Descendents of Friederich
Schlado(e)r
Generation No. 1
1.
Friederich1 Schladoer was born Unknown in Germany, and
died Unknown in Germany.
More About Friederich
Schladoer:
Burial: Unknown,
Germany
Children of
Friederich Schladoer are:
+ 2 i. Gerhard Caspar Diderich2
Schladoer, born Abt. February 20, 1815 in Germany; died 1855 in Between
Comfort, Texas and Indianola, Texas.
+ 3 ii. Friederich Henrich Schlador, born 1827 in
Germany; died Unknown.
Generation No. 2
2.
Gerhard Caspar Diderich2 Schladoer (Friederich1)
was born Abt. February 20, 1815 in Germany, and died 1855 in Between Comfort,
Texas and Indianola, Texas. He married Christiana
Lothiesen December 02, 1837 in Sankt Hubertus Katholisch, Heddinghausen,
Westfalen, Preussen, daughter of Johann Lothiesen and Louise Boeck. She was born April 05, 1807, and died June
19, 1888 in Comfort, Kendall County, Texas.
Notes for Gerhard
Caspar Diderich Schladoer:
From the book
"Kerr County Album"
Christiane Schladoer
was the daughter of Mrs. Christiane Belthauer Schladoer of Prussia, who had
arrived at Indianola in 1855 only to find her husband (DIDERICH SCHLADOER)had
disappeared on his trip from Comfort to meet his family. Searches were immediately made, but no trace
was ever found of Mr. Schladoer or his valet.
NOTE: Some sources show spelling of first name as
Diedrich.
More About Gerhard
Caspar Diderich Schladoer:
Burial: Unknown
Location
Emigration Ship:
Oceanus
Port of Arrival:
October 24, 1852, Galveston, Texas
Port of Departure:
August 22, 1852, Bremen, Germany
Religion: Protestant
Notes for Christiana
Lothiesen:
In the 1860 Kerr
County census, the following is shown:
Precinct Number 2,
dwelling #40
Constant Haeiter,
Aged 40, Male, Farmer, Duckd. Lax-Gotha
CHRISTIANE SCHLADOR,
Aged 45, Female, Prussia
Robert Schlador, Aged
18, Male, Prussia
Emma Schlador, Aged
13, Female, Prussia
Edmund Holland, Aged
26, Male, Duckd. Lax-Gotha
More About Christiana
Lothiesen:
Baptism: April 15,
1807, Sankt Hubertus Katholisch, Heddinghausen
Burial: Comfort City
Cemetary, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
Census: 1860,
Precinct 2, Dwelling 40, Kerr County, Texas
Obituary?: None
Port of Arrival:
1855, Indianola, Texas
Marriage Notes for
Gerhard Schladoer and Christiana Lothiesen:
Diederich Schladoer's
age at marriage was 22 years, 9 months & 9 days.
Christiana
Lothiesen's age at marriage was 30 years, 7 months & 27 days.
More About Gerhard
Schladoer and Christiana Lothiesen:
Marriage: December
02, 1837, Sankt Hubertus Katholisch, Heddinghausen, Westfalen, Preussen
Children of Gerhard
Schladoer and Christiana Lothiesen are:
4 i. Friderica Catharina Sophia3
Schladoer, born December 16, 1838 in Germany; died Unknown in Germany.
Notes
for Friderica Catharina Sophia Schladoer:
LDS
Family Search Information
Source
Information:
Batch No.:
Dates: Source Call No.: Type:
Printout Call No.: Type:
C976351
1807 - 1841 0948271 Film
NONE
Lists
her name as FRIEDERICA CATHARINA SOPHIA BERTA LOUISE EMILIE <SCHLADOER>
More
About Friderica Catharina Sophia Schladoer:
Burial:
Germany
Christening:
January 01, 1839, Sankt Hubertus Katholisch, Heddinghausen, Westfalen, Preussen
5 ii. Johann Carl Schladoer, born November 10,
1840 in Germany; died Unknown in Germany.
More
About Johann Carl Schladoer:
Burial:
Germany
Christening:
November 22, 1840, Sankt Hubertus Katholisch, Heddinghausen, Westfalen,
Preussen
+ 6 iii. Robert Johann Christian Schladoer, born
March 27, 1843 in Fuerstentum Waldeck, Germany; died January 09, 1929 in
Comfort, Kendall County, Texas.
7 iv. Christiana Carolina Amalia Theresia
Schladoer, born April 05, 1844 in Udorf, Fuerstenthum, Waldeck, Germany; died
January 13, 1917 in Comfort, Kendall County, Texas. She married Louis Mathias Strohacker October
07, 1860 in Comfort, Kendall County, Texas; born July 07, 1833 in Weisach,
Wuertenberg, Germany; died March 06, 1927 in Comfort, Kendall County, Texas.
Notes
for Christiana Carolina Amalia Theresia Schladoer:
From
the book "Kerr County Album"
Christiane
Schladoer was the daughter of Mrs. Christiane Belthauer* Schladoer of Prussia,
who had arrived at Indianola in 1855 only to find her husband had disappeared
on his trip from Comfort to meet his family.
Searches were immediately made, but no trace was ever found of Mr.
Schladoer or his valet.
*This
source cites the maiden name of Christiane's mother as Belthauer, but her
gravestone states her maiden name was Lothiesen. All other records agree that Lothiesen was,
in fact, her maiden name.
MRS.
LOUIS STROHACKER
Mrs.
Christiane Schladoer Strohacker, wife of Louis Strohacker of Comfort, a woman
widely related throughout this community and respected and beloved by a
multitude of friends, died Saturday, January 13, at 5:30 A. M. at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Hubert Heinen, where she had been removed from her own home
several weeks ago in order to insure for her the greatest attention during an
attack of grip from which she was suffering.
On
the day preceding her death Mrs. Strohacker's condition showed marked
improvement, and it was thought that her recovery was assured, but on Friday
night a chronic weakness of the heart caused a collapse from which she could
not be revived, and she sank quietly into her final sleep. All the members of her family excepting one
daughter, who lives in El Paso, had been with her that day.
The
funeral was held from the Hubert Heinen home Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and
the interment took place in the Comfort cemetery. In spite of the very unpleasant weather which
prevailed, a large number of friends and relatives assembled at the cemetery
for the last tribute of respect and affection to the decedent, among them being
persons from our neighboring communities and San Antonio. The pall bearers were: Ernst Schwethelm of Kerrville, Otto
Wiedenfeld, Otto Flach, Sr., Walter Brinkmann, A. S. Faltin and Otto Holekamp.
The
services at the grave consisted of two finely rendered songs by the Comfort
Liedertafel and an eloquent obituary article composed and read by Wm.
Wiedenfeld. At the close of the second
song the casket was consigned to earth. A
number of very beautiful floral offerings covered the grave.
The
story of Mrs. Strohacker's life, like those of most of the pioneer women of
this part of Texas, is one replete with the usual hardships and privations-all
bravely borne-which were the common lot of all who took part in the early
struggle which wrested this portion of Texas from marauding Indians, and
converted in into the fine and flourishing country it is today.
Indeed,
some of the circumstances of Mrs. Strohacker's early life were of a more trying
kind than those which fell to the average pioneer family of that period. Born in Udorf in Fuerstenthum, Waldeck,
Germany, April 5, 1844, she came of a good family named Schladoer. In June, 1853, she was brought to America by
her mother, who with a family of four children left Germany in that year to
join her husband who had come to Texas a couple of years before.
When
the mother and her little ones landed at Galveston, where she expected to meet
her husband, no trace of him could be found, and it was finally assumed that he
had been killed for the money which he was known to have carried on his person.
The
slender funds which Mrs. Schladoer had brought with her soon became the spoils
of designing persons, and the family finding itself without money, made its way
with much hardship to Comfort where F. H. Schladoer, a brother of the missing
man, gave them a home, but one without any of the comforts they had known in
the old country.
In
1860 Christiane Schladoer was married to Louis Strohacker of Comfort and lived
happily with him until her death-a period of more than 56 years. This couple celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary on October 12, 1910. There
were four children born of their marriage.
They are Mrs. Ernst Stieler and Mrs. Hubert Heinin of Comfort, Mrs.
Theo. Saur of El Paso and Oscar Strohacker of Kerrville. All these children and her husband survive
the decedent. She leaves also one
brother, Robert Schladoer, of this community.
Her grandchildren are ten in number and there are three
great-grandchildren.
From
"The Comfort News"
Friday,
January 19th, 1917
In
the 1860 Kerr County census, enumerated on June 11, 1860, Christiana is shown
as being a servant in the house of F. H. and Franziska Schlador. Her mother, brothers and sister lived next
door in dwelling #40.
More
About Christiana Carolina Amalia Theresia Schladoer:
Burial:
January 14, 1917, Comfort City Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
Cause
of Death: "La Grippe" combined with "chronic weakness of the
heart"
Census:
1860, Precinct 2, Dwelling 30, Kerr County, Texas
Christening:
April 28, 1844, Sankt Hubertus Katholisch, Heddinghausen, Westfalen, Preussen
Notes
for Louis Mathias Strohacker:
From
The Comfort News, Thursday, March 10, 1927
LOUIS
STROHACKER PASSES AWAY
On
Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock Louis Strohacker, pioneer of this section, passed
away at the ripe age of 94 years. He had
been in failing health for some time and his death was not unexpected. He was laid to rest in the Comfort cemetery
Monday afternoon amidst a large gathering of friends and relatives, many of
them coming from other communities to pay their last respects to the remains of
their friend. At the grave, R. M. Flach
read a eulogy of the departed, extolling the many fine qualities and
self-sacrificing spirit of the man. The
Comfort Liedertafel, of which the deceased was a founder, and honorary member,
rendered two beautiful numbers. Louis,
Henry, Edgar and Albert Stieler, Oscar Roggenbucke and Theo. Strohacker were
the pall bearers. The honorary
pallbearers were Julius, George and Dan. Holekamp, Herman Stieler, Chas.
Arhelger, Chas. Roggenbucke, Richard Doebbler, T. O. Codrington, Otto
Wiedenfeld, Fred. Allerkamp, Paul Karger, all of Comfort, Gus. Langvein, Sr.,
of Sisterdale, Chas. Bergmann, Sr. of Boerne, and Fritz Karger of Kerrville.
Louis
Strohacker was born in Weisach, Wuertenberg, Germany, on the 7th. day of July,
1833. In 1853 he came to America and
lived at Baltimore for two years. In
1855 he enlisted in the United States Army, 2nd. Cavalry, Co. D. In the fall of that year he came to Texas to
do border duty. During his term of
service he was in many skirmishes with Indians, on one such occasion in 1858,
receiving a wound in his ankle. During
the time that he was with the Army in Texas he was stationed at many different
Forts. He often told of his many and
varied experiences during these frontier times, and if they were recorded in
chronological order they would be very interesting reading indeed. Let it be said here that through all those
trying times when residents of Texas suffered many privations, this man never
lost his courage or cheerfulness, but by his bravery and indomitable will he
surmounted the obstacles and lived to a ripe and happy old age.
He
received his discharge from the Army in May 1860, and in October of the same
year he was married to Miss Christiane Schladoer. This couple was blessed with five children,
one of whom, a son, died while quite small.
