Timeline with Historical Details

This timeline includes information on historical events related to the area of Vaudreuil around the time that the Schneiders resided there, and information on Schneider family members who were not our direct ancestor.

1721 The Sulpician Order establish a trading post at Oka/Kanesatake. [W-Oka] [REH] [EFIWNA - p.364] There had been a trading post at the mission on Ile aux Tourtes which was abandoned because of problems arising from the selling of alcohol to Indians. [SAB] [NSLNE]

1757 William Schneider is born. [BSJCC – A44SE]

1773 St-Michel parish in Vaudreuil is founded [HHS – Timeline]

1777 William Schneider and his brother John come to Canada with the Hesse-Hanau Jaegers

1779 Guillaume Schneider and Jean Schneider appear in the roster of the Hesse-Hanau Chasseur regiment [BJO – Roster]

1781 Charles Schneider’s birth, according to one source. [RCD – Charles]. (Conflicts with 1784.)

1783 William and John are discharged in Canada [RQH - 2007-06/1183129103]

1783 The North West Company is formed [W - NWC] [Webster's]

1784, May. William Schneider marries Carolina Contine in Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal [RCA – Register Parish of Montreal] [HSAPV 1-6]

1784 Our ancestor Charles Schneider is born in Montreal, QC. (Conflicts with 1781.) [Census of 1852]

1786 Peter Christian Schneider, son of William and Carolina Contine, is born, perhaps in Lachine. [HSAPV 1-6]

1790 John Hugh Lieure Schneider, son of William and Carolina Contine, is born, perhaps in Lachine. [HSAPV 1-6]

1792 Francis Schroder builds the stone house in Vaudreuil and operates it as an Inn. The inn will be acquired by William Schneider. [HHOC] The building may have served as a trading post for the North West Company, and the Chipman house may have served as a post for the Hudson Bay Company. [HSAPV 2-2]

1795 John Mark Crank DeLesDerniers was living in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. He was a trader and at the time he was a “crown agent in charge of the Two Mountains Mission (Oka)”. [GCLH –Part 2] Independent traders had been active in the area west of Montreal for years.

1799 A William Schneider and a John Schneider apply for land grants [LAC – LCLP]

1802 Charles Schneider, “tavern keeper of Lachine” marries Marie Josette Kingsbury. Witnesses were Messrs. Stemm and Marsteller. [HSAPV 1-7]

1802 Ste-Madeleine de Rigaud parish is founded [HHS – Timeline]

1803 Charles’s first son, John Frederick, is born in Lachine [Census of 1852 - Others]. Baptised at Christ Church, Montreal. [HSAPV 1-7]

1803 John Schneider acquires a house in Vaudreuil. [HHOC] Rev. Royle will call this the Chipman House [HSAPV 1-7]. John Schneider acquires Lot #8 [RCD – John]

1804 Charles’s second son, John Julius, is born. Baptised at Christ Church, Montreal. [HSAPV 1-7]

1804 William Schneider acquires the Inn from Francis Schroder [HHOC] [HHOC – Schneider Hotel]. Rev. Royle will call this the Spence House [HSAPV 1-7]. William also acquired Lots # 17 and #19 [RCD – William]

1804 Family tradition states that “Mr. and Mrs. Schneider came to Como with two sons.” [HSAPV 1-7]. This probably refers to Charles Schneider and Marie Josette Kingsbury.

1805 Rev’d Richard Bradford secures a register and takes up residence in Chatham, Quebec. [HSAPV 1-8]

1805 Sometime before 1805 John Mark Crank DeLesDerniers acquired Lot 15 in Vaudreuil and moved there, “the location being more convenient for his trade with the Indians at Oka”. [GCLH –Part 2]

1807 Francois Schroder dies after falling from a carriage. His burial is recorded in the registers of Ste-Madeleine-de-Rigaud parish. The register records his occupation as an innkeeper. [RQH 2005-03/1111502338]

1808 Charles’s third child, Thomas Henry, is born. [HSAPV 1-7]

1809 Charles William is born, son of Charles Schneider and Marie Josette Kingsbury. [HSAPV 1-7]

1809 A John Schneider marries Oriel Kellog of the Parish of Argenteuil [HSAPV 1-6]. Not sure who this John Schneider is, or how he fits into the family.

