Alameda County Biographies

Frederick A. Schrader 

Transcribed by Pat Houser

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Frederick A. Schrader, wheelwright and blacksmith at Livermore, was born near Rostock, 
Germany, August 29, 1951, and accompanied his parents to America in1861, locating at 
Elgin, Illinois, where he finished his education and the trade of millwright.  In 1871 he went 
to Chicago, where he followed his trade until 1874, when he came by rail to San Francisco, 
and soon after went to Haywards, and there he worked at his trade as a journeyman until 
1875.  Then he went to Dublin and continued in his calling there five years; then was in San 
Francisco until 1884, then at Sacramento, and then Central America, where he was 
employed in the railroad shops at Guatemala, at car-building for eighteen months.  In 1886 
he returned to California, visited the East for a few months, came again to California, in 1887, 
locating near Livermore, where he is now carrying on his old trade, doing general repair work, 
etc., and having good patronage.  He also conducts and owns a saloon at the cross-roads, 
known as Greenville. He was married at Stockton, May 17, 1890 to Miss Augusta Kruger.  He 
is a Republican in his political views, taking an active interest in the public  affairs of his locality.  
He is a member of Mosaic Lodge, No. 218, F. & A. M., and also of the Society of the Sons of 
Hermann, both of Livermore. 

Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California, Lewis Publishing Co.,1891 Page 730.