Those surviving are Oscar Strohacker of Kerrville, Mrs. Theo. Sauer of
El Paso, Mrs. Ernst Stieler and Mrs. Hubert Heinen of Comfort. One half-brother, Conrad Strohacker, lives at
Comfort and a half-sister in Pennsylvania.
Mrs.
Strohacker passed away in 1917, but five years before that, on October 10,
1910, this couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary, all their
children present.
We
are not often granted the privilege of recording the life of a man who has had
such wide and useful life and our only wish that we could do more justice to
the life history.
More
About Louis Mathias Strohacker:
Burial:
March 07, 1927, Comfort City Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
Emigration:
1853, Baltimore, Maryland
Military
service: 1855, United States Army, 2nd Cavalry, Co. D
Marriage
Notes for Christiana Schladoer and Louis Strohacker:
Golden
Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Strohacker, The Comfort News, Comfort, Texas
October 14, 1910
Golden
Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Strohacker
Saturday,
October 8th, was the fiftieth anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Strohacker.
No
announcement of this interesting occasion was made public and no formal
celebration was attempted by Mr. and Mrs. Strohacker, but a number of their
relatives and friends who were aware of the anniversary were present at the
Strohacker home Saturday afternoon to extend congratulations and to wish
continued health and happiness to the bride and groom of fifty years ago.
Refreshments
were served and a jolly afternoon was passed, and in the afternoon, Mr. and
Mrs. Hubert Heinen gave a dinner in honor of the occasion. This was attended by
all of the family with the exception of Mrs. Theo. Saur and Mrs. Oscar
Strohacker who were unable to be present. Messrs. Henry Stieler and Oscar
Roggenbucke of San Antonio were among those present.
The
evening was spent most delightfully, and none of those present was any livelier
than were Mr. and Mrs. Strohacker themselves. Fifty years of married life has
left them very young, and the good wishes of their friends for many happy
returns of this anniversary are likely to be fulfilled. They were the
recipients of a number of presents to mark the occasion.
More
About Louis Strohacker and Christiana Schladoer:
Marriage:
October 07, 1860, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
Officiant:
Theodore Weidenfeld, J.P.
8 v. Emilie Rudolphine Schladoer, born July 11,
1846; died April 11, 1880. She married
Karl Heinrich Bergmann May 26, 1867 in Kendall County, Texas; born September
29, 1845 in Ebersbach, Koenigreich, Sachen, Saxony Germany; died November 21,
1938 in Boerne, Kendall County, Texas.
More
About Emilie Rudolphine Schladoer:
Burial:
Comfort City Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
Census:
1860, Precinct 2, Dwelling 40, Kerr County, Texas
Christening:
July 26, 1846, Sankt Hubertus Katholisch, Heddinghausen, Westfalen, Preussen
More
About Karl Heinrich Bergmann:
Obituary?:
No
More
About Karl Bergmann and Emilie Schladoer:
Marriage:
May 26, 1867, Kendall County, Texas
Marriage
license: Number 57
Officiant:
Otto Brinkmann, Justice of the Peace
Witness
1: Louis Strohacker
Witness
2: C. Haerter
9 vi. Johanna Gertrud Schladoer, born September
03, 1851; died Unknown.
More
About Johanna Gertrud Schladoer:
Christening:
September 14, 1851, Sankt Hubertus Katholisch, Heddinghausen, Westfalen,
Preussen
3.
Friederich Henrich2 Schlador (Friederich1
Schladoer) was born 1827 in Germany, and died Unknown. He married Franciska Wiedenfeld
Unknown, daughter of Wilhelm Wiedenfeld and Johanna Giesecke. She was born 1834 in Germany, and died July
01, 1920 in Los Angeles County, California.
Notes for Friederich
Henrich Schlador:
CHRONOLOGY
1845 F. H.
Schladoer from Iserlohn to Kendall County, ship "Washington"
Source:
A "New Land Beckoned" by Geue, page 136
1852 " They made their home near Neu
Braunfels until 1852..."
Source:
"A Hundred Years of Comfort In Texas" by Ranslaben, page 15
1852 Settlers List of Comfort - F. Heinrich
Schladoer & Family
Source:
"A Hundred Years of Comfort in Texas" by Ranslaben, page 23
1862 Muster Roll of the Militia, recorded in the
Comfort Precinct #2 Feb. 19, 1862
F. H. Schladoer, age 45, weapon rifle.
Source:
"A Hundred Years of Comfort in Texas" by Ranslaben, page 23
1867 "Mr. Schmidtke...secured employment in
F. H. Schladoer's mill. This was in
1867.
Schladoer owned a grist mill and a
sawmill..."
Source:
"Pioneer History of Bandera County" by Hunter, page 56
More About Friederich
Henrich Schlador:
Census 1: 1860,
Precinct 2, Dwelling 30, Kerr County, Texas
Census 2: 1880,
Marion County, Oregon
Emigration: November
25, 1845, Galveston, Texas
Emigration Ship:
Washington
Land Grant: McCulloch
County, Texas
Occupation: 1880,
Hotel Keeper
Port of Departure:
Iserlohn, Antwerp
Property: 1852,
Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
Notes for Franciska
Wiedenfeld:
Mrs. Schladoer was
the former Franziska Wiedenfeld, sister of Theodore and the daughter of Carl William
Wiedenfeld and his wife, nee Henrietta Giesecke. In the passenger list of the
ship Johann Dethard, mastered by Capt. Luedering, are included the family of
Carl Wilhelm Weidenfeld, aged 54, occupation farmer; Mrs. Wiedenfeld, nee
Henrietta Giesecke, aged 45, occupation housewife; Theodore Wiedenfeld, aged
20, occupation farmer; and Franziska Wiedenfeld, aged 12, daughter. Landing was
made at Indianola on June 24, 1845.
Resting at lndianola
after an almost three-month voyage, Mr. Wiedenfeld and his family left in
company with other families for Neu Braunfels, 170 miles inland. Arriving there
he immediately set to the task of building a home for his family after which he
started a new career: ranching and cattle-trading. It will be noted in his
declaration that Mr. Wiedenfeld, listed his occupation as that of farmer;
however, he actually conducted an inn in Germany and had had no agricultural
experience whatsoever. Mr. Wiedenfeld and his family evidently proved
themselves equal to the self-chosen task of their new venture; even during
their first few years of residence at Neu Braunfels they were gaining knowledge
and progressing as satisfactorily as could be expected.
As in many other
instances, unmarried young women being at a premium, it was not unusual for
daughter Franziska to embark on the sea of matrimony in her early teens,
becoming the bride of F. Heinrich Schladoer. They made their home near Neu
Braunfels until 1852 when they were joined by Theodore who had also left the
stages of bachelorhood the year before and migrated to the region near Comfort
where Mr. Schladoer had purchased a tract of land situated west of the area
later to be developed as a townsite.
Source: "A Hundred Years of Comfort In
Texas" by Guido Ranslaben.
From the Los Angeles
Times, July 3, 1920
SCHLADOR. Frances H. Schlador of 2119 East Fourth
Street, aged 88 years, beloved mother of William Schlador. Funeral from Vesper & Ham's Chapel, 198?
East First, Saturday, July 3 at 1:30 p.m.
More About Franciska
Wiedenfeld:
Burial: July 03, 1920
Census: 1860,
Precinct 2, Dwelling 30, Kerr County, Texas
Emigration Ship:
Johann Dethard
Port of Arrival: June
24, 1845, Indianola, Calhoun County, Texas
More About Friederich
Schlador and Franciska Wiedenfeld:
Marriage: Unknown
Children of
Friederich Schlador and Franciska Wiedenfeld are:
10 i. Ida3 Schlador, born 1850 in New
Braunfels, Comal County, Texas; died 1925.
She married Johann P. Heinen October 21, 1868 in Bandera, Bandera
County, Texas; born 1847; died 1922.
More
About Ida Schlador:
Census:
1860, Precinct 2, Dwelling 30, Kerr County, Texas
More
About Johann P. Heinen:
Obituary?:
No
More
About Johann Heinen and Ida Schlador:
Marriage:
October 21, 1868, Bandera, Bandera County, Texas
+ 11 ii. William Schlador, born May 17, 1853 in
Comfort, Texas; died Unknown.
+ 12 iii. Samuel Schlador, born March 26, 1855 in
Texas; died October 27, 1949 in Los Angeles County, California.
+ 13 iv. Theodore Schlador, born April 16, 1857 in
Texas; died February 17, 1892 in Silverton, Marion County, Oregon.
+ 14 v. Magdalena Schlador, born 1863; died August
04, 1892 in Los Angeles, California.
Generation No. 3
6.
Robert Johann Christian3 Schladoer (Gerhard Caspar
Diderich2, Friederich1) was born March 27, 1843 in
Fuerstentum Waldeck, Germany, and died January 09, 1929 in Comfort, Kendall
County, Texas. He married Carolina
Mohrhoff May 22, 1866 in Kendall County, Texas, daughter of Henry
Mohrhoff. She was born February 16,
1846, and died April 22, 1905.
Notes for Robert Johann
Christian Schladoer:
CIVIL WAR VETERAN
LAID TO REST
Robert Schladoer,
aged 86 years, who died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Meckel last Wednesday
morning was laid to rest in the Comfort cemetery, the funeral being held
Thursday morning at ten o'clock. Robert
C. Herbst read the obituary ritual of the Order of Herman Sons of which the
deceased was an honorary member, and made an obituary address at the
grave. The Comfort Liedertafel sang two
songs. The pallbearers, all grandsons of
the deceased were Joe Grollimund, Henry Meckel, Henry, Herbert Edwin and Ernst
Schladoer. Members of the Order of
Herman Sons acted as honorary pallbearers.
The funeral was a large one and the flowers were lovely. Among those from out-of-town who attended the
funeral were Mr. and Mrs. G. Doehne, Mrs. Sadie Grounds, Thos Spenrath, Louis
Pfeiffer, Emil Grollimund and Edwin Schladoer of San Antonio; Mr. and Mrs.
Herm. Stieler, Mrs. Egon Hoeke and son, and Willie Hoeke of New Braunfels; Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Bergmann, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Bergmann, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Agold,
Mrs. Emily Potschernick and Wm. Bergmann of Boerne, Oscar Strohacker and August
Al...(this part of article cut off)
...was born at
Fuerstentum Waldeck, Germany on March 27, 1843.
In 1853 he came to America with his mother and her other children and
they settled near Comfort*. Here he grew
to manhood, working earnestly and enduring many hardships in company with the
other early settlers of this section.
For a time he was in the Confederate Army, then he fled to Mexico and
later enlisted in the Union Army, serving in the First Texas Cavalry. On May 22, 1865 he was married to Miss Lina
Morhoff and eight children were born to this couple. Three of these, one boy and two girls died at
an early age, and Mrs. Schladoer passed away in 1905. He is survived by four sons, Chas. and George
of Comfort, Richard of Bandera and Albert of San Antonio, and one daughter,
Mrs. Emil Grollimund, of Comfort. There
are also fifteen grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
Mr. Schladoer was one
of those sturdy settlers who, half a century or more ago, cleared the
wilderness, that the following generation might enjoy peace and
tranquility. The whole community owes a
debt of gratitude to such men as Mr. Schladoer, that can best be paid by
emulating his example of industry and thrift.
From "The
Comfort News"
Thursday, January 17,
1929
*COMFORT, TEXAS.