1809 Rev’d Bradford turns in last register and leaves the area. [HSAPV 1-8]

1810 William Schneider is sponsor at baptism of Dorothy, daughter of Drusilla DeLesDerniers and John Schneider. [HSAPV 1-6]

1811 Rev’d Bradford returns and starts a new register. [HSAPV 1-8] The registers cover the period to 1816. [HSAPV 1-9]

1812 First evidence of church service at Vaudreuil by Rev’d Bradford [HSAPV 1-9]

1812 Charles Schneider, Caroline Schneider, and Phoebe McArthur are sponsors at baptism of Elizabeth, daughter of Drusilla DeLesDerniers and John Schneider. [HSAPV 1-6]

1812 Our ancestor John William is born to Marie Josette Kingsbury and Charles Schneider. His baptism is recorded in the regissers of Christ Church, St. Andrew’s. [HSAPV 1-7] [HSAPV 1-9]. He is our ancestor.

1812 William and Charles enlist as Lieutenants in the Lower Canada Militia. [OBFC1812]

1814 Hannah is born, daughter of Charles Schneider and Marie Josette Kingsbury. [HSAPV 1-7]

1814 Charles and Marie Josette baptise "Anne" in Ste-Madeleine de Rigaud. [RQH 2005-03/1111770200] Charles is identified as a lieutenant in the militia.

1817 Ross Cox stops for a night at the Schneider Hotel. He will write about it in his book, Adventures on The Columbia River. [ACR pg. 303-304]

1817 Charles and Marie Josette baptise son "Andre" in Ste. Madeleine de Rigaud church. [RQH 2005-03/1111770200] [HSAPV 1-8]. Charles is identified as a lieutenant in the militia.

1818 Rev. Joseph Abbott takes up residence at Christ Church St. Andrew’s. He stays until 1825. [HSAPV 1-9]

1818 Reference to the Cemetery Committee. Charles Schneider and William Abbott witness the burial of Edmund Harvey. [HSAPV 2-3]

1819 A North West Company post at Two Mountains was succeeded by a Hudson Bay Company post. [EFIWNA] [TFYSHBT]  Sale of alcohol to Indians at the Oka mission was prohibited, so Indians wanting to purchase alcohol would cross the lake to Vaudreuil. [TFYSHBT]

1819 Elnora is born, daughter of Charles Schneider and Marie Josette Kingsbury. Her baptism is recorded in the registers of Christ Church, St. Andrew’s. [HSAPV 1-8]

1819 Ellen Whitlock, 69 and Catherine Thomas, 19 buried at Vaudrueil, hinting that the area that would become the cemetery was in use before its purchase by Whitlock and Schneider. [HSAPV2-3]

1819 William Schneider and John Whitlock buy a piece of land from Corneilieus Cook to be used as a cemetery. [HSAPV 2-3]

1821 The North West Company merges with the Hudson Bay Company. [W - NWC] [HSAPV 2-3]

1824 Sophia is born, daughter of Charles Schneider and Marie Josette Kingsbury. [HSAPV 1-8]

1826 Rev. William Abbott takes up residence at Christ Church St. Andrew’s. He stays until 1859. [HSAPV 1-9]

1827 Mary Schneider, aunt, and William G. DeLesDerniers, uncle, and Elizabeth DeLesDerniers are sponsors at the baptism of Susannah, daughter of Drusilla DeLesDerniers and John Schneider. [HSAPV 1-7]

1827 May 30, Caroline (Contine) Schneider dies and is buried by Rev. William Abbott. [HSAPV 1-8]

1827 Steamboats appear on the lower Ottawa river between Lachine and Carillon. [SCOR] [HSAPV 2-4]

1828 William Schneider makes his will. [RCD – William]

1828 William Schneider dies. [RCD – William]

1829 John Schneider moves out of the “Davidson House” [HHOC]

1829 Henry Schneider says his uncle John kept an Inn in Como [HSAPV 2-9]

1829 Henry, son of Julius Schneider and Sally Halcro is baptized by George Archbold, traveling missionary. [HSAPV2-10]

1830 Amelia DeLesDerniers, William Schneider and Abigail Grout are sponsors at the baptism of Drusilla, daughter of Drusilla DeLesDerniers and John Schneider. [HSAPV 1-7]

1832 Vaudreuil receives its first visit from then Archdeacon Jehosaphat Mountain. [HSAPV 3-2]

1833 George Grieve with daughters Isabella and Marky arrives in Vaudreuil. [HSAPV 3-3]

1834 Andrew Schneider buried by Mr. Leeds. [HSAPV 3-4]

1835 John William marries Isabella Grieve. John Schneider and John Mark Schneider witness the marriage. [HSAPV 3-4] [BMS Registers]

1835 John William Schneider identified as a farmer in the registration of the baptism of his son Benjamin. [BMS Registers]

1835 Cholera epidemic in Oka. [EFIWNA] - p.364] Vaudreuil seems not to have been badly effected. [HSAPV 3 - 1]

1836 William Schneider dies. [BSJCC – A44SE]

1836 Hannah Schneider is baptized. [HSAPV 3-4]

1837 March 25. An Aurora Borealis so spectacular that the fire engines in New York are called out. Bishop Mountain makes note of it in his journal. [HSAPV 3-7] He was on his way to Vaudreuil to perform the first Confirmations to be held in the area.

