Nicholas Schrod

Nikolaus Schrod, later known as Nicholas Schrod, was a young cabinetmaker in Frankfurt. He married his sweetheart Bina (or Bena) at 21. He moved to London after 1861. He made cases for pianos, while Bina worked as a needlewoman and dressmaker. They lived in rented rooms in central London. He died before his 45th birthday, around 1882. The name appears to be mainly spelled Schrodt in Frankfurt.

"A German named Nicholas Schrod was charged at Bow-street this morning with assaulting two young men named Glanfield and Collins. The complainants were bidding each other good night in Francis-street when the conversation turned upon the war. One of them said that 40 Englishmen could beat 80 Germans. It appeared that the prisoner was leaning from the window and heard this. He came down stairs, charged the complainants with improper conduct, and assaulted them." ( "News of the day," The Globe, Tuesday, 6 September 1870, p. 7)