Comfort, the second largest town in Kendall County, is located at the junction
of State Highway 27, U.S. Highway 87, and Interstate Highway 10, sixteen miles
northwest of Boerne on the county's western edge. The town was laid out near the
site of an Indian village in 1854 by Ernst Hermann Altgelt,qv though its
history goes back to a group of Germans from New Braunfels that settled in 1852
along the banks of the Cypress Creek above its confluence with the Guadalupe
River. Freemasons, freethinkers, and political activists, middle-class German
families, and liberals from Bettina and Sisterdale settled the area. Townsmen
organized the community along cooperative lines and steadfastly opposed formal
local government. Comfort opened a school shortly after its founding, but not
until 1892 was a church built. The town was a center of Union sentiment during
the Civil Warqv and lost many young men at the battle of the Nuecesqv in 1862.
A monument on a hillside across from the high school campus honors these dead.
From 1856 until Kendall County was organized in 1862, Comfort competed with
Kerrville to become the county seat of Kerr County; Kerrville won.
Early agriculture and
commerce in the area depended on sheep and goats, grains, lime burning (see LIMEKILNS),
masonry, building rock, lumber, and shingles. In the 1940s and 1950s, when the
Hill Countryqv was an international wool and mohair center, Adolf Stieler of
Comfort reigned as "Angora Goat King of the World." In the 1980s
agribusiness continued to dominate the local economy, but hunting, fishing,
sightseeing, and youth camps drew increasing numbers of tourists.
Much of the original
townsite is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Significant
architectural sites include Bolshevik Hall, Turner Hall, a theater, and
numerous half-timber and Victorian structures that survived a disastrous flood
in 1978. A tradition of secular funerals was still widely observed in the
twentieth century, and German turner (see TURNVEREIN MOVEMENT) activities and
modern Volksmarsch celebrations continued. A local museum, volunteer and mutual
aid organizations, and service and literary clubs provided informal governance.
The population of the unincorporated town was over 1,400 in 1980, when the post
office, established in 1856, still existed. In 1990 the population was 1,477.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Guido
E. Ransleben, A Hundred Years of Comfort in Texas (San Antonio: Naylor, 1954;
rev. ed. 1974). Vertical Files, Barker Texas History Center, University of
Texas at Austin.
Glen E. Lich
More About Robert
Johann Christian Schladoer:
Burial: January 10,
1929, Comfort City Cemetary, Comfort, Texas
Census: 1860,
Precinct 2, Dwelling 40, Kerr County, Texas
Military service 1:
6th Field Battery, Texas Light Artillery, CSA
Military service 2:
Pvt. 1 TX Cav. - Union Army - Civil War
More About Carolina
Mohrhoff:
Burial: Comfort City
Cemetary, Comfort, Texas
Obituary?: No
More About Robert
Schladoer and Carolina Mohrhoff:
Marriage: May 22,
1866, Kendall County, Texas
Marriage license:
Number 40
Officiant: Louis
Strohacker, Justice of the Peace
Witness 1: Carl
Herbst
Witness 2: F.
Spenrath
Children of Robert
Schladoer and Carolina Mohrhoff are:
+ 15 i. Charles4 Schladoer, born February
20, 1867 in Comfort, Kendall County, Texas; died December 18, 1952 in Comfort,
Kendall County, Texas.
16 ii. Auguste Schladoer, born October 15, 1868 in
Comfort, Kendall County, Texas; died August 12, 1942 in Comfort, Kendall
County, Texas. She married Emil
Grollimund August 05, 1888 in Kerr County Marriage Records, Book "B";
born September 02, 1862; died March 01, 1946.
Notes
for Auguste Schladoer:
MRS.
AUGUSTE GROLLIMUND LAID TO REST
Mrs.
Auguste Grollimund, a life-long and respected citizen of Comfort passed away at
her home last Wednesday morning after a long and painful illness. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon
at the Schaetter & Lindner Funeral home with interment in the Comfort
Cemetery. The Mixed Choir sang a selection
at the Funeral Home and another at the cemetery. At the grave, Robert C. Herbst read an
obituary in which he paid tribute to the fine qualities of the deceased. The pallbearers, all nephews of Mrs.
Grollimund, were Louie Pfeiffer, Ivan Schladoer, Walter Nuernberger, Ernst
Schladoer, Henry Schladoer and Ben Schladoer.
The funeral was a large one and the many lovely flowers werw a tribute
to the affection felt for this good woman.
Mrs.
Grollimund was born at Comfort on October 15, 1869, daughter of the pioneer
settlers Robert and Lina Schladoer. She
grew up here, attended the Comfort school and on August 6, 1889, married Emil
Grollimund, the surviving husband. The
lived on a farm on Cypress Creek* for some time and later moved to a farm on
the Bend of the Guadalupe river. For a
number of years, Mrs. Grollimund had lived in her own home just across Cypress
Creek at the edge of Comfort.
Four
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Grollimund, all of whom are living. They are Mrs. Sadie Grounds, Arthur Grollimund
of Hondo, Joe Grollimund of Camp Wood and Emil Grollimund, Jr. of San
Antonio. Other survivors are five
grandchildren, three great grandchildren and three brothers, Chas. Schladoer of
Comfort, Richard Schladoer of Bandera and Albert Schladoer of San Antonio.
Mrs.
Grollimund was preceded in death by her parents, and one brother, George
Schladoer of Comfort.
Mrs.
Grollimund was a woman of many fine qualities and The News joins her many
friends in extending sympathy to the bereaved family.
From
"The Comfort News"
August
20, 1942
*CYPRESS
CREEK, TEXAS. The Cypress Creek community, also known as Cypressville, is ten
miles southeast of Kerrville in eastern Kerr County. It was named after a
tributary of the Guadalupe River and comprises some fifty farms and ranches
along about thirty miles of secondary and tertiary roads between Comfort and
Kerrville. One of the first settlements in what is today Kerr County, the
picturesque, originally German-speaking community has been the subject of
numerous paintings and many historical, literary, and linguistic studies, as
well as an archeological study that suggests that the well-watered valley has
been inhabited for nearly 10,000 years. The first two German families,
Wiedenfeld and SCHLADOER, arrived in 1852. The pattern in which other families
and individuals-Saur, Boerner, Steves, Lich, Hoerner, Zink, Lindner, Voigt,
Nagel, Nuernberger, Allerkamp, Schellhase, Holekamp, Karger, Mohrhoff, Reeh,
and others-followed typifies an extended process of cluster migration,
dispersal, and settlement. Linked by kinship, friendship, and politics and
bolstered by Reconstruction-era prosperity, a high birth rate, and unusually
low infant mortality, the population grew to over 150 within thirty years. Many
came from New Braunfels, Sisterdale, Bettina, and Kerrville, but some came
directly from Europe. There were also English, Anglo-American, and Hispanic
settlers. Plans to organize a township never materialized; however, a cemetery,
shooting club, militia, and school-but no churches-were established early in
the history of this liberal, freethinking community. A sawmill-gristmill named
Perseverence Mill, constructed by Ernst Altgeltqv in 1855, served both the
Cypress Creek community and the adjacent town of Comfort. A women's literary
club maintained an active membership for over a hundred years. Droughtsqv of
the 1950s and declining agricultural productivity in the 1960s lowered the
population to about a hundred. The community grew again in the late 1960s with
the completion of Interstate Highway 10, which put San Antonio within commuting
distance. The population of the community was estimated at 200 in 1988.
Historical markers located on the Sturdy Oak Farm commemorate the cemetery and
a nexus of prehistoric sites. German place names abound in the community,
including the colorful Hasenwinkel Creek, a small tributary. Among many
historic homesteads, the most prominent is the Karger-Keidel ranchhouse (1860s
and 1897), which German-Texan architect Albert Keidel inherited and extended between
1945 and 1950, thereby creating the prototype of Hill Countryqv German
vernacular architectureqv later popularized in Fredericksburg, Austin, and San
Antonio.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Francis Edward Abernethy, Built in Texas, Publications of the Texas Folklore
Society 42 (Waco: E-Heart Press, 1979). Francis Edward Abernethy, ed., T for
Texas: A State Full of Folklore, Publications of the Texas Folklore Society 44
(Dallas: E-Heart, 1982). Glen E. Lich, The German Texans (San Antonio:
University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures, 1981). Guido E. Ransleben, A
Hundred Years of Comfort in Texas (San Antonio: Naylor, 1954; rev. ed. 1974).
Vertical Files, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin.
Glen
E. Lich
More
About Auguste Schladoer:
Burial:
August 13, 1942, Comfort City Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
More
About Emil Grollimund:
Burial:
Comfort City Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
Obituary?:
No
More
About Emil Grollimund and Auguste Schladoer:
Marriage:
August 05, 1888, Kerr County Marriage Records, Book "B"
Officiant:
William Neunhoffer, J.P.
+ 17 iii. Richard Schladoer, born January 01, 1872 in
Comfort, Kendall County, Texas; died May 12, 1943 in Bandera County, Texas.
+ 18 iv. George Schladoer, born September 18, 1877;
died December 07, 1941.
+ 19 v. Albert Schladoer, born November 28, 1880 in
Comfort, Kendall County, Texas; died December 12, 1945 in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Texas.
20 vi. Infant Girl Schladoer, born Unknown; died
Unknown.
21 vii. Infant Girl Schladoer, born Unknown; died
Unknown.
22 viii. Infant Boy Schladoer, born Unknown; died
Unknown.
11.
William3 Schlador (Friederich Henrich2,
Friederich1 Schladoer) was born May 17, 1853 in Comfort, Texas, and
died Unknown. He married Grace Amelia
Taylor December 04, 1879 in Bandera, Bandera County, Texas, daughter of
John Taylor and Amelia Badger. She was
born December 04, 1861 in Loda, Iroquois, Illinois, and died June 09, 1951 in
San Bernardino County, California.
More About William
Schlador:
Census 1: 1880,
Bandera County, Texas
Census 2: 1860,
Precinct 2, Dwelling 30, Kerr County, Texas
Occupation: 1880,
Mail Carrier
More About Grace
Amelia Taylor:
Census: 1880, Bandera
County, Texas
Occupation: 1880,
Housekeeper
More About William
Schlador and Grace Taylor:
Marriage: December
04, 1879, Bandera, Bandera County, Texas
Children of William
Schlador and Grace Taylor are:
23 i. Amelia E.4 Schlador, born
November 20, 1880 in Bandera County, Texas; died October 07, 1965 in Riverside
County, California. She married ?
Madigan Unknown; born Unknown.
More
About ? Madigan and Amelia Schlador:
Marriage:
Unknown
+ 24 ii. Frederick Heinrich Schlador II, born
September 22, 1882 in Bandera County, Texas; died January 03, 1959 in San Diego
County, California.
25 iii. Arthur Raymond Schlador, born January 13,
1885 in Bandera County, Texas; died March 23, 1936 in Salem, Oregon.
More
About Arthur Raymond Schlador:
Cause
of Death: Heart Attack
Occupation:
1936, Granite Cutter
12.
Samuel3 Schlador (Friederich Henrich2,
Friederich1 Schladoer) was born March 26, 1855 in Texas, and died
October 27, 1949 in Los Angeles County, California. He married Marie J. Trevino June 23,
1878 in Bandera, Bandera County, Texas.
She was born 1861, and died Unknown.
