NCS 87:03 :01 Scrapbook p. 38
Subjects in photographs unidentified. Names included are based on archivist's knowledge of family.
The Schneider family were white settlers of what is now Kitchener, Ontario. Members of the family are the descendants of Johann Christoph Schneider, who was born in Germany, in Unteröwisheim, Baden, on August 27, 1831. His father, a farmer, was also Johann Christoph Schneider; his mother was Margarethe Elizabeth Zoller. He left Germany in 1847 when he was sixteen years old and settled in Berlin, Ontario, where a substantial German settlement already existed. He worked as a carpenter and later as a mechanic, and by 1858 was a building contractor. He married Anna Elizabeth Metz on April 26, 1857. They had seven children, of whom John Metz Schneider, founder of the meat packing firm later known as the Schneider Corp., was the first. Johann Christoph died in December 20, 1900. He, along with his descendants, played active roles in business, politics, and the cultural and social life of what is today the Region of Waterloo.
Published
Two copies of a group portrait of family and friends, taken outdoors at the home of J.M. Schneider on the occasion of Emma Louise Schneider's marriage to Walter V. Siegner.
Back standing row, third and seventh from left: Carl Ahrens and Frederick H. Ahrens
Standing second from left: Lillian Daniels
Standing second from right: Fred Schneider (with hands crossed at front)
First person, third seated row: Charles August Ahrens
Third seated row, third from left: Laura Emma Hirschey Ahrens
Third seated row, fifth and seventh from left: Lottie Ahrens (with child on lap) and [Charles Alexander Schneider]
Third seated row at centre: J.M. and Helena Schneider
Second seated row, sixth from left: Floss Ahrens.
Second seated row, third from right: Minnie A. Von Ende
Second seated row, fifth and sixth from right: Walter and Emma Louise
Seated first row, second from left with child on lap: Norman C. Schneider
Seated frist row, sixth from left: Ethel Schneider.
Original description: Box: Norm's Family scrapbook
2001 File Transfer Box #11 : Norman C. Schneider Collection Box 1 of 1
Mounted photograph scanned as TIF file February 2021.
Public Domain