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SCHNEIDER, Rudolph E. (1865-1943) |
SCHNEIDER, Rudolph E. 1 2 3 4 5
According to family lore, Rudolph owned the largest dairy farm in the Upper Penninsula. The Schneider property included a portion of the AuSable River, which was later donated to the state of Michigan by their grandson, Rudy Goupille. Walking trails currently lead visitors to AuSable Falls, which was known in the family as Rudy's Falls. The photograph is of this area.
Rudolph married Minnie S. UNKNOWN about 1889 in prob. Alger County, Michigan. (Minnie S. UNKNOWN was born in Jun 1861 in Germany, died in 1946 in Grand Marais, Alger County, Michigan and was buried in 1946 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Grand Marais, Alger County, Michigan.) |
1 1900 US Census (District 3, Burt, Alger County, Michigan). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Rudolph Schneider (age 35, b. May 1865, Switzerland), wife Minnie (age 31, b. Jun 1869, Germany) and daughter Gertrude (age 5, b. Jul 1894, MI), living in Burt, Michigan. Rudolph is listed as a "general merchant," and indicates that both his parents were born in Switzerland. Minnie indicates that both her parents were born in Germany. Rudolph indicates that he came to the U.S. in 1868 and is naturalized. The couple indicates that they have been married for 11 years, and have had 2 children, 1 of whom is still living.
2 1910 US Census (District 2, Burt, Alger County, Michigan). Surety: 4. Lists Rudolph E. Schneider (age 44, b. Switzerland), wife Minnie (age 49, b. Germany) and daughter Gertrude L. (age 15, b. MI), living in Burt, Michigan. Rudolph is listed as a "retail merchant, general store," and indicates that both his parents were born in Switzerland. Minnie indicates that both her parents were born in Germany. Rudolph indicates that he immigrated to the U.S. in 1868 and is naturalized. Minnie indicates that she immigrated to the U.S. in 1867.
3 1920 US Census (District 2, Burt, Alger County, Michigan). Surety: 4. Lists Rudolph E. Schneider (age 55, b. Switzerland) and wife Minnie (age 59, b. Germany), living in Burt, Michigan. Rudolph is listed as a "farmer, dairy farm" and indicates that both his parents were born in Switzerland. Minnie indicates that both her parents were born in Germany. Rudolph indicates that he immigrated to the U.S. in 1868 and is naturalized. Minnie indicates that she immigrated to the U.S. in 1863 and is naturalized.
4 1930 US Census, District 2, Burt, Alger County, Michigan. Surety: 4. Lists Rudolph E. Schneider (age 63, b. Switzerland) and wife Minnie S. (age 68, b. Germany), living in Burt, Michigan. Rudolph is listed as a "retail merchant, department store" and indicates that both his parents were born in Switzerland. Minnie is listed as a "salesman, department store" and indicates that both her parents were born in Germany. The couple indicate that they married when Rudolph was age 24 and Minnie age 28. Living nearby is their daughter, Gertrude [Schneider] Goupille and her family.
5 1870 US Census (Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Rodolf Snider [Schneider] (age 32, b. Switzerland), wife Catherine (age 30, b. Switzerland) and children Rodolf [Rudolph] (age 5, b. Switzerland), Aleson (age 3, b. Switzerland) and Frederic (age 1, b. OH), living in Perrysburg, Ohio. Rodolf is listed as a "farmer." Also in the household is Frances Broner (age 40, b. Switzerland), who is listed as a housekeeper.
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