Anna and Freidrich Schruth

Freidrich Johann Ludwig Theodor Schruth (1857-1909), son of Johann Ferdinand Joachim Heinrich Schrath and Elisabeth Dorothea Friederike Ollenstaedt (1830-1895), was born on the 5th November 1857 at Malchin, Mleklenburg , Schwetin, Germany.

Left Hamburg on the 4th August 1882 on the steamship Sorrento and arrived in Port Adelaide on the 9th October 1882.

Married Anna Fridercke (aka Friderike, Frederica) Sophia Dorothea Kadow (aka Cadow) (1859-1943) in Adelaide on the 16th December 1882.

On the 12th November 1898 departed Adelaide for Fremantle aboard the mail steamer the Prince Regent Leopold (aka Prinz Regent Luitpold).

Freidrich and Anna had seven children:

Franz Johannes Carl Cadow (1882–1913)
Elisabeth Johanna Henrietta Schruth (1884–1960)
Amanda Ida Schruth (1885–1964)
Heinrich Friedrich Schruth (1889–1972)
Frieda Johanna Schruth (1891–1977)
Augusta Maria Schruth (1894–1980)
Lillian Clair Johanna Schruth (1901–1980)

Lived in Albany and then Perth. Owned houses in Vincent Street and hotels in Perth, including the Royal Hotel, and the building between Hay and Murray Streets that was demolished to allow City Arcade to be developed.

The formal rooms in their home in Bishop Road, Dalkeith reportedly had all gold furniture and many ornaments.

Freidrich died on the high seas while on board the mail steamer the Zieten on the 1st May 1909.