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William Frederich Schneider 1886 – 1962 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Dec 1886

Birth Location: Sumner, Kankakee, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 3 Nov 1962

Death Location: Chicago Heights, Cook, Illinois, United States

Father: Ludwig Schneider

Mother: Ellen Ammann

Spouse(s): Anna Myer

Children(s): Albert Schneider

According to available records, William Frederich Schneider was born in 1886 in Sumner, Kankakee, Illinois, USA, the child of Ludwig "Louis" Heinrich Schneider and Ellen Ammann. Following those early years, William Frederich Schneider married Anna D Myer, and their family grew to include Albert Louis Schneider. In the later years of life, William Frederich Schneider died in 1962 in Chicago Heights, Cook, Illinois, United States.

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Parents

Ludwig Schneider
1848 – 1927
Birth Location: Ebenezer, Erie, New York, USA
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Ellen Ammann
1855 – 1934
Birth Location: Elmhurst, Illinois
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Spouses(s)

Anna Myer
1888 – 1936
Birth Location: Cook, Illinois, United States
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Children(s)

Albert Schneider
1915 – 1971
Birth Location: Grant Park, Kankakee County, Illinois, United States of America
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 26 Dec 1886
    Event Place: Sumner, Kankakee, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 3 Nov 1962
    Event Place: Chicago Heights, Cook, Illinois, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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