More About Samuel
Schlador:
Burial: California
Census 1: 1930,
Moreno, Riverside County, California
Census 2: 1860,
Precinct 2, Dwelling 30, Kerr County, Texas
Census 3: 1880,
Bracketville, Kinney County, Texas
Land Grant 1: March
02, 1897, Riverside County, California
Land Grant 2: October
12, 1900, Riverside County, California
More About Marie J.
Trevino:
Census: 1880,
Bracketville, Kinney County, Texas
More About Samuel
Schlador and Marie Trevino:
Marriage: June 23,
1878, Bandera, Bandera County, Texas
Children of Samuel
Schlador and Marie Trevino are:
26 i. Henry4 Schlador, born Abt. 1879.
More
About Henry Schlador:
Census:
1880, Bracketville, Kinney County, Texas
+ 27 ii. Elizabeth Schlador, born March 01, 1881 in
Texas; died January 31, 1983 in Los Angeles County, California.
28 iii. Charles Schlador, born April 27, 1883; died
May 15, 1981 in Contra Costa County, California.
29 iv. Samuel B. Schlador, born July 22, 1884; died
June 07, 1978 in Los Angeles County, California.
+ 30 v. William Schlador II, born March 27, 1892 in
California; died September 18, 1973 in Circle City Hospital, Corona,
California.
31 vi. Harriett Marguerite Schlador, born August
18, 1894 in California; died July 21, 1991 in Los Angeles County,
California. She married Arthur L.
Armentrout May 27, 1921 in Colton, California; born August 06, 1897; died
December 22, 1971.
More
About Arthur L. Armentrout:
Obituary?:
No
More
About Arthur Armentrout and Harriett Schlador:
Marriage:
May 27, 1921, Colton, California
32 vii. Mary Rose Schlador, born January 14, 1896;
died January 09, 1992 in Riverside County, California. She married ? Shuster Unknown; born Unknown;
died Unknown.
More
About ? Shuster and Mary Schlador:
Marriage:
Unknown
33 viii. Tomaso Schlador, born Abt. 1899; died March
27, 1918 in Los Angeles County, California.
13.
Theodore3 Schlador (Friederich Henrich2,
Friederich1 Schladoer) was born April 16, 1857 in Texas, and died
February 17, 1892 in Silverton, Marion County, Oregon. He married Nettie Ann Pittman December
03, 1882 in Marion, Oregon. She was born
June 26, 1865, and died February 28, 1939 in Silverton, Marion County, Oregon.
Notes for Theodore
Schlador:
In Silverton, Wed Feb
17, 1892
Theodore Schlador,
aged 31 years 10 months and 1 day.
Deceased was born in Texas April 16, 1857 and came to Silverton several
years ago. He has been in poor health
for some time.
He was a good man,
and highly respected citizen. He leaves
a wife and four children, besides his mother and sister living in Los Angles,
Cal.
Mr Schlador was a
member of Silver Lodge # 21. I.O.O.F.
and was buried under the auspices of the society at 2 o'clock P.M.
Thursday. A large concourse of people
attended the last sad rites.
More About Theodore
Schlador:
Burial: February 18,
1892, Silverton Cemetery, Section B, Row 11, Lot 91, Marion County, Oregon
Census: 1860,
Precinct 2, Dwelling 30, Kerr County, Texas
Obituary?: Yes
Notes for Nettie Ann
Pittman:
From the Silverton,
Oregon newspaper...
Funeral services for
Mrs Nettie Ann Schlador, 73, were held yesterday afternoon at the Larson and
Son funeral home in this City. Mrs
Schlador died Tues. morning in the home of a daughter, Mrs. Lenna Stutsman in
Portland. She was a native daughter of
Silverton, born on June 26, 1864. Survivors include 2 sons, J. Cal Schlador,
Silverton and A. W Schlador, Portland: two daughters, Mrs. Stutsman and Alta
Schlador of Portland, and one brother, Ellsworth Pittman, Seattle. Mrs Schlador was the daughter of Lloyd and
Julia Wollen Pittman, early day settlers who lived on the farm now owned by Rex
Russell. She was married to Theodore
Schlador a native of Texas in 1882. Mr.
Schlador died here in 1891. Mrs Schlador
was a widow for 18 years.
Rev. Frank Zook
conducted the funeral services and interment was made in the family plot in the
Silverton Cemetary
From the Oregon Daily
Journal, Wednesday, March 1, 1939, Page 21
SCHLADOR - Feb. 28,
Nettie Ann, late of 7512 SE Long St., mother of J. Cal Schlador of Silverton;
A. W. Schlador, Portland, and Lenna Stutesman and Alta Schlador, both of
Portland, and sister of Ellsworth Pittman of Seattle. Friends invited to attend funeral services
Thursday, March 2 at 2 p.m. at the chapel of the Larson Funeral home,
Silverton, Or. Friends may call at the
Mt. Scott Funeral home, Foster road at SE 59th Ave. until 11 a.m. Thursday.
More About Nettie Ann
Pittman:
Burial: March 02,
1939, Silverton Cemetery, Section B, Row 11, Lot 91, Marion County, Oregon
Census 1: 1895,
Marion County, Oregon
Census 2: 1990,
Marion County, Oregon
Obituary?: Yes
Marriage Notes for
Theodore Schlador and Nettie Pittman:
From the Marion
County, Oregon Marriage Records, Volume 5, 1879 - 1884
SCHLADOR/PITMAN
Theodore SCHLADOR,
over 24 & Nettie A. PITMAN, over 17, m 03 Dec 1882 at house of L. P.
Pitman; R. A. Ross, J. P. Wit: Leonare Woolen & C. Eisenhart. L. P. Pitman, father, consents.
#2790 Page 442
More About Theodore
Schlador and Nettie Pittman:
Marriage: December
03, 1882, Marion, Oregon
Children of Theodore
Schlador and Nettie Pittman are:
34 i. Lenna4 Schlador, born February
1884; died Unknown. She married C. M.
Stutesman Unknown in Silverton, Oregon; born Unknown; died Unknown.
More
About Lenna Schlador:
Census:
1895, Marion County, Oregon
More
About C. Stutesman and Lenna Schlador:
Marriage:
Unknown, Silverton, Oregon
35 ii. J. Calvin Schlador, born July 30, 1885 in
Marion County, Oregon.
More
About J. Calvin Schlador:
Census:
1895, Marion County, Oregon
36 iii. Alta Schlador, born November 12, 1888; died
December 09, 1975 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
More
About Alta Schlador:
Census:
1895, Marion County, Oregon
Medical
Information: Death Certificate #75-19511
37 iv. Archibald W. Schlador, born July 14, 1890;
died September 19, 1967 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. He married Kathleen McCartney Unknown; born
March 09, 1905 in Ione, Iowa; died June 23, 1985 in Scappoose, Columbia County,
Oregon.
More
About Archibald W. Schlador:
Census:
1895, Marion County, Oregon
Medical
Information: Death Certificate #13638
Notes
for Kathleen McCartney:
KATHLEEN
SCHLADOR, Scappoose, Oregon (80 years, 3 months, 14 days)
Born: March 9, 1905, Ione, Iowa
Passed
Away: June 23, 1985, Scappoose, Oregon
(at her own home)
Mrs.
Schlador had lived in Scappoose for 12 years.
She had previously resided in Portland.
She was a homemaker in her own home.
Survivors: 2 Sons:
Charles Stotts - Scappoose; John Campbell - Renton, Washington
1 Daughter: Mary Jamison - Scappoose, Oregon
Memorial
Services: Wednesday; June 26, 1985 2:00 P.M. at Columbia Funeral Home, St.
Helens, Oregon
Contributions: American Cancer Society
Source: Columbia Funeral Home 681 Columbia Blvd. St. Helens, Oregon 97051 (Thanks to informant Barbara Thompson)
More
About Kathleen McCartney:
Burial:
June 26, 1985, Good Shepherd Mausoleum
Cremation:
Willamette Crematory, Tigard, Oregon
Funeral
Home: Columbia Funeral Home, St. Helens, Oregon
Will:
None
More
About Archibald Schlador and Kathleen McCartney:
Marriage:
Unknown
14.
Magdalena3 Schlador (Friederich Henrich2,
Friederich1 Schladoer) was born 1863, and died August 04, 1892 in
Los Angeles, California. She married Harry
Chandler February 06, 1889 in Los Angeles County, California. He was born May 17, 1864, and died September
23, 1944.
Notes for Magdalena
Schlador:
From the Aug 4, 1892,
Los Angles Times, p 4 c 6
Chandler- August 4,
at her residence, 719 Rosas Street 1:28 a.m. Mrs Magdalena Chandler, beloved
wife of Harry Chandler, age 29. Funeral notice later
From the Aug 5, 1892,
Los Angeles Times, p 7 c 6
Chandler- August 4,
at her residence, 719 Rosas Street 1:28 a.m. Mrs Magdalena Chandler, beloved
wife of Harry Chandler, age 29. Funeral
Saturday, August 6, at 2 p.m. from her late residence. Friends invited. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery
From the Aug. 7, 1892
p 8 c 2
The funeral of the
late Mrs. Magdalena Chandler, wife of
Harry Chandler, of the circulation department of the The Times, took place from
the residence No. 719 Rosas street, at 2 o'clock yesterday, and it was very largely
attended. The service were
conducted by Rev. Mr. Hughes of East Los
Angeles, and were simple but impressive, the minster paying a high tribute to
the life and character of the deceased.
The interment was in Evergreen.
The following were the pall-bearers: C.H. Hall, C.E. Richardson, F. X.
Pfaffinger and W.K. Bowker.
More About Magdalena
Schlador:
Burial: August 06,
1892, Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, California
Notes for Harry
Chandler:
Harry Chandler and
his family were the founders of the Los Angeles Times
More About Harry
Chandler:
Burial: Hollywood
Memorial Cemetery, Los Angeles, California
Obituary?: No
More About Harry
Chandler and Magdalena Schlador:
Marriage: February
06, 1889, Los Angeles County, California
Children of Magdalena
Schlador and Harry Chandler are:
38 i. Franciska4 Chandler, born April
07, 1890; died 1933. She married John L.
Kirkpatrick January 01, 1917; born Unknown; died Unknown.
More
About Franciska Chandler:
Obituary?:
No
More
About John L. Kirkpatrick:
Obituary?:
No
More
About John Kirkpatrick and Franciska Chandler:
Marriage:
January 01, 1917
+ 39 ii. Alice May Chandler, born July 22, 1892; died
1984.
Generation No. 4
15.
Charles4 Schladoer (Robert Johann Christian3,
Gerhard Caspar Diderich2, Friederich1) was born February
20, 1867 in Comfort, Kendall County, Texas, and died December 18, 1952 in
Comfort, Kendall County, Texas. He
married Emma Doehne December 25, 1889 in Kendall County, Texas, daughter
of Johann Doehne and Katharina Gass. She
was born December 12, 1865 in Smithson Valley, Comal County, Texas, and died
August 04, 1934 in Kendall County, Texas.
Notes for Charles
Schladoer:
CHARLES SCHLADOER
LAID TO REST SATURDAY
One of Comfort's
oldest native citizens, Charles Schladoer, passed away at his home here on
Thursday evening, December 18th, after an illness of some length.
