As the family story says, our grandmother named one of her sons Shrader because it was the surname of her favorite teacher.
Some time ago, I researched a possible family connection with any Shraders and came across Wilhelm Shrader (born about 1724) who sailed to America with his parents but arrived at the New World alone. More about him in the post
HERE.
Although that was all very interesting, Wilhelm Shrader was a rather distant and indirect ancestor. Maybe too distant to influence our grandmother's choice regarding naming her son.
See yourself
Wilhelm Shrader
⇒ his son
Heinrich Jacob Schrader (b. 5 July 1750, Rimbeck, Halberstadt, Saxony, Germany/d. 1 Feb. 1829, Jefferson, Kentucky) + wife Anna Maria (b. about 1740, Jefferson, Kentucky)
⇒ his son
Jacob Shreader (17 August 1771, Westmoreland, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania/d. 11 Sept. 1837, Oldham, Kentucky) + wife Eva Elizabeth (b. 26 April 1774, Bethel Township, Berks, Pennsylvania/d. August 1860, Oldham, Kentucky). They married on 27 August 1793.
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| Bethel Township, view from near Pleasant Grove Rd. |
⇒ his son
Elijah Shrader (b. about 1817, Oldham, Kentucky/d. 15 July 1845, Edgar County, Illinois)
⇒ his wife
Sarah Ann (Carpenter) Shrader (b. about 1816, Madison Co., Virginia/d. 5 Oct 1849, Edgar County, Illinois)
Elijah and Sarah Ann married on 9 June 1834 in Oldham, Kentucky (1).
⇒ her sister
Eliza Ann (Carpenter) Brown (b. 24 Sept. 1808, Madison, Virginia/d. 1 Nov. 1849, Oldham, Kentucky) married Mr. John Brown (b. 18 April 1811/d. 4 June 1841) on 20 April 1829 in Oldham, Kentucky (2).
⇒ her son
John Liter Brown (b. March 1838 in Floydsburg, Oldham, KY) - a farmer and carpenter.
John relocated from Kentucky to
Texas where he married (3) Miss
Mary Susannah Lunsford (b. 17 May 1841, Kentucky/d. 9 August 1917, Allen, Collin, TX). She was the daughter of William Lunceford and Catherine Pottof Schrader, and a great-granddaughter of Wilhelm Shrader, the emigrant, mentioned above.
In 1880 John, his wife Mary Susannah, and their seven children lived in Precinct 5, Collin County, Texas. John was a farmer and he hired 11 men who also lived in the household (4). One of the workers was John's distant relative Albert Ross Wetsel.
John passed on 14 April 1913 in Collin County, Texas.
Clipping source:
Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1913, newspaper, April 17, 1913; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth992417/: accessed March 28, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.
⇒ John and Mary's daughter
Eliza Catherine (Brown) Angle (b. 5 May 1869, Collin, TX/d. 27 July 1964, Allen, Collin, TX).
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| Train Water Station, Allen, Texas |
⇒ her husband
James Lafayette Angle (b. 25 Feb. 1863, Tennessee/d. 27 June 1949, Allen, Collin, TX), son of Marcus Lafayette Angle and Mammie Erena Jones.
James and Eliza Catherine married on 23 July 1890 and they had 8 children, two of whom died young.
The Census of 1940 recorded that Jim L Angle, his wife, son James L. Jr, Willie M (daughter-in-law) + a niece and nephew lived in Justice Precinct 6 (McKinney), Collin, Texas (5). The record contains a mistake. The children described as a nephew (Robert Doyle) and niece (Betty Sue) were actually James L Sr.'s grandchildren (6). Their parents were James Lafayette Jr. and Willa Mae (nee Starnes).
⇒ his younger sister
Dora Elizabeth (Angel) Brown (b. 1 May 1868, Tennessee/d. 29 Dec. 1961, Plano, Collin, TX)
On 17 June 1880, Dora, her parents and siblings (Isabelle, James L., Albert Abner, Durrett Monroe, Nancy Neal, Charles Thomas, and John Walter lived at a farm in Justice Precinct 5, Collin, Texas (7).
⇒ her husband
Robert Lee Howard - our great-uncle
⇒ his sister/
our grandmother Rachel
I continued my research, looking for a Shrader family who lived in Texas, in the same area and at the same time where and when our grandma lived.
Well, I did find the Shraders in Texas.
