Bio of SCHROEDER, Herman William (b.1886), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol III, pg 216-219
HERMAN WILLIAM SCHROEDER
The life history of Herman William Schroeder presents a forcible illustration of
the fact that it is under the pressure of necessity that the best and strongest
in the individual are brought out and developed, for he is a self-educated,
self-made man 'who has depended upon his own resources for a livelihood from an
early age and has fought and won in the great battle of life. Mr. Schroeder was
born at Juneau, Wisconsin, January 4, 1886, and his parents, Herman and Amelia
(Eckert) Schroeder, were both natives of Germany. About 1830 they left that
country and came to the United States with their parents, who settled at
Mayville, Wisconsin, where they fol­lowed the occupation of farming. Herman
Schroeder subsequently engaged in the meat business until his death. The mother
afterward married William Boelke, a well-to-do farmer of Great Bend, North
Dakota, and there Herman W. Schroeder attended the public schools until he
reached the age of fifteen years. In the spring of 1902 he came to Minneapolis,
having no friends in the city to whom he could turn for advice or assistance and
no capital save energy, ambition and determination. He secured employment with
the firm of Andresch Brothers, dealers in hides, and later was with the
Pillsbury Flour Company, securing his commercial training by attend­ing night
classes at the Caton Business College. In 1903 he became a pupil at the Central
high school, from which he was graduated in 1907, and he later entered the
University of Minnesota, in which he completed a six years' course, winning the
B. S. degree from that institution in 1915. From 1915 until 1918 he was a
student at the Harvard Law School and in 1919 he was admitted to the bar. For
nine and a half years Mr. Schroeder carried papers for the Tribune and Journal
and he also worked at the Berkeley Hotel, thus earning the money for his
education, which was secured at the cost of great effort and self-denial. While
attending the Central high school he was a member of the football team and on
the day of his graduation was awarded the Gale prize for oratory. Since his
admission to the bar Mr. Schroeder lias engaged in the general practice of law
in this city, maintaining offices in the Security building. He is an earnest and
discriminating student, thoroughly familiar with the principles of
jurisprudence, and has clearly demonstrated his ability to solve intricate legal
prob­lems. He is an able orator and in a discussion he has the gift of seizing
the gist of the matter, while he also possesses the knack of setting it in
correct perspective. To his chosen life work he gives his undivided attention
and has already won a liberal clientele, while his business in the courts is
constantly increasing in volume and im­portance.
Mr. Schroeder was married January 10, 1918, to Miss Ottalie M. Johnson of
Nor­wood, Massachusetts, a descendant of the Fairbanks family. Mr. and Mrs.
Schroeder have a son, Albert Johnson. For some time Mr. Schroeder was a member
of the Min­nesota State Militia, belonging to Battery B of the heavy Field
Artillery, and during the World war he was active in promoting the various
drives promulgated by the government. He is identified with the Hennepin County
Bar Association and the Lin­coln Club and owing to his forensic powers he is
often called upon to address the
members of the latter organization. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, a Knight
templar, York Rite Mason, and a Noble of Zuhrah Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He
also connected with the Eastern Star and the Elks Club. He has great respect for
dignity of his calling and in his law practice whatever he does is for the best
interests of his clients and for the honor of his profession. He measures up to
the highest standards in every relation of life and is a man whom to know is to
respect and admire.