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HENRY W. SCHROEDER
A native son of San Joaquin County,
who finds recreation in his leisure hours in the study of history, particularly
in historical research of the state of his birth, is Henry W. Schroeder, the
successful proprietor of the Habit Cleaners & Dyers, at 2315 North
California Street, Stockton. Mr.
Schroeder was born at Tracy, September 2, 1890, his parents being William and
Sophie M. (Hilken) Schroeder, the former a native of
Germany, while Mrs. Schroeder was born in San Francisco; both are now
deceased. William Schroeder was an early
settler in the Tracy district, where he rented a part of the Sargent ranch and
later purchased 640 acres of it, farming there for many years. He was the father of seven children, six of
whom are living.
Henry W. Schroeder attended the
Tracy schools, the Western School of Commerce and the Western Normal School,
both at Stockton, and receiving a teacher’s certificate, he taught for one year
in Mono County. Returning to Tracy, he
farmed the home place and in addition rented land. He then took up mining for a time, after
which he engaged in the car renting service in Stockton. During the World War he served as
quartermaster on the U. S. S. Beaver, in the submarine service, being stationed
in Panama waters, and after his term of service was finished, he spent a year and
a half at Los Angeles with the Standard Oil Company and the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company. About two years ago he
returned to Stockton and opened up in business for himself as the Habit Cleaners
& Dyers, and from a small beginning he has built up a large patronage and a
fully equipped plant, his business requiring two auto delivery wagons.
Mr. Schroeder’s marriage united him
with Mrs. Catherine (Felt) Newman, a native of Fortuna, Humboldt County,
California, and she is the mother of two children by a former marriage, Ruth M.
and Robert E. Newman. Mrs. Schroeder is
a member of Mount Osso Lodge, No. 460, F. & A.
M., of Tracy and of Stockton Parlor No. 7, N. S. G. W., and Karl Ross Post,
American Legion.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
976. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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