SCHNEIDER - SNYDER Families

Germany to Ohio and Indiana

Tuesday May 16, 2006 was the 125th Anniversary
of the arrival of my SCHNEIDER families to America.

The John SCHNEIDER family arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania May 16, 1881 on the ship Zeeland from Antwerp, Belgium. A daughter and her husband Louise SCHNEIDER and John ROBERTS stayed in the area moving to Pittsburgh. Like many recent immigrants the SCHNEIDER's changed the spelling of their last name to SNYDER during World War I. Some in the family changed back to SCHNEIDER some stayed SNYDER and most are found under both spellings.

My grandparents Elizabeth SCHNEIDER 1890-1932 Massillon, Stark County, Ohio to Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana and Milo FOLLIS 1890-1944 Delphos, Van Wert County, Ohio to Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.

Elizabeth's parents were John SCHNEIDER 1843-1917 Alsace Loraine, Germany to Stark County, Ohio to Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana and Margaret LONGENFELDT 1849-1925 Germany to Stark County, Ohio to Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.

John's parents were Oliver SCHNEIDER died before 1880 in Germany and Marie FUHRMAN 1810-1897 Germany to Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. Daughters Mary married Peter WILHELM and Louise married John ROBERTS both in Germany. They all arrived in America together. The ROBERTS stayed in Pittsburg. The Mary WILHELM family came to Fort Wayne, Indiana. Granddaughter Catherine married Andrew DEITSCHEL. All are buried in the Catholic Cemetery Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The SCHNEIDER's came from Alsace-Lorraine an area fought over for years by Germany and France. Here are some links I have yet to investigate.

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