62-4bc7-b0fe-1e3408a41227-link\" aria-label=\"Zur Fu\u00dfnotenreferenz 2 navigieren\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"dcd7fa28-c7a4-40f1-890b-5b244f2fe394\">Quelle: Find a Grave <a href=\"#dcd7fa28-c7a4-40f1-890b-5b244f2fe394-link\" aria-label=\"Zur Fu\u00dfnotenreferenz 3 navigieren\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"60bf3dc5-9bd1-433f-890a-5e7010e61eed\">Hier muss es sich um einen Fehler handeln. Laut seiner Nichte Nellie Schroter Moore kam er nach Aufenthalten in Marysville und Sacramenro im Fr\u00fchjahr 1855 nach Shasta.  <a href=\"#60bf3dc5-9bd1-433f-890a-5e7010e61eed-link\" aria-label=\"Zur Fu\u00dfnotenreferenz 4 navigieren\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstract: This text supplements an earlier essay on the Schroter family with newly discovered sources from the Find a Grave platform. Newspaper obituaries provide a comprehensive portrait of this family, <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/teuthorn.net\/feuilleton\/?p=11649\">Lesen Sie weiter &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":"[{\"content\":\"<a href=\\\"https:\/\/cdnc.ucr.edu\/?a=d&amp;d=SDU19080220.2.103\\\">https:\/\/cdnc.ucr.edu\/?a=d&amp;d=SDU19080220.2.103<\/a>\",\"id\":\"b9537e62-bba5-4976-8c9c-96b9c809eb26\"},{\"content\":\"<a href=\\\"https:\/\/cdnc.ucr.edu\/?a=d&amp;d=TJ19231110.2.2\\\">https:\/\/cdnc.ucr.edu\/?a=d&amp;d=TJ19231110.2.2<\/a>\",\"id\":\"f9f0e860-7d62-4bc7-b0fe-1e3408a41227\"},{\"content\":\"Quelle: Find a Grave\",\"id\":\"dcd7fa28-c7a4-40f1-890b-5b244f2fe394\"},{\"content\":\"Hier muss es sich um einen Fehler handeln. Laut seiner Nichte Nellie Schroter Moore kam er nach Aufenthalten in Marysville und Sacramenro im Fr\u00fchjahr 1855 nach Shasta. \",\"id\":\"60bf3dc5-9bd1-433f-890a-5e7010e61eed\"}]"},"categories":[28,455,25],"tags":[777,779,339],"class_list":["post-11649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amerika","category-biographie","category-bachmann-corvinus","tag-find-a-grave","tag-goldrush","tag-shasta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teuthorn.net\/feuilleton\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teuthorn.net\/feuilleton\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teuthorn.net\/feuilleton\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teuthorn.net\/feuilleton\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teuthorn.net\/feuilleton\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11649"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/teuthorn.net\/feuilleton\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11715,"href":"https:\/\/teuthorn.net\/feuilleton\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11649\/revisions\/11715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teuthorn.net\/feuilleton\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teuthorn.net\/feuilleton\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teuthorn.net\/feuilleton\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teuthorn.net\/feuilleton\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}