Born in the town of Büschfeld in what is today Kr. Merzig-Wadern, Saarland, Germany, Peter Scholl arrived in New York from Antwerp on the ship "Edwina" on 25 Sep 1852 and joined many of his countrymen who had come earlier to Lake County, Indiana. He began farming in what would become the town of Schererville many years later, but eventually sold his farm to his son Jacob and lived with his daughter Mary Scholl Lauerman in what was then the community of Armour on the shores of Cedar Lake, where he died. His wife, Susanna Lehnen, had died many years earlier (1869)and is buried in St. John, Lake County, Indiana. Family lore says that he became a traveling shoemaker, going by wagon from farm to farm plying his trade. His shoemaking tools are on display in the Lake of the Red Cedars Museum in Cedar Lake. He taught his grandson, William M. Scholl, who would become the famous "Dr. Scholl," how to work with leather, no doubt inspiring him to attend medical school and go on to create his universally known products. A memorable photo taken on his 90th birthday shows dozens of his descendants gathered on the lawn of the Lauerman home in 1908.
Born in the town of Büschfeld in what is today Kr. Merzig-Wadern, Saarland, Germany, Peter Scholl arrived in New York from Antwerp on the ship "Edwina" on 25 Sep 1852 and joined many of his countrymen who had come earlier to Lake County, Indiana. He began farming in what would become the town of Schererville many years later, but eventually sold his farm to his son Jacob and lived with his daughter Mary Scholl Lauerman in what was then the community of Armour on the shores of Cedar Lake, where he died. His wife, Susanna Lehnen, had died many years earlier (1869)and is buried in St. John, Lake County, Indiana. Family lore says that he became a traveling shoemaker, going by wagon from farm to farm plying his trade. His shoemaking tools are on display in the Lake of the Red Cedars Museum in Cedar Lake. He taught his grandson, William M. Scholl, who would become the famous "Dr. Scholl," how to work with leather, no doubt inspiring him to attend medical school and go on to create his universally known products. A memorable photo taken on his 90th birthday shows dozens of his descendants gathered on the lawn of the Lauerman home in 1908.
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