Frank was the fifth of five sons born to Peter and Mina Schrieber Mader. Charles Augustus, Peter, Jr., John, and James came along before Frank.
Peter, Sr. emigrated from Switzerland, and Mina emigrated from Baden, Germany before 1869. Mina and Peter met and married, possibly in New York.
The Federal Census taken in 1880 shows that the family lived on Ludlow Street in the notorious "Five Corners" slum in New York City. This area became famous after the movie "Gangs of New York" came out.
Mina died shortly after her youngest son, Frank was born. Mader family stories suggest that Peter, Sr., an alcoholic, was unable to care for his 5 sons...a sad reality for many of the immigrant families settling in New York. He died as a result of his alcoholism, leaving his sons alone.
Fortunately, New York had the "Children's Aid Society", founded in 1853 by Charles Loring Brace and others who recognized the need for a social solution to the thousands of homeless, orphaned and "half-orphaned" children who roamed and died in the dirty, dangerous slums.
Baby Frank was taken in by Mina's brother, Ignatz Schrieber and his wife, Thekla who raised him. About 1908 Frank married. His wife Anna was a native of New Jersey, as were her parents. Her maiden name is unknown at this time.
The couple lived at 318 Hoboken Ave. in New Jersey where Frank worked as a foreman at the American Radiator Co. In 1918 the Maders owned a cafe' in New York. In 1925, the couple lived at 101 Corliss Ave. in Poughkeepsie, NY., and Frank worked at the Arrowhead Garage. Frank and Anna don't seem to have had any children.
As for the fates of Frank's brothers, who weren't taken in by family, The Children's Aid Society took custody of the four older boys, all of whom boarded one of the famous "Orphan Trains" for "outplacing" to families across the Midwest. Charles was taken in by a family in Missouri, and his brothers were fostered and/or adopted by farming families in Spring Valley, Minnesota.
Although all five brothers were separated, they found each other in young adulthood. Two of the Mader Boys eventually moved to California, and had farms near each other. Peter stayed in Minnesota and died in 1925, but his grandchildren got to meet the Maders in California!
Frank died in New York in 1969 at age 89.
Peter, Sr. emigrated from Switzerland, and Mina emigrated from Baden, Germany before 1869. Mina and Peter met and married, possibly in New York.
The Federal Census taken in 1880 shows that the family lived on Ludlow Street in the notorious "Five Corners" slum in New York City. This area became famous after the movie "Gangs of New York" came out.
Mina died shortly after her youngest son, Frank was born. Mader family stories suggest that Peter, Sr., an alcoholic, was unable to care for his 5 sons...a sad reality for many of the immigrant families settling in New York. He died as a result of his alcoholism, leaving his sons alone.
Fortunately, New York had the "Children's Aid Society", founded in 1853 by Charles Loring Brace and others who recognized the need for a social solution to the thousands of homeless, orphaned and "half-orphaned" children who roamed and died in the dirty, dangerous slums.
Baby Frank was taken in by Mina's brother, Ignatz Schrieber and his wife, Thekla who raised him. About 1908 Frank married. His wife Anna was a native of New Jersey, as were her parents. Her maiden name is unknown at this time.
The couple lived at 318 Hoboken Ave. in New Jersey where Frank worked as a foreman at the American Radiator Co. In 1918 the Maders owned a cafe' in New York. In 1925, the couple lived at 101 Corliss Ave. in Poughkeepsie, NY., and Frank worked at the Arrowhead Garage. Frank and Anna don't seem to have had any children.
As for the fates of Frank's brothers, who weren't taken in by family, The Children's Aid Society took custody of the four older boys, all of whom boarded one of the famous "Orphan Trains" for "outplacing" to families across the Midwest. Charles was taken in by a family in Missouri, and his brothers were fostered and/or adopted by farming families in Spring Valley, Minnesota.
Although all five brothers were separated, they found each other in young adulthood. Two of the Mader Boys eventually moved to California, and had farms near each other. Peter stayed in Minnesota and died in 1925, but his grandchildren got to meet the Maders in California!
Frank died in New York in 1969 at age 89.
