Sacramento County
Biographies
HERMAN BRAUER
Iowa has furnished to California many
citizens of worth and prominence who have ably done
their part in the work of development that has made this state famous
throughout the world. It was at Muscatine that Herman Brauer
was born July 18, 1870, son of a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church and grandson, in the paternal line, of a preacher of
more primitive times. In May, 1884, Mr. Brauer's
father, Rev. Herman Brauer, came to Pasadena, which
was the center of his labors as state district superintendent. He was
prominent in church work until his death, which occurred in July, 1900.
Herman was educated in the public schools and in a business college, and early
entered active life as an employe in a furniture
store, the well-known establishment of N. P. Cole of San Francisco, in the
service of which he rose from a humble beginning to positions of
responsibility. In March, 1897, he was called into the business of the
John Breuner Company, which he has since been
continuously connected and of which he is the present superintendent. In
the business of the two stores of this concern he has been a factor fifteen
years or longer, eleven years in San Francisco and upwards of four years in
Sacramento.
September 5, 1901, Mr. Brauer
married Miss E. Schuler, a daughter of Fred and Amelia Schuler, of Oakland,
Cal. Mr. and Mrs. Schuler have since returned to their native land and
now live in Stuttgart. Mrs. Brauer died October
27, 1910, leaving three children, Dorothea, born July 3, 1896; Hermine, born July 10, 1898, and Herman, born November 27,
1900. Mr. Brauer finds time from his business
affairs to devote to social and religious affiliations and the labors of love
which they entail. He is a member of the Masonic order, of the National
Union and of the Woodmen, and is an active member of the Methodist church and
assistant superintendent of his Sunday school. These and other worthy
objects benefit by his generosity, and his public
spirit renders him an admirable citizen, useful in every relation with his
fellow men.
Transcribed by Sally Kaleta.
Source: Willis,
William L., History of Sacramento County,
California, Pages 723-724. Historic
Record Company,
© 2006 Sally Kaleta.