When Captain Otto Oscar Schneider was born on 22 January 1906, in San Francisco, California, United States, his father, Philip Schneider, was 49 and his mother, Gerta Melzer, was 30. He married Gladys Kichmaster on 15 June 1929, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States in 1930 and Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States in 1950. He died on 13 May 1993, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
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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).
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