George Hammond Shrader, a farmer, (b. on 11 Sept. 1825 in Warren County, Tennessee) and his wife Mary Inez Gibbs (b. 10 Nov. 1827, Warren, Tennessee) came to Collin County in Texas with their 12 children around 1871/1872.
In 1870 they all still lived in Civil District No. 9 in Coffee County, Tennessee (8). The twelfth child of George and Mary's was born on 26 Jan 1871 in Carroll County, Arkansas. Probably when the family was on their way to Texas. The supposition supports the fact that their last and thirteenth child was born in August 1874 in Frisco, Collin County, TX.
Anyway, the next Census which took place in 1880 recorded the Shrader family who dwelled in 6th Precinct of Collin County, TX.
Household
George Shrader, Self, Male, age 54, born Tennessee, United States
Mary Shrader, Wife, Female, age 52, born Tennessee, United States
William H Shrader, Son, Male, age 29, born Tennessee, United States
Houston P Shrader, Son, Male, age 25, born Tennessee, United States
George W Shrader, Son, Male, age 23, born Tennessee, United States
James P Shrader, Son, Male, age 19, born Tennessee, United States
Martha Shrader, Daughter, Female, age 16, born Tennessee, United States
Virginia Shrader, Daughter, Female, age 14, born Tennessee, United States
Tennsee Shrader, Daughter, Female, age 12, born Tennessee, United States
Fountain P Shrader, Son, Male, age 9, Arkansas, United States
Daniel B Shrader, Son, Male, age 5, born Texas, United States
Record Source:
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFFB-BH9 : 15 July 2017), Houston P Shrader in entry for George Shrader, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 27, sheet 237C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1296; FHL microfilm 1,255,296.
George Hammond was a Civil War veteran. He served as Sergeant in 34th Regiment of 4th Tennessee Confederate Infantry (Capt. J. F. Ross' Company, Churchwell's Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers).
Af all his children only one had anything to do with teaching. It was George's third son and fourth child
Houston Petway Shrader born 24 March 1855 in Coffee County, Tennessee.
Houston became a methodist preacher. He was a contemporary of our grandma Rachel. Actually, she was 11 years younger than him. They both lived in Collin County, Texas so, all in all, very likely it was Houston Petway Shrader who inspired grandma so much that she decided to name one of her sons after that Bible teacher.
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| Methodist Episcopal Curch in Fredericksburg, Texas |
On 10 June 1886, 31-year-old Houston married Miss Ruby Ann Emeline Edgar (b. 5 July 1861 in Newton, TX).
Mr. Shrader was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South from 1885 to 1910. He also worked in the Euless Methodist Church (1893/1894). In 1912, during his retirement, he served as a supply pastor in the Electra Circuit.
What makes it all even more interesting, is the fact that Houston Petway and our grandma Rachel were related due to the marriage of Houston's youngest brother (the one born in Texas) Daniel Booker Shrader. The latter one married Miss Ada R Rogers on 27 Nov. 1897 in Collin, TX (9).
Ada's brother Addison Pierce Rogers was married to Rachel's brother William Monroe Howard's son-in-law's sister.
Here is the family line
Houston Petway Shrader
⇒ his brother
Daniel Booker Shrader (b. 4 August 1874, Frisco, Collin, TX/d. 1 Oct. 1937, Collin, TX) was the first postmaster of Frisco
⇒ his wife
Ada R Rogers (b. 14 Feb. 1876, Rockhill, Collin, TX/d. 20 May 1909, Collin, TX) was the daughter of Beverly Leonidas Rogers and Elizabeth Rhoda Ware. She was the first wife of Daniel's. They married on 27 Nov. 1897 (10).
In 1900, the couple lived with their first child, one-year-old son Harold Pearson and Daniel's mother Mary Inez in Justice Precinct 6 (north half), Collin, TX (11). Ada died at birth of her fifth child, a girl who was stillborn.
⇒ her brother
Addison Pierce Rogers (b. 29 Jan. 1879, Frisco, Collin, TX/d. 22 June 1961, Frisco, Collin, TX), farmer
⇒ his wife
Maude Lillian (Miller) Rogers (b. 1881 /d. Nov. 1953, Collin, TX), daughter of Rev. Samuel William Miller and Martha Elizabeth Moore
Addison and Maude married on 15 Jan. 1902 in Collin, TX (12).
Possibly they had 4 children. At least that was what I found in the records.
⇒ her brother
William Bryant Miller (b. 29 Nov. 1883, Tupelo, Mississippi/d. 5 Dec. 1971, McKinney, Collin, TX) was a salesman. The WW1 draft registration tells that William was tall, had blue eays and light hair (13).