Funeral services were
held at Schaetter & Lindner Funeral Home Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
with Robt. C. Herbst officiating at the Funeral Home and at the Comfort
cemetery, where he read the rituals of the Hermann Sons, Mr. Schladoer having
been a member of Pfeuffer Lodge for more than 50 years. The Comfort Liedertafel sang a selection at
the Funeral Home and another at the graveside.
Pallbearers were Edwin Schladoer, Emil Grollimund, Ivan Schladoer, Egon
Hoeke, Bernhard and Walter Doehne. The
funeral was a large one and the many lovely flowers were a tribute to the
respect felt for this good man.
Mr. Schladoer was
born at Comfort on February 20, 1967, a son of Robert and Lena Mohrhoff
Schladoer. He attended the Comfort
School and grew up here, and on December 25, 1889 he married Miss Emma Doehne
at Smithson's Valley. The couple settled
near Comfort and resided here all of their married life.
Four children were
born to Mr. and Mrs. Schladoer, of whom one daughter died in infancy and a son,
Robert, died in 1919 at the age of 29 years.
Those who survive their dear father are a daughter, Mrs. Erna Schladoer
Meckel and a son, Henry Schladoer, both of Comfort. Other survivors are six grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
Mrs. Schladoer was
preceded in death by his wife in 1934, by one sister, Mrs. Emil (Augusta)
Grollimund, and three brothers, Richard, George and Albert Schladoer.
Mr. Schladoer was a
man of fine character and qualities and was esteemed and respected by all who
knew him. His host of friends are joined
by The News in extending sympathy to his family.
Source: Comfort News, December 25, 1952
More About Charles
Schladoer:
Burial: December 20,
1952, Comfort City Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
Census 1: 1920, Kerr
County, Texas
Census 2: 1910, Kerr
County, Texas
Obituary?: Yes
Occupation: Retired
Stock Farmer
Notes for Emma
Doehne:
MRS. CHAS.SCHLADOER
BURIED ON SUNDAY
Mrs. Charles
Schladoer died at her home here Saturday evening after an illness of many
months. Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon from the home of her son, Henry Schladoer. At the grave Mr. Robert Herbst read an
obituary address in which he outlined the useful and exemplary life of the
deceased. The Comfort Liedertafel sang
two numbers and the body was consigned to the grave. The pallbearers were Egon Hoeke, Bruno
Wallhoeffer of New Braunfels, Walter and Bernhard Doehne, Edwin Schladoer of
San Antonio, Herbert Schladoer of Comfort, all nephews of the deceased. Mesdames Wm. Lich, Richard Dietert, Joe
Grollimund, Leo Lindner, Robert Voigt and Wm. Reed acted as honorary
pallbearers. The funeral was largely
attended and the many floral offerings were beautiful.
Mrs. Schladoer, nee
Emma Doehne, was born on December 12, 1865, at Smithson's Valley where she grew
up and attended school. On December 25,
1889, she was married to Chas. Schladoer, and then the young couple moved to
Comfort and located on the farm which has been their home ever since. Four children were born to this couple. One child died in infancy and a son, Robert,
passed away in 1919. Besides the husband
the deceased leaves a daughter, Mrs. Erna Meckel and a son, Henry Schladoer
both of Comfort, and five grandchildren.
She leaves also three sisters, Mrs. Herman Stieler and Mrs. Alfred Thiele
of New Braunfels, and Mrs. Richard Schladoer of Bandera; and three brothers,
Julius and John Doehne of San Antonio and Ernst Doehne of New Braunfels. One sister, Miss Anna Doehne of San Antonio
died two ears ago and a brother, Fritz Doehne of New Braunfels died in 1927,
and a step-brother, Henry Wetz of San Antonio, died 14 years ago. Her mother, Katherine Gass Doehne died in
1894, and her father, John Doehne, in 1925.
Mrs. Schladoer was a
good and industrious woman and had many friends who join the family in mourning
her death.
From "The
Comfort News"
Thursday, August 9,
1934
More About Emma
Doehne:
Burial: August 05,
1934, Comfort City Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
Cause of Death:
Carcinoma of breast, metastis abdomen, etc.
Census 1: 1920, Kerr
County, Texas
Census 2: 1910, Kerr
County, Texas
Obituary?: Yes
Occupation: Housewife
More About Charles
Schladoer and Emma Doehne:
Marriage: December
25, 1889, Kendall County, Texas
Marriage license:
Number 554
Officiant: Charles
Oldrich, Justice of the Peace
Witness 1: Franz
Heimer
Witness 2: Louise
Haag
Children of Charles
Schladoer and Emma Doehne are:
40 i. Robert5 Schladoer II, born
September 13, 1890 in Comfort, Kendall County, Texas; died July 10, 1919 in
Comfort, Kendall County, Texas.
Notes
for Robert Schladoer II:
ROBERT
SCHLADOER
In
last week's issue of this paper a brief report was made of the death of Robert
Schladoer, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Schladoer, which occurred at the home of
his parents on Thursday morning, July 10, at 5 o'clock-too late to be reported
in last week's News.
The
decedent had been in poor health for a long time, and since last winter when he
suffered an attack of influenza he had been confined to his bed. The funeral took place from his parents' home
Friday morning at 10 o'clock and the interment was made in the Comfort
cemetery, where a large number of friends and relatives had assembled for the
services which consisted of two songs by the Comfort Liedertafel and an
obituary address delivered by W. Wiedenfeld paying tribute to the worth of the
decedent and filled with consolation for the bereaved family. The pall-bearers were: Walter Pankratz, Ernst Doebbler, Alex Karger,
Aug. Bartel, Louis Bohnert and Joe Bohnert.
The offerings of flowers were beautiful.
Among the assemblage at the grave were many persons from distant places.
Robert
Schladoer was born at Comfort Sept. 13, 1890, and when old enough to start
making his own way in the world he adopted the trade of blacksmith and later
became a skilled machinist, specializing in automobile work. He started with Jos. Bader in 1912, when went
to New Braunfels for a year and had been employed at Doebbler's Garage the past
six years.
He
was a young man of unusually steady habits, and was liked and respected by all
who knew him.
He
is survived by his parents, one sister, Mrs. Henry Meckel, and one brother,
Henry.
From
"The Comfort News"
Friday,
July 18, 1919
More
About Robert Schladoer II:
Burial:
July 11, 1919, Comfort City Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
Cause
of Death: Putts Disease
Census:
1910, Kerr County, Texas
Obituary?:
Yes
41 ii. Erna Schladoer, born November 02, 1894; died
March 04, 1984 in Kendall County, Texas.
She married Henry Meckel December 03, 1919; born July 31, 1898; died
March 1983.
Notes
for Erna Schladoer:
OBITUARY: MRS. ERNA SCHLADOER MECKEL
Mrs.
Erna Schladoer Meckel of Comfort passed away in a Boerne Nursing Home on Sunday
March 4, 1984 at the age of 89 years. She
is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Harry and Tina Meckel of Comfort
and one brother, Henry Schladoer of Comfort.
Funeral
services were held on Tuesday, March 6, 1984 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of the
Schaetter Funeral Home in Comfort, Rev. Wilbert Doerr officiating.
Interment
was in the Comfort Cemetery.
Pallbearers
were: Robert Schladoer, Fred Schladoer,
Scott Schladoer, Jerry Flach, Earl Pankratz and Jimmie Pankratz.
Source: Comfort News, March 9, 1984
More
About Erna Schladoer:
Burial:
March 06, 1984, Comfort City Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
Obituary?:
Yes
More
About Henry Meckel:
Burial:
Comfort City Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
Obituary?:
No
More
About Henry Meckel and Erna Schladoer:
Marriage:
December 03, 1919
42 iii. Henry Schladoer, born December 22, 1898 in
Cypress Creek, Texas; died May 10, 1992.
He married Minnie Pfeiffer August 20, 1922 in Kerrville, Kerr County,
Texas; born September 02, 1896 in Cypress Creek, Texas; died June 16, 1969.
More
About Henry Schladoer:
Burial:
Comfort City Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
Census
1: 1920, Kerr County, Texas
Census
2: 1910, Kerr County, Texas
More
About Minnie Pfeiffer:
Burial:
Comfort City Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
Obituary?:
No
Marriage
Notes for Henry Schladoer and Minnie Pfeiffer:
SCHLADOER
- PFEIFFER
On
Sunday morning at (?-time cut off in clipping) o'clock Miss Minnie Pfeiffer and
Henry Schladoer were quietly married at the home of Judge Lee Wallace at
Kerrville.
The
ceremony was performed by Judge Wallace, the only persons present being Louis
Pfeiffer and Rob. Wiedenfeld of Comfort.
The
bride was attired in white satin, with hat and accessories to match. Immediately after the ceremony the bridal
party drove to the bride's parents', Mr. and Mrs Ernst Pfeiffer, on Cypress
Creek, where a wedding dinner was served to members of the two families. Later in the evening the bride and groom
drove to their home, the place which formerly belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Schladoer, who moved recently to their home near town.
The
young couple were the recipients of many useful and pretty gifts.
From
"The Comfort News"
August
31, 1922
More
About Henry Schladoer and Minnie Pfeiffer:
Marriage:
August 20, 1922, Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas
17.
Richard4 Schladoer (Robert Johann Christian3,
Gerhard Caspar Diderich2, Friederich1) was born January
01, 1872 in Comfort, Kendall County, Texas, and died May 12, 1943 in Bandera
County, Texas. He married Ernestine
Doehne September 16, 1893 in Comal County, Texas, daughter of Johann Doehne
and Katharina Gass. She was born
December 22, 1867 in New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas, and died June 25, 1960
in Bandera County, Texas.
Notes for Richard
Schladoer:
RICHARD SCHLADOER
LAID TO REST AT BANDERA
Richard Schladoer, a
native of Comfort, but a long-time resident of Bandera, passed away very
suddenly at his home there last Wednesday morning. He had arisen, milked the cows and fed the
chickens when he suffered a fatal heart attack.
Funeral services were
held from his home Thursday afternoon under the direction of Mr. Plummer, mortician,
and interment was made in the Bandera cemetery. Robt. C. Herbst of Comfort read
an obituary in which he paid high tribute to the fine character and excellent
qualities of this good man. The Comfort
Mixed Choir sang a selection at the home and two songs at the grave. The pallbearers were Henry Schladoer, Ivan
Schladoer, Walter Doehne, Oscar Heinen, Chris Jenschke and Arthur Pickens. The funeral was a large one and the many
beautiful flowers were a tribute to the respect and esteem felt for the deceased.
Richard Schladoer was
born at Comfort on January 1st, 1873, a son of Robert and Caroline
Schladoer. He attended the Comfort
public school and grew to manhood here.
And on September 16th, 1895, he married Miss Ernestine Doehne of New
Braunfels. The young couple lived here
until 1920, when they moved to Bandera to make their home and have resided
there ever since. Mr. Schladoer farmed
all his life.
Mr. Schladoer is
survived by his widow, three sons, Bennie and Ernst of Bandera, Edwin of San
Antonio and two daughters, Mrs. Louis (Lena) Pfeiffer of Comfort and Mrs.
Clarence (Annie) Ellsworth of San Antonio.
Other survivors are six grandchildren and two brothers, Chas. Schladoer
of Comfort and Albert Schladoer of San Antonio.
He was preceded in death
by three sons, his parents, a brother, George Schladoer and a sister, Mrs.
Auguste Grollimund, both of Comfort and 2 sisters who died in infancy.
