AREND SCHADEN 

Among the enterprising merchants who have commenced their business career in Sacramento is the gentleman with whose name this sketch commences. He is a native of Hanover, Germany, born on the 9^th day of October, 1845, and is a son of Henry and Anna (Winters) Schaden. His father followed a seafaring life, and for years was a cook on trans-Atlantic passenger vessels. Arend Schaden spent his boyhood days at his native place, and attended school from the age of six to fourteen. During the next five years he was at sea most of the time, his first voyage having been from Bremerhaven to New Orleans. This was at the opening of the American civil war, and the vessel he was on having been detained on a bar for ninety-five days, was the last to leave the Crescent City after the blockade had been established by the Union fleet. The vessel returned to Bremen, thence went to Guttenberg, from there to Cape Town, and next to Rangoon, India. From there the vessel returned to Bremen, stopping at St. Helena. He was next promoted to the position of steward, and in that capacity made another trip to the East Indies, this time to Akyab, on the Bay of Bengal. On his return to Bremen he entered the service of another vessel, commanded by Captain Thiernan, this time a light sailor, with nearly a first-class seaman’s wages. While at New York he left the vessel and determined to locate to the United States. He obtained employment in the grocery store of J. Brummerhop, on the corner of East Broadway and Rutgers Street, in the capacity of clerk, and was so employed until he came to California. He left New York November 28, 1868, and came to San Francisco via Panama, completing the trip on Christmas Day. On the following day he came to Sacramento, and on the 1^st of January he entered the employ of his uncle, Herman Winters. He was thus occupied until October 1870, at which time he formed a partnership with S.D. Fuller in the grocery business under the firm name of Schaden & Fuller, which continued for five years. He then purchased his partner’s interest, and five years later moved across the street to his present location in 1880. Mr. Schaden was married in Sacramento March 8, 1874, to Miss Meta Sanders, a native of Bremen. They have two children, viz.: Alfred and Anna Gesme. Two have died, named Arend Otto and Johnson Henry. Mr. Schaden has made his start in Sacramento, and now holds a high place among businessmen of the city, which he has reached by his own business ability and integrity. He is a member of the Knights of Honor, as also of Capital Lodge, I.O.O.F., and has passed the chairs in Cosumnes Tribe of Red Men.

Transcribed by Debbie Gramlick.