1837 Political turmoil and revolution. [HHS – Timeline] Charles Schneider is a Captain in The Loyal Vaudreuil Volunteers. [RCD – Charles] The battle of Ste. Eustache was fought in December.

1837 Charles Schneider gives a deposition about the identity of John Gripe. [RBC – Schneider]

1837 Charles Schneider buys a farm that he gives to his daughter Hannah and her husband Captain Robins as a wedding present. Hannah and Captain Robins will call their home Sydenham Cottage. They will give a piece of this property to the Anglican parish as the site of St. James Anglican Church. [RCD – Charles] [HHOC]

1838 Our ancestor John Edmund Schneider is born.

1840 May 20. Bishop Mountain returns to Vaudreuil to perform Confirmations. He notes that the people are discussing the building of a church. [HSAPV 3-10]

1841 Rev. James Pyke appointed to the newly formed Parish of Vaudreuil.  [APV - History]

1841 Charles Schneider, John Hodgson, and Peter Francis Christian DeLesDerniers are on the church building committee. [HSAPV 4-8]

1841 John Schneider is buried. [HSAPV 4-8]

1841 Marie Josette (Kingsbury) Schneider dies. [BSJCC –A44SE] [HSAPV 4-6]

1842 Marie Josette (Kingsbury) Schneider is buried in January by the Rev. Pyke. [HSAPV 4-7]

1842 Hannah Schneider and her husband donate the land for St. James Church [HHOC]. (See 1845.)

1842 The cornerstone is laid for the St. James Anglican Church [HHOC] [HSAPV 4-9]

1842 The steamer 'Ottawa', E. S. Robins, captain, is "the only regular passenger and tow boat on the River Ottawa between Lachine and Carillon." [HSAPV 4-5]

1843 Charles Schneider and Judge Pyke are witnesses to the funeral of John Mark Crank DeLesDerniers. [HSAPV 5-7]

1844 John Schneider paints the church roof. [HSAPV 5-9]

1845 May 20. The deed was made transferring the land for St. James' Church from R. S. Robins to  to the Bishop of Montreal. [HSAPV 5-6]

1846 The Vaudreuil Agricultural Society formed at the Schneider Inn [HHOC]

1847 Typhoid epidemic hits Vaudreuil and area.

1847 Hannah Elizabeth Robins dies. [HSAPV 6-3, 6-4] [RCD – Robins]

1847 Charles Schneider and R. S. Robins witness the burial of Dr. John Pyke. This is probably the “first burial on the little knoll behind St. James’ Church”. [HSAPV 8-5]

1847 The Ottawa Glass Works company is established not far from the Schneider Inn. [TCE - Glass]

1848 The Hudson’s Bay Company closes the post at Oka.

1850 Consecration of St. James’ Church. [HSAPV 6-10]

1851 C. W. Schneider owned a general store in Carillon. [AG - CD]

1852 Census is taken in Lower Canada. Charles says that he was born in Montreal. [Census of 1852 - Our Ancestors] His son John Frederick says that he was born in Lachine. [Census of 1852 - Other Schneiders]

 1853 J. M. Schneider sells “Davidson House” to Thomas Davidson. [HHOC] This was the house John Schneider had acquired when he moved to Vaudreuil.

1855 The Ottawa Glass Works village was renamed Como. [QHW - Vaudreuil-Hudson]

1856 The Schneider Hotel is sold to John Hodgson. He calls it Cavagnal. [HHOC]

1859 Charles Schneider dies. [BSJCC –A44SE]

1866 An act of the Quebec Provincial Legislature confirms the control of the cemetery by St. James’ Church. [HSAPV2-3]

1867 Bishop Fulford consecrates the cemetery. [HSAPV2-3]

1868 John Edmund and Elizabeth Dobles marry. [BMS Registers]

1869 John William Schneider dies. [BSJCC –A44SE]

1889 Our ancestor Francis Clarke Schneider is born.

1897 John Edmund Schneider dies. [BMS Registers]

1901 Isabella Grieve dies. [RCD – Isabella]

1916 Francis Clarke Schneider and Mary Ann Kelly marry.

1917 Elizabeth (Dobles) Schneider dies. [BMS Registers]

1946 The Spences acquire what was the Schneider Inn [HHOC]

1963 Francis Clarke Schneider dies.

1964 Mary Ann (Kelly) Schneider dies.

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