Mr. Schladoer was a
man of fine character and qualities and was respected and esteemed by all who
knew him. May he rest in peace.
The News joins his
host of friends here in extending sympathy to the bereaved family.
More About Richard
Schladoer:
Burial: May 13, 1943,
Bandera City Cemetary, Bandera, Texas
Census 1: 1910, Kerr
County, Texas
Census 2: 1920, Kerr
County, Texas
Occupation: Farmer
Notes for Ernestine
Doehne:
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR MRS. SCHLADOER
Funeral services for
Mrs. Ernestine Doehne Schladoer, who passed away at her home in Bandera on June
25th, 1960 after an illness of only 3 weeks, were held last Sunday afternoon at
4 o'clock at the Plummer Funeral home in Bandera, with services being conducted
by Rev. Pecht of Comfort, also Robt. C. Herbst of Fredericksburg read an
obituary in which he gave a resume of the long and useful life.
A choir of three
ladies with Mrs. Selena Saur at the organ sang two songs in the funeral home.
The pallbearers were
Milton Rogers, Ernest Elsworth, Richard Schladoer, Egon Hoeke, Henry Schladoer
and Otto Gass.
The funeral was
largely attended and many lovely flowers were a mute tribute to the affection
felt for the deceased.
Mrs. Ernestine Doehne
Schladoer was born at Smithson's Valley on December 22, 1867, daughter of Mr.
John Doehne and Katherine Gass. She grew
up there, attended the Smithson Valley school and on September 16 1893, she was
married to Richard Schladoer of Comfort.
The young couple made
their home in Comfort from 1893 to 1920 and then theyl moved to Bandera to
Mason Creek and later moved to their present place.
Mrs. and Mrs.
Schladoer were blessed with eight children, Johnny, Herman and Emil who died in
childhood; Annie (Mrs. Elsworth) died in 1949 and the others who survive their
beloved mother are Ernest and Bennie from Bandera, Edwin from San Antonio, and
Lena (Mrs. Louis Pfeiffer) from Comfort.
Other survivors are eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in
death by her parents, her husband, her brothers, Ernst, John, Fritz, Julius
Doehne and one stepbrother, Henry Wetz; sisters Annie Doehne, Louise Thiele,
Minna Stieler and Emma Schladoer.
Mrs. Schladoer was a
woman of fine character and was beloved by all who knew here. During her serious illness she bore her
suffering cheerfully and with great fortitude.
Source: Comfort News, June 30, 1960
More About Ernestine
Doehne:
Burial: June 26,
1960, Bandera City Cemetary, Bandera, Texas
Census 1: 1910, Kerr
County, Texas
Census 2: 1920, Kerr
County, Texas
Obituary?: Yes
More About Richard
Schladoer and Ernestine Doehne:
Marriage: September
16, 1893, Comal County, Texas
Children of Richard
Schladoer and Ernestine Doehne are:
43 i. John5 Schladoer, born November
24, 1895; died February 23, 1904.
More
About John Schladoer:
Burial:
Comfort City Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
44 ii. Ernest Schladoer, born August 17, 1898 in
Comfort, Kendall County, Texas; died March 03, 1966.
Notes
for Ernest Schladoer:
SCHLADOER
RITES HELD IN BANDERA
Funeral
services for Ernest Schladoer of Bandera, who died at the V. A. Hospital on
March 3, after a four-year illness, were held Saturday afternoon at the Plummer
Funeral Home in Bandera.
The
rites were conducted by Robert C. Herbst of Fredericksburg.
Schladoer
was born in Comfort in 1898 and grew to manhood in the Comfort area before
moving to Bandera in 1920.
His
survivors include one brother, Edwin Schladoer of San Antonio and one sister,
Mrs. Louis Pfeiffer of Comfort. His
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schladoer, four brothers and one sister preceded
him in death.
Pallbearers
were Milton Rogers, David Gass, Pat O'Neill, Pete Jenschke, Ernest Elsworth and
Edgar Jenschke.
Source: Comfort News, March 10, 1966
More
About Ernest Schladoer:
Burial:
March 05, 1966, Bandera City Cemetary, Bandera, Texas
Census
1: 1910, Kerr County, Texas
Census
2: 1920, Kerr County, Texas
Obituary?:
Yes
45 iii. Ben Schladoer, born June 15, 1900 in
Comfort, Kendall County, Texas; died December 11, 1961 in Bandera County,
Texas. He married Fleta Juanita Joiner
May 16, 1931 in Boerne, Kendall County, Texas; born November 17, 1911 in
Bandera County, Texas; died November 29, 2004 in Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas.
Notes
for Ben Schladoer:
FUNERAL
SERVICES HELD FOR BENJAMIN SCHLADOER
Funeral
services for Benjamin Schladoer, who passed away at his home in Bandera on
December 11 after a heart ailment of 2 ½ years, were held Tuesday afternoon,
December 12 at 2 o clock from the Plummer Funeral Home in Bandera.
Services
were conducted by Bro. J. Manley Reynolds. He also read the obituary in which
he gave a resume of his useful life.
Benjamin
Schladoer, better known as Bennie, was born at Comfort, Texas on June 15, 1900,
the son of Richard and Ernestine Doehne Schladoer.
He
grew up here and attended the Cypress Creek and Comfort schools. Later moving
to Bandera, where he had been engaged in farming and ranching, also worked for
a number of years at Goodenough Feed Store and later for Erlund Egg Co., in
Bandera.
He
is survived by his wife, two sons, Richard and Ernest of Bandera, two
daughters, Bennie Jean O Neill of San Antonio, Lois Ann Schulte of Hondo, eight
grandchildren, two brothers, Ernest of Bandera, Edwin of San Antonio, and one
sister, Lena, Mrs. Louis Pfeiffer of Comfort. He was preceded in death by his
parents, three brothers and one sister.
Source: Comfort News, December 21, 1961
HEART
ATTACK CLAIMS LIFE OF BENNIE SCHLADOER, AGE 61
Bennie
Schladoer died at his home in the Mason Creek community early Monday morning,
December 11, 1961, from a heart attack and brought sorrow to hundreds of Hill
Country relatives and friends. Mr.
Schladoer had been ill with a heart condition for several months before his
death.
Benjamin
(Bennie) Schladoer was born in Comfort, Texas, on June 15, 1900, the son of
Richard Schladoer and Ernestine Doehne Schladoer. He grew to young manhood in the Comfort
community and moved to Bandera in 1920 with his parents. They settled in the Mason Creek community
where they engaged in ranching and farming.
Mr. Schladoer had made his home in that community since coming to the
county. For a time he was employed with
the Bandera Feed and Produce, but became ill and had to give up his work.
Mr.
Schladoer and Miss Fleta Joiner were happily married and to this union was born
two sons and two daughters.
Survivors
include his sorrowing wife, Mrs. Fleta Schladoer; his sons, Richard and Ernest
of Bandera; two daughters, Mrs. Pat O'Neill of San Antonio and Mrs. Alfred
Schulte of Hondo; two brothers, Ernest Schladoer of Bandera and Edwin Schladoer
of San Antonio; one sister, Mrs. Lena Pfeiffer of Comfort and eight
grandchildren.
He
was a member of the Baptist Church.
Funeral
services were held at the Plummer Funeral Home Chapel on Tuesday afternoon,
December 12, at 2 p.m., with Rev. J. Manley Reynolds, pastor of the First
Baptist Church officiating and interment was made in the Bandera cemetery under
the dirction of Plummer Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Willie Schmidt, Herman Mazurek, John Goodenough, Edwin
Vawter, Pete Jenschke and Earl Davenport.
Friends
and relatives here will miss the kindly influence of Mr. Schladoer. He was well known and highly esteemed
here. He had many friends and was a good
husband and father. The hundreds of
beautiful flowers and the chapel filled with sorrowing friends gave mute
evidence to his standing in community.
Source: Bandera Bulletin
CARD
OF THANKS
We
would like to take this means of expressing our heartfelt thanks to our dear
friends and relatives for their many acts of consolation and comfort during our
sad hours at the loss of our beloved. We
especially thank the pastor, Rev. J. Manley Reynolds, the Methodist Choir,
those who brought food, those who sent cards and flowers, those who kept vigil
at the funeral home where he slept, the pallbearers and above all those who
offered prayers. May God bless each of
you.
The
Family of Bennie Schladoer
More
About Ben Schladoer:
Burial:
December 12, 1961, Bandera City Cemetary, Bandera, Bandera County, Texas
Census
1: 1910, Kerr County, Texas
Census
2: 1920, Kerr County, Texas
Obituary?:
Yes
Notes
for Fleta Juanita Joiner:
Fleta
Schladoer Elsworth
Mrs.
Fleta Schladoer Elsworth, 93, formerly of Bandera, passed away Monday, Nov. 29,
2004 in a Fredericksburg care facility where she had been a resident several
months. On Nov. 17, 1911, she was born in Bandera County to Leonidas
"Lon" Joiner and Emma Gray Joiner.
She
attended schools in Bandera area and was an accomplished young lady. In Boerne,
on May 16, 1930, she married Bennie Schladoer, who preceded her in death on
Dec. 10, 1961. About two years after his death, she sold their ranch on Lower
Mason Creek and bought a home on the corner of Cherry and 14th Streets in
Bandera. She resided there and cared for several aged people in her home until
1972 when she married Clarence Elsworth on Sept. 30, in San Antonio. After
their marriage, they enjoyed traveling and visiting many places of interest.
Mr. Elsworth passed away on Jan. 22, 1984. Mrs. Elsworth later moved to
Kerrville where she resided seven years before she moved to Fredericksburg.
She
is survived by two daughters: Bennie Jean O'Neill and husband, Patrick Ney of
Pipe Creek and Lois Ann Schulte and husband, Alfred, Jr., of Kerrville; two
sons, Richard Lon Schladoer and wife, Patricia Ann (Ritcheson) of Kerrville and
Ernest Marvin Schladoer and wife, Vivian (Hay) of Bandera; 15 grandchildren, 9
great-grandchildren, 3 step-sons, Joe, Jerry, and Edward Elsworth; a
step-daughter, Wanda Jean Elsworth Robbins.
In
addition to both husbands, she was preceded in death by her parents, a sister,
Lee Lois Joiner Pickens; three grandchildren, Michael Ray Schulte, Julie Nell
Schulte Donaldson and Wendy Lee Schladoer; and a great grandchild, Megan
Elisabeth Tobin.
Mrs.
Elsworth was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Bandera where funeral
services were held Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004 with Pastor Karl Biermann officiating.
Inter-ment followed in the Bandera Cemetery.
More
About Fleta Juanita Joiner:
Burial:
December 02, 2004, Bandera City Cemetery, Bandera, Bandera County, Texas
Obituary?:
Yes
More
About Ben Schladoer and Fleta Joiner:
Marriage:
May 16, 1931, Boerne, Kendall County, Texas
46 iv. Edwin Richard Schladoer, born July 28, 1902;
died November 11, 1968 in Comal County, Texas.
He married (1) Frieda Dennis Rogers June 18, 1930; born Unknown; died
Unknown. He married (2) Sophie Woods
Rogers July 23, 1965; born Unknown; died Unknown.