⇒ his wife
Geneva Clementine (Howard) Miller (b. 1 April 1889, Allen, Collin, TX/d. 10 June 1968, McKinney, Collin, TX)
William and Geneva's house was at 539 North Curch St., McKinney, TX (13).
⇒ her father
William Monroe Howard - our great-uncle
Clipping source:
Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1909, newspaper, September 16, 1909; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857114/: accessed March 28, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.
⇒ his sister
Rachel Clementine Howard - our grandmother
And how is Houston Petway Shrader related to Wilhelm Shrader the immigrant, mentioned at the beginning of this article? Maybe there is a more direct relation, but I have not found it. Actually, I have not looked for that since I found the Shrader family who settled in Colin, Texas.
That connection in our family tree goes through the Howard and Anglea family.
Houston Petway Shrader
⇒ his brother
Daniel Booker Shrader
⇒ his wife
Ada R Rogers
⇒ her brother
Addison Pierce Rogers
⇒ his wife
Maude Lillian (Miller) Rogers
⇒ her brother
William Bryant Miller
⇒ his wife
Geneva Clementine (Howard) Miller
⇒ her mother
Isabel (Howard) Angle, wife of William Monroe Howard
⇒ her sister
Nancy Neal (Angel) Brown
⇒ her husband
John William Brown (b. 2 Sept. 1870, Collin, TX/d. 9 Dec. 1915, McKinney, Collin, TX)
Nannie and John married on 14 Dec. 1892 in Collin, Texas
⇒ his father
John Liter Brown
⇒ his mother
Eliza Ann (Carpenter) Brown
⇒ her sister
Sarah Ann (Carpenter) Shrader
⇒ her husband
Elijah Shrader
⇒ his father
Jacob Shreader
⇒ his father
Heinrich Jacob Schrader
⇒ his father
Wilhelm Shrader
Houston Petway Shrader passed away on 18 May 1935 in his home in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas (14). He was buried in the Restland Cemetery, Dallas, TX.
Resources:
(1) "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-483M : 17 May 2018), Elijah Shrader and Sarah Ann Carpenter, 9 Jun 1834; citing Marriage, Oldham, Kentucky, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 482,444.
(2) "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-WNFH : 17 May 2018), John Brown and Eliza Carpenter, 20 Apr 1829; citing Marriage, Oldham, Kentucky, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 482,443.
(3) "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-C36 : 10 December 2017), J L Brown and Mary S Lunsford Or Lansford, 09 Apr 1868; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,595.
(4) "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFFB-5G7 : 15 July 2017), John L Brown, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 24, sheet 191D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1296; FHL microfilm 1,255,296.
(5) "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWJ6-F5F : 14 March 2018), Jim L Angle in household of Jim L Angle, Justice Precinct 6, Collin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 43-37, sheet 1A, line 10, family 3, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4009.
(6) "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6GR-C3C : 13 March 2018), Robert Doyle Angel, 08 May 1933; citing Mckinney, Collin, Texas, United States, certificate 35653, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,283,078.
(7) "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFFB-TDP : 15 July 2017), Dora E Angle in entry for Marcus Angle, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 25, sheet 210A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1296; FHL microfilm 1,255,296.
(8) "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8L-HN7 : 12 April 2016), Houston Shrader in household of G H Shrader, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 10, family 69, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,019.
(9) "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K615-9YR : 10 December 2017), Daniel Booker Shrader and Ada Rogers, 28 Nov 1897; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,599.
(10) "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K615-9YR : 10 December 2017), Daniel Booker Shrader and Ada Rogers, 28 Nov 1897; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,599.
(11) "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3L3-5KP : accessed 27 March 2019), Ada R Shrader in household of Daniel B Shrader, Justice Precinct 6 (north half), Collin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19, sheet 1B, family 12, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,621.
(12) "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K615-HX9 : 10 December 2017), A P Rogers and Maude Miller, 15 Jan 1902; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,600
(13) "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZX9-7N6 : 13 March 2018), William Bryant Miller, 1917-1918; citing Collin County no 1, Texas, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,952,405.
(14) "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K341-CZN : 13 March 2018), Houston Petway Shrader, 18 May 1935; citing certificate number 25160, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,471.
Photos:
Bethel Township: Andrew Bossi [CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)]
Cornfield: By Famartin - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54584142
Train water station, Allen, TX: By MeekMark - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21075908
