Simon Philipp Franz Schroeder was born in Stemberg, Lippe (presently a part of Berlebeck, a district of Detmold, Germany), a son of Heinrich Conrad ("Conrad") Schröder and his wife Henriette Ernestine Amalie ("Henriette") Bruns.
Early in life, he was known as Simon Bruns, according to Lippe customs based on the inheritance of land, as his Hofname (farmstead name) was Bruns.
A stonemason, he emigrated with brother Georg Schröder and sister Henriette Schröder Nott from Lippe via Bremen on the barque Julie, arriving in New York City on 18 November 1853. He settled briefly in Chicago, and subsequently was an early settler of Freeport, Illinois, where he helped to establish in 1856 one of the first marble and granite works in the city, Schroeder & Nott, on the corner of Adams Avenue and Jackson Street, "one of the best known in the county" and a "dealer in all kinds of stone for window sills, door sills, water tables and all kinds of building".
Simon Schroeder was a "prominent worker" at, and an early member of, Saint John's German Evangelical Church in Freeport. He "had many warm friends, especially among the older German citizens". He lived at 154 Winslow Street for most of his life.
He was reported to have been a "highly esteemed citizen" and "a man of unquestioned integrity" who was "honorable in all his dealings".
Early in life, he was known as Simon Bruns, according to Lippe customs based on the inheritance of land, as his Hofname (farmstead name) was Bruns.
A stonemason, he emigrated with brother Georg Schröder and sister Henriette Schröder Nott from Lippe via Bremen on the barque Julie, arriving in New York City on 18 November 1853. He settled briefly in Chicago, and subsequently was an early settler of Freeport, Illinois, where he helped to establish in 1856 one of the first marble and granite works in the city, Schroeder & Nott, on the corner of Adams Avenue and Jackson Street, "one of the best known in the county" and a "dealer in all kinds of stone for window sills, door sills, water tables and all kinds of building".
Simon Schroeder was a "prominent worker" at, and an early member of, Saint John's German Evangelical Church in Freeport. He "had many warm friends, especially among the older German citizens". He lived at 154 Winslow Street for most of his life.
He was reported to have been a "highly esteemed citizen" and "a man of unquestioned integrity" who was "honorable in all his dealings".
Simon Philipp Franz Schroeder was born in Stemberg, Lippe (presently a part of Berlebeck, a district of Detmold, Germany), a son of Heinrich Conrad ("Conrad") Schröder and his wife Henriette Ernestine Amalie ("Henriette") Bruns.
Early in life, he was known as Simon Bruns, according to Lippe customs based on the inheritance of land, as his Hofname (farmstead name) was Bruns.
A stonemason, he emigrated with brother Georg Schröder and sister Henriette Schröder Nott from Lippe via Bremen on the barque Julie, arriving in New York City on 18 November 1853. He settled briefly in Chicago, and subsequently was an early settler of Freeport, Illinois, where he helped to establish in 1856 one of the first marble and granite works in the city, Schroeder & Nott, on the corner of Adams Avenue and Jackson Street, "one of the best known in the county" and a "dealer in all kinds of stone for window sills, door sills, water tables and all kinds of building".
Simon Schroeder was a "prominent worker" at, and an early member of, Saint John's German Evangelical Church in Freeport. He "had many warm friends, especially among the older German citizens". He lived at 154 Winslow Street for most of his life.
He was reported to have been a "highly esteemed citizen" and "a man of unquestioned integrity" who was "honorable in all his dealings".
Early in life, he was known as Simon Bruns, according to Lippe customs based on the inheritance of land, as his Hofname (farmstead name) was Bruns.
A stonemason, he emigrated with brother Georg Schröder and sister Henriette Schröder Nott from Lippe via Bremen on the barque Julie, arriving in New York City on 18 November 1853. He settled briefly in Chicago, and subsequently was an early settler of Freeport, Illinois, where he helped to establish in 1856 one of the first marble and granite works in the city, Schroeder & Nott, on the corner of Adams Avenue and Jackson Street, "one of the best known in the county" and a "dealer in all kinds of stone for window sills, door sills, water tables and all kinds of building".
Simon Schroeder was a "prominent worker" at, and an early member of, Saint John's German Evangelical Church in Freeport. He "had many warm friends, especially among the older German citizens". He lived at 154 Winslow Street for most of his life.
He was reported to have been a "highly esteemed citizen" and "a man of unquestioned integrity" who was "honorable in all his dealings".
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SIMON
SCHROEDER
SEPT. 8, 1828
DEC. 29, 1898
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