More
About Edwin Richard Schladoer:
Burial:
San Fernando Cemetery #2, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Census
1: 1910, Kerr County, Texas
Census
2: 1920, Kerr County, Texas
More
About Edwin Schladoer and Frieda Rogers:
Marriage:
June 18, 1930
More
About Edwin Schladoer and Sophie Rogers:
Marriage:
July 23, 1965
47 v. Emil Schladoer, born May 30, 1904; died
January 30, 1907.
Notes
for Emil Schladoer:
CHILD
BURNED TO DEATH
On
Tuesday evening, Emil, the three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Schladoer, was fatally burned while playing about a grass fire in a field on
the place of Mr. John Doehne, father of Mrs. Schladoer, near New Braunfels,
Texas.
The
unfortunate child lingered in great agony until Wednesday morning when its
sufferings were mercifully relieved by death.
The
remains were brought to Comfort on Thursday's train and were interred in the
Comfort cemetery.
From
"The Comfort News"
February
1, 1907
More
About Emil Schladoer:
Burial:
Comfort City Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
48 vi. Carolina Schladoer, born February 07, 1906
in Waring, Kendall County, Texas; died March 13, 2000. She married Louis Pfeiffer February 07, 1928
in Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas; born September 05, 1900; died December 1981.
Notes
for Carolina Schladoer:
WARING,
TEXAS. Waring is on the banks of the Guadalupe River, seven miles downstream
from Comfort and twelve miles north of Boerne in Kendall County. It was founded
in 1887 and originally known as Waringford, when R. P. M. Waring, a native of
Waringford, Ireland, provided a right-of-way for the San Antonio and Aransas
Pass Railway for its Kerrville line. In 1888 the post office from Windsor, a
neighboring community, was moved across the Guadalupe River to Waringford. On
February 10, 1901, the town's name was shortened to Waring. The population of
Waring remained between 100 and 150 from 1890 until 1914, when it reached a
high of 300. During these years the town had two general stores, a corn and
grist mill, a gin, a stone quarry, a lumberyard, a hotel and boarding house,
and several stores. Around 1950 the population decreased to eighty, and only a
post office and two businesses remained. Train service was discontinued in
1970. In 1990 the population was seventy-three.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Eva Blaschke, comp, The Waring Story, Commissioned by the Waring Thimble Club
(MS, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin, 1976).
Eva
Blaschke
More
About Carolina Schladoer:
Census
1: 1910, Kerr County, Texas
Census
2: 1920, Kerr County, Texas
Obituary?:
No
More
About Louis Pfeiffer:
Obituary?:
No
More
About Louis Pfeiffer and Carolina Schladoer:
Marriage:
February 07, 1928, Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas
49 vii. Herman Schladoer, born July 30, 1909; died
August 16, 1909.
Notes
for Herman Schladoer:
The
two weeks old son of Mr. and Mrs. Rich. Schladoer died Monday, and was buried
Tuesday in the Comfort cemetery. The
child was at birth an unusually healthy and strong infant, and its death came
as a distressing surprise to the parents.
From
"The Comfort News"
August
20, 1909
More
About Herman Schladoer:
Burial:
Comfort City Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
50 viii. Annie Schladoer, born October 15, 1910 in
Comfort, Kendall County, Texas; died July 31, 1949 in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Texas. She married Clarence
Lamar Elsworth February 07, 1938; born April 19, 1910 in Bulverde, Kendall
County, Texas; died January 22, 1984 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Notes
for Annie Schladoer:
FUNERAL
RITES TUESDAY FOR MRS. ELSWORTH
Funeral
services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Plummer Funeral Home for Mrs. Annie
Schladoer Elsworth, of San Antonio, who passed away in a hospital in that city
last Sunday. Deceased was born in
Comfort, Texas, on October 15, 1910, and came to this county with her parents,
the late Richard Schladoer, and Mrs. Schladoer, when she was a young girl. She lived in the Mason Creek community until
her marriage to Clarence Elsworth, then made her home in San Antonio until her
death. She is survived by her husband,
three sons and one daughter. The sons
are Ernest Ray, Gerry Lee and Edward Earl; the daughter, Wanda Jean, all of San
Antonio; mother, Mrs. Richard Schladoer; brothers, Ernest, Bennie of Bandera;
Edwin of San Antonio; one sister, Mrs. Lewis Pfeiffer of Comfort.
Active
pall-bearers were J. C. Dugosh, Bandera; Paul Triss, Olin Brandt, Herbert
Schladoer, of Comfort and Walter Doehne and Milton Rogers of San Antonio.
Rev.
Pat Armstrong, Methodist minister from San Antonio, conducted the service and
Luther Guest read the prayer.
A
large crowd of sorrowing relatives and friends who came for the last rites and
the lovely flowers gave mute evidence of the high esteem in which she was held
by all who knew her. We join her many
friends in offering condolence and sympathy to the bereaved ones.
Relatives
and friends who came for the funeral were Mrs. Marinda Elsworth, of Boerne; Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Elsworth, Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Schmidt, Mr. and Mrs. Guss
Soell, Mr. and Mrs. Freddie Elsworth, Mrs. Ethel Poechernik all of New
Braunfels; Mrs. Myrtle Borge and son, Michale, of San Leandro, California; Mrs.
Irma Frieda and baby, Mrs. Johnny
Knowlton, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Henry Frieda, Miss Thelma Jean Brandt, Mr. and Mrs.
Olan Brandt, Mrs. A. G. Treff and sons, Ferdinal, Frederick and Henry, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Treff, all of San Antonio; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Lux and children,
Adeline, Alvin, Jr., Phillip Lemar, Harry Lee of Bulverde.
Friends
and relatives that attended funeral of Mrs. Clarence Elsworth at Bandera August
2 were Messrs and Mesdames Henry Schladoer, Otto Bartel, Walter Nuernberger and
daughter, Ivan Schladoer and sons, Robert Wiedenfeld, Otto Biermann and Herbert
Schmidt, Mesdames Geo. Schladoer, W. E. Schoenert, Erna S. Meckel, Bondo
Doebbler, and Alice Haufler, Messrs Gottf. Bohnert and Rich Boerner.
From
"The Comfort News"
August
11, 1949
More
About Annie Schladoer:
Burial:
August 02, 1949, Bandera, Bandera County, Texas
Cause
of Death: Suicide-drank lye solution
Census:
1920, Kerr County, Texas
Obituary?:
Yes
Notes
for Clarence Lamar Elsworth:
CLARENCE
ELSWORTH
Clarence
Lamar Elsworth, 73, Bandera, died Jan. 22 in a San Antonio hospital. Born in Bulverde April 19, 1910, he was a
construction worker. A member of Grace
Lutheran Church, he was a Mason and a member of the Carpenters Local 14 in San
Antonio.
Survivors
include his wife, Fleta, Bandera; daughter, Wanda Jean Robbins, San Antonio;
sons Ernest, Comfort, Jerry, San Antonio, and Edward, San Antonio.
Funeral
services were held at Grace Lutheran Church with the Rev. J. David Doerfler
officiating. He was buried at Bandera
Cemetery with a Masonic Graveside Rite.
More
About Clarence Lamar Elsworth:
Burial:
Bandera City Cemetery, Bandera, Bandera County, Texas
Obituary?:
Yes
Occupation:
Carpenter
More
About Clarence Elsworth and Annie Schladoer:
Marriage:
February 07, 1938
18.
George4 Schladoer (Robert Johann Christian3,
Gerhard Caspar Diderich2, Friederich1) was born September
18, 1877, and died December 07, 1941. He
married Emma Mertz September 11, 1901 in Kerrville, Kerr County,
Texas. She was born July 09, 1880 in
Comfort, Kendall County, Texas, and died June 14, 1969.
Notes for George
Schladoer:
GEORGE SCHLADOER DIED
SUDDENLY SUNDAY
George Schladoer, a
highly respected citizen of the Block Creek community, passed away suddenly at
this home there on Sunday night of a heart attack. Mr. Schladoer had been in poor health for
some time, but his condition appeared to have improved recently and his sudden
death was a great shock to his family and friends.
Funeral rites were
held on Tuesday afternoon from the Schaetter and Lindner Funeral Home. The Comfort Liedertafel sang a selection at
the Funeral Home and another at the Comfort cemetery, where interment was
made. At the grave Rob. C. Herbst read
an obituary in which he paid tribute to the fine character of the
deceased. The pallbearers were Louis
Pfeiffer, Emil Grollimund, Ernest, Benjamin, Edwin and Henry Schladoer. The many beautiful floral offerins were a
mute tribute to the esteem and affection felt for Mr. Schladoer.
George Schladoer was
born on September 18th, 1877, at Comfort, a son of Robert and Caroline
Schladoer. He grew up here, attended the
Comfort school, and on September 11, 1902, was married in Kerrville to Miss
Emmie Mertz of Comfort. This couple was
blessed with three children, who with their mother, survive the beloved husband
and devoted father. They are Mrs. Walter
(Linda) Nuernberger of Comfort, Herbert Schladoer of Van Raub and Ivan
Schladoer of Comfort. Other survivors
are three grandchildren, three brothers, Chas. Schladoer of Comfort, Rich.
Schladoer of Bandera and Albert Schladoer of San Antonio, and one sister, Mrs.
Auguste Grollimund of Comfort. He was
preceded in death by his parents, by a sister and two brothers who died in
infancy.
Mr. Schladoer was
respected and esteemed by everyone who knew him for this many fine traits, and
The News is joined by his host of friends in extending sympathy to the bereaved
family.
From "The
Comfort News"
Thursday, December
11, 1941
More About George
Schladoer:
Burial: December 09,
1941, Comfort City Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
Cause of Death:
Coronary Occlusion (sudden)
Medical Information:
Long-standing stomach ulcers
More About Emma
Mertz:
Burial: Comfort City
Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
More About George
Schladoer and Emma Mertz:
Marriage: September
11, 1901, Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas
Officiant: September
11, 1901, E. H. Turner, Justice of the Peace
Children of George
Schladoer and Emma Mertz are:
51 i. Herbert5 Schladoer, born November
12, 1903 in Kerr County, Texas; died May 17, 1957 in Van Raub, Kendall County,
Texas. He married Erna Agold December
01, 1935 in Boerne, Kendall County, Texas; born July 31, 1911 in Kendall
County, Texas.
Notes
for Herbert Schladoer:
HERBERT
SCHLADOER LAID TO REST MAY 19
Comfort
friends and relatives were saddened Maly 17, when it became known that Herbert
Schladoer, a former resident of this area had passed away at his home at Van
Raub of a heart attack.
Funeral
services were held Sunday afternoon, May 19, at Ebensberger Funeral Home in
Boerne, with Robt. C. Herbst of Fredericksburg officiating, and reading an
obituary in which he paid high tribute to this good man.
Interment
was in the Boerne cemetery, and pallbearers were Rud. Agold, Henry Schladoer,
Ben Schladoer, Hilmar Bergmann, Roy Gombert and Edwin Stahl.
Herbert
Schladoer was born in Kerr County near Comfort on November 12, 1903, a son a
George and Emmie Mertz Schladoer, and was reared on a farm at Block Creek. He attended the Brownsboro school there.
On
December 1, 1935, he married Miss Erna Agold at Boerne, and they lived on
several farms before settling on their own farm near Van Raub in 1940.
For
about 18 years Schladoer worked at Camp Stanley until about three months ago
when his health began to fail.
Survivors
are his widow, two children, Sandra and Fred of Van Raub, his aged mother and
one sister, Mrs. Walter (Linda) Nuernberger of Comfort.
