Robert L. Schneider Jr.'s Family Home Page:Information about Louis Schneider, Sr.
Louis Schneider, Sr. (b. October 03, 1790, d. December 08, 1873)
Notes for Louis Schneider, Sr.:
Died in the Amana Colony of Iowa County.Grave info shows age of 83.Name on grave is Ludwig.Section 1 Row 4 Plot 6.
2-24-2005--Information on Ludwig (Louis) Sr. comes from the History of Louisa County, included in the biography of Lewis(sic) Schneider p. 452.Other pieces of info on the Schneiders were generously supplied by David Eckberg.He supplied information from the manifest on the members of the Schneider family.The bio of Louis, Jr. states that he was the eldest of five children.The manifest showed five children belonging to Ludwig Sr. Lewis being the eldest.The bio of Louis, Jr. states that the elder Ludwig's wife Barbara died and he soon decided to leave for the USA.The manifest shows his wife named Maria.So I am assuming that Ludwig Sr. remarried before coming to the USA.
The family settled on a farm near Buffalo in 1845.This is also the time of the first settlement for those people who would later found the Amana colony in Iowa County.Their location near Buffalo was called Ebeneezer.Ludwig Sr. moved the family to Iowa County about 1855.The Ebeneezer colony also moved to Iowa County about 1855 to found Amana.Louis Schneider, Jr. stayed behind in New York for a short time.He had married his wife Elizabeth, bought his own farm and moved away from his father's farm.Louis, Jr. did move to Louisa County about 1855.I don't have any evidence that Louis Jr. ever lived in Amana.Ludwig Sr. and his family appear to have stayed in Amana.
5-6-2005--a document generously supplied by Netha Meier shows that Ludwig Schneider Sr. was born 3? Oktober, 1790 in Rheinbischofsheim, Baden.Alternative, of course, could be October 31 or 30, 1790.
More About Louis Schneider, Sr.:
Burial: Middle Cemetery, Iowa County, Iowa.
Children of Louis Schneider, Sr. and Barbara Stephen are:
- +Louis Schneider, Jr., b. June 19, 1824, Bischofsheim vor Rhein, Baden, Germany, d. November 13, 1912, Grandview, Iowa.
- Jacob Schneider, b. December 28, 1827, Rheinbischofsheim, Baden, Germany, d. April 30, 1913, Amana Township, Iowa County, Iowa.
- Daniel Schneider, b. 1831.
- Maria Schneider, b. 1831, Rheinbischofsheim, Baden, Germany, d. 1923, Louisa County, Iowa.
- Friedrich Schneider, b. 1840.