Ida Elizabeth Rosenau was born in Rippon, Wisconsin on May 24, 1867. The couple was married in 1890.
They had four children: Theodore, Herman, Eddie, and Minnie.
The family came to Foster County in 1891 and established a farm home in Bordulac Township on Section 2, which is now the home of a grandson, Paul Schroeder.
After Mr. Schroeder died, Mrs. Schroeder lived with her children until 1963 when she entered the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd at New Rockford. She returned to Carrington in 1965.
Mrs. Schroeder died August 4, 1966 and is buried at Carrington.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 11B