Frank was the fifth of five sons born to Peter and Mina Schrieber Mader. Charles Augustus, Peter, Jr., John, and James came along before Frank.
Peter, Sr. emigrated from Switzerland, and Mina emigrated from Baden, Germany before 1869. Mina and Peter met and married, possibly in New York.
The Federal Census taken in 1880 shows that the family lived on Ludlow Street in the notorious "Five Corners" slum in New York City. This area became famous after the movie "Gangs of New York" came out.
Mina died shortly after her youngest son, Frank was born. Mader family stories suggest that Peter, Sr., an alcoholic, was unable to care for his 5 sons...a sad reality for many of the immigrant families settling in New York. He died as a result of his alcoholism, leaving his sons alone.
Fortunately, New York had the "Children's Aid Society", founded in 1853 by Charles Loring Brace and others who recognized the need for a social solution to the thousands of homeless, orphaned and "half-orphaned" children who roamed and died in the dirty, dangerous slums.
Baby Frank was taken in by Mina's brother, Ignatz Schrieber and his wife, Thekla who raised him. About 1908 Frank married. His wife Anna was a native of New Jersey, as were her parents. Her maiden name is unknown at this time.
The couple lived at 318 Hoboken Ave. in New Jersey where Frank worked as a foreman at the American Radiator Co. In 1918 the Maders owned a cafe' in New York. In 1925, the couple lived at 101 Corliss Ave. in Poughkeepsie, NY., and Frank worked at the Arrowhead Garage. Frank and Anna don't seem to have had any children.
As for the fates of Frank's brothers, who weren't taken in by family, The Children's Aid Society took custody of the four older boys, all of whom boarded one of the famous "Orphan Trains" for "outplacing" to families across the Midwest. Charles was taken in by a family in Missouri, and his brothers were fostered and/or adopted by farming families in Spring Valley, Minnesota.
Although all five brothers were separated, they found each other in young adulthood. Two of the Mader Boys eventually moved to California, and had farms near each other. Peter stayed in Minnesota and died in 1925, but his grandchildren got to meet the Maders in California!
Frank died in New York in 1969 at age 89.
Peter, Sr. emigrated from Switzerland, and Mina emigrated from Baden, Germany before 1869. Mina and Peter met and married, possibly in New York.
The Federal Census taken in 1880 shows that the family lived on Ludlow Street in the notorious "Five Corners" slum in New York City. This area became famous after the movie "Gangs of New York" came out.
Mina died shortly after her youngest son, Frank was born. Mader family stories suggest that Peter, Sr., an alcoholic, was unable to care for his 5 sons...a sad reality for many of the immigrant families settling in New York. He died as a result of his alcoholism, leaving his sons alone.
Fortunately, New York had the "Children's Aid Society", founded in 1853 by Charles Loring Brace and others who recognized the need for a social solution to the thousands of homeless, orphaned and "half-orphaned" children who roamed and died in the dirty, dangerous slums.
Baby Frank was taken in by Mina's brother, Ignatz Schrieber and his wife, Thekla who raised him. About 1908 Frank married. His wife Anna was a native of New Jersey, as were her parents. Her maiden name is unknown at this time.
The couple lived at 318 Hoboken Ave. in New Jersey where Frank worked as a foreman at the American Radiator Co. In 1918 the Maders owned a cafe' in New York. In 1925, the couple lived at 101 Corliss Ave. in Poughkeepsie, NY., and Frank worked at the Arrowhead Garage. Frank and Anna don't seem to have had any children.
As for the fates of Frank's brothers, who weren't taken in by family, The Children's Aid Society took custody of the four older boys, all of whom boarded one of the famous "Orphan Trains" for "outplacing" to families across the Midwest. Charles was taken in by a family in Missouri, and his brothers were fostered and/or adopted by farming families in Spring Valley, Minnesota.
Although all five brothers were separated, they found each other in young adulthood. Two of the Mader Boys eventually moved to California, and had farms near each other. Peter stayed in Minnesota and died in 1925, but his grandchildren got to meet the Maders in California!
Frank died in New York in 1969 at age 89.
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