He
was preceded in death by his father on Dec. 7, 1941, and a brother, Ivan
Schladoer, on Dec. 31, 1956.
The
News joins his host of friends in extending sympathy to the family in their
loss.
Source: Comfort News, May 30, 1957
More
About Herbert Schladoer:
Burial:
May 19, 1957, Boerne Cemetery, Kendall County, Texas
Obituary?:
Yes
More
About Herbert Schladoer and Erna Agold:
Marriage:
December 01, 1935, Boerne, Kendall County, Texas
52 ii. Linda Schladoer, born 1905; died July 04,
1989 in Gillespie County, Texas. She
married Walter Nuernberger Unknown; born 1905; died February 05, 1988 in
Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas.
More
About Linda Schladoer:
Burial:
Comfort City Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
Notes
for Walter Nuernberger:
More
About Walter Nuernberger:
Burial:
Comfort City Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
Obituary?:
No
More
About Walter Nuernberger and Linda Schladoer:
Marriage:
Unknown
53 iii. Ivan G. Schladoer, Sr., born December 23,
1910 in Comfort, Kendall County, Texas; died December 31, 1956 in Kendall
County, Texas. He married Dora Johanna
Barth October 18, 1939 in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, Fredericksburg, Gillespie
County, Texas; born December 07, 1909 in Gillespie County, Texas; died November
03, 1988 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Notes
for Ivan G. Schladoer, Sr.:
IVAN
SCHLADOER LAID TO REST HERE WED. AFTERNOON
Residents
of this area were shocked Monday night when it was learned that Ivan Schladoer
had passed away about 5 o'clock that evening of a heart attack, while dressing
a buck he had just shot.
He
and Fritz Raute had gone out into the Schladoer pastures on Block Creek for a
hunt and agreed to meet at a certain place at sundown. Raute heard Schladoer's shots, and when he was
not at the agreed-upon spot, Raute went on to the Schladoer home, believing
Ivan had gone home.
When
he was not at home, a search was instituted, and Schladoer was found slumped
over the carcass of the buck, which he had gutted.
Justice
of the Peace Bernard Stieler was summoned and it was decided cause of death was
a heart attack. Ivan had suffered with a
severe attack some years ago.
Funeral
rites were held on Wednesday afternoon at the Schaetter Funeral Home, the Rev.
M. J. Lorfing officiating. The Comfort
Mixed Choir rendered several selections.
Interment
was in the Comfort Cemetery and pallbearers were Alex Marquart, Bodo
Seidensticker, Fritz Raute, Max Rausch, Wilfred Agold and Herbert Hennings.
The
many beautiful flowers were mute testimony to the respect and esteem felt for
this fine young man.
Ivan
Schladoer was born on Dec. 23, 1910 in the Block Creek* community, the youngest
child of George and Emmie Mertz Schladoer.
He attended the Brownsboro school and grew up there.
On
Oct. 18, 1939, he married Miss Dora Barth of Grapetown at the Holy Ghost
Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg.
The
young couple made their home with his parents on Block Creek, and two sones, I.
G. and Rovert Dave were born to them.
He
leaves to mourn his untimely death his wife, the two sons, his aged mother, one
brother, Herbert Schladoer of Boerne, and a sister, Mrs. Walter (Linda)
Neurnberger of Comfort.
He
was preceded in death by his father in 1941.
The
sympathy of the entire community goes out to the family of this fine young man
who was cut down in the prime of manhood.
Source: Comfort News, January 3, 1957
*BLOCK
CREEK, TEXAS. Block Creek was a small community on the east bank of Block Creek
and the old Comfort to Fredericksburg road, 2½ miles north of Farm Road 473 and
some eight miles northeast of Comfort in western Kendall County. It was
settled, in part, by Freethinkers. A post office opened at Block Creek in 1884
and closed in 1895. In 1890 the community had fifteen residents. The Block
Creek school had opened by around 1900 and remained the focus of a common
school district until 1949, when it became part of the Comfort Independent
School District. In 1913 the Fredericksburg and Northern Railway established a
flag stop in Block Creek to benefit nearby Hillingdon Ranch. Two or three
houses marked the community on county highway maps in the late 1940s, but by
the 1980s these were no longer shown on maps of the area.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Kendall County Historical Commission, A History of Kendall County, Texas
(Dallas: Taylor, 1984).
Melissa
G. Wiedenfeld
More
About Ivan G. Schladoer, Sr.:
Burial:
January 02, 1957, Comfort City Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
Cause
of Death: Heart Failure
Obituary?:
Yes
Occupation:
Farmer
More
About Dora Johanna Barth:
Burial:
Comfort City Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
Obituary?:
No
More
About Ivan Schladoer and Dora Barth:
Marriage:
October 18, 1939, Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, Fredericksburg, Gillespie County,
Texas
19.
Albert4 Schladoer (Robert Johann Christian3,
Gerhard Caspar Diderich2, Friederich1) was born November
28, 1880 in Comfort, Kendall County, Texas, and died December 12, 1945 in San
Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He married
Ella Spenrath July 22, 1909 in Kendall County, Texas. She was born December 12, 1889, and died
December 18, 1972.
Notes for Albert
Schladoer:
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
ALBERT SCHLADOER
Albert Schladoer, a
native of Comfort who has been a resident of San Antonio for many years, passed
away at his home there Wednesday morning, December 12th. The remains were brought to Comfort and
interred in the cemetery here on Thursday afternoon. Funeral services were held at the Schaetter
& Lindner Funeral Home, where E. J. Richte of San Antonio read an obituary,
in which he paid high tribute to the deceased.
A chorus of mixed voices sang a selection at the Funeral Home and another
at the grave, where Mr. Richte read the ritual of the Hermann Sons, Mr.
Schladoer having been a long time member of that Order. Pallbearers were Paul Jenschke, E. H.
Neimeyer, John Schumann, Harold Englehardt, Paul Herrting and Fred
Pfeiffer. The many lovely flowers were a
tribute to the esteem in which this good man was held.
Alfter Schladoer was
born at Comfort on November 28, 1880, a son of the late Robert and Lina
Schladoer. He attended the Comfort
School and grew to manhood here and on July 22, 1909, he was married to Miss
Ella Spenrath. They moved to San Antonio
about 27 years ago and have resided there ever since.
Mr. Schladoer is
survived by his widow and one brother, Chas. Schladoer of Comfort. He was preceeded in death by his parents, a
sister, Mrs. Auguste Grollimund and two brothers, George and Richard Schladoer.
Mr. Schladoer was a
fine man and was respected and esteemed by all who knew him. The News is joined by his many friends in
extending sympathy to his bereaved family.
From "The
Comfort News"
Thursday, December
20, 1945
More About Albert
Schladoer:
Burial: December 13,
1945, Comfort City Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
More About Ella
Spenrath:
Burial: Comfort City
Cemetery, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
More About Albert
Schladoer and Ella Spenrath:
Marriage: July 22,
1909, Kendall County, Texas
Marriage license:
Number 1218
Officiant: Chas. A.
Fellbaum, Justice of the Peace
Child of Albert
Schladoer and Ella Spenrath is:
54 i. Infant5 Schladoer, born April 29,
1912 in Kendall County, Texas; died April 29, 1912 in Kendall County, Texas.
More
About Infant Schladoer:
Cause
of Death: Stillborn
24.
Frederick Heinrich4 Schlador II (William3,
Friederich Henrich2, Friederich1 Schladoer) was born
September 22, 1882 in Bandera County, Texas, and died January 03, 1959 in San
Diego County, California. He married Julia
C. ? Unknown. She was born Unknown,
and died Aft. 1959.
Notes for Frederick
Heinrich Schlador II:
From the San Diego
Union, Jan 6 & 7, 1959
Schlador, Fred
H. Husband of Julia C. Schlador. Father of Mrs. Evelyn Simon. Brother of Mrs. Amelia Madigan. 5 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren. Services Wednesday 12 noon, Greenwood
Mortuary, under auspices of S. D. Lodge No. 35, F&AM. Entombment Greenwood Mausoleum.
More About Frederick
Heinrich Schlador II:
Burial: June 07,
1959, Greenwood Mausoleum, San Diego County, California
Obituary?: Yes
More About Frederick
Schlador and Julia ?:
Marriage: Unknown
Children of Frederick
Schlador and Julia ? are:
55 i. Paul Raymond5 Schlador, born July
09, 1909 in California; died December 23, 1944 in San Bernardino County,
California. He married Lois Burrus
Unknown; born Abt. 1921.
More
About Paul Schlador and Lois Burrus:
Marriage:
Unknown
56 ii. Evelyn Schlador, born Unknown.
27.
Elizabeth4 Schlador (Samuel3, Friederich
Henrich2, Friederich1 Schladoer) was born March 01, 1881
in Texas, and died January 31, 1983 in Los Angeles County, California. She married ? Gadden Unknown. He was born Unknown, and died Unknown.
More About ? Gadden:
Obituary?: No
More About ? Gadden
and Elizabeth Schlador:
Marriage: Unknown
Child of Elizabeth
Schlador and ? Gadden is:
57 i. Edward Chandler5 Gadden, born
June 16, 1906 in California; died December 31, 1987 in Los Angeles County,
California.
30.
William4 Schlador II (Samuel3, Friederich
Henrich2, Friederich1 Schladoer) was born March 27, 1892
in California, and died September 18, 1973 in Circle City Hospital, Corona,
California. He married Tillie Antunez
Unknown. She was born April 05, 1897 in
California, and died June 26, 1947 in Los Angeles County, California.
More About William
Schlador II:
Burial: September 21,
1973, Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, California
Cause of Death:
Hemorrhage from Pancreas to Duodenal artery
Funeral Home: Grimes
Funeral Home
Occupation:
Machinist-10 yrs w/Shaw Machine & Tools Co.
More About Tillie
Antunez:
Obituary?: No
More About William
Schlador and Tillie Antunez:
Marriage: Unknown
Children of William
Schlador and Tillie Antunez are:
58 i. Edna5 Schlador, born July 04,
1910; died June 1978 in Norco, Riverside County, California. She married Edward Fleming Unknown; born
February 01, 1907; died April 1984 in Norco, Riverside County, California.
More
About Edward Fleming and Edna Schlador:
Marriage:
Unknown
59 ii. William H. Schlador, born October 19, 1914;
died December 18, 1999 in Riverside County, California.
60 iii. Charles Lee Schlador, born June 28,
1921. He married Detta June Eckles June
28, 1938; born May 28, 1921 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
More
About Charles Schlador and Detta Eckles:
Marriage:
June 28, 1938
39.
Alice May4 Chandler (Magdalena3 Schlador,
Friederich Henrich2, Friederich1 Schladoer) was born July
22, 1892, and died 1984. She married Roger
Goodan October 23, 1915. He was born
Unknown, and died Unknown.
More About Alice May
Chandler:
Obituary?: No
More About Roger
Goodan:
Obituary?: No
More About Roger
Goodan and Alice Chandler:
Marriage: October 23,
1915
Children of Alice
Chandler and Roger Goodan are:
61 i. Ruth Constance5 Goodan, born
Unknown.
More
About Ruth Constance Goodan:
Obituary?:
No
62 ii. David Chandler Goodan, born Unknown.
More
About David Chandler Goodan:
Obituary?:
No