Brief Life History of William Phillip
When William Phillip Schneider was born on 19 July 1882, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, Johann Schneider, was 54 and his mother, Katharina Daemon, was 31. He married Dorthea Kirstine Petersen on 16 February 1903, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Garland, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1920 and Monrovia, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. He died on 7 April 1962, in Lynwood, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Live Oak Memorial Park, Monrovia, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- William Schneider, "United States Census, 1930"
- William Schneider, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Mr. William Schneider, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1889
Weber comes from John Henry Weber, an early fur trader. The university opened for students on January 7, 1889. By the late 1920's, the college was in financial difficulty and the Utah Legislature passed a law allowing the purchase of both Weber College and Snow College from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1954 the college moved from downtown Ogden the southeast bench area of the city where it resides currently.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Franz, Erwin, Fritz, Dieter, Manfred, Heinz, Alois, Ewald, Helmut.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tailor, literally ‘cutter’, from Middle High German snīder, German Schneider, Yiddish shnayder. The same term was sometimes used to denote a woodcutter. This surname is also established in many other parts of Europe, notably in France (Alsace and Lorraine), the Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, and Czechia. In Czechia, Slovakia, Croatia, and Slovenia it is also established in Slavicized forms (see 2 below). In part, Schneider is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname, originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola, Slovenia (see Kocevar ). Compare Sneider 1, Snider 1, and Snyder 1.
Germanized form of Czech, Slovak, Croatian, and Slovenian Šnajdr or Šnajder, and Czech Šneidr, Šneider, Šnejdr, and Šnejder, surnames of German origin (see above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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