Our Acestors Timeline

Our Schneider Ancestor's Timeline

(Only events that relate to our direct ancestors are included in this timeline.)

1757 William Schneider is born. [BSJCC – A44SE]

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]

1784 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]

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. [HSAPV 2-2]

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] [RQH 2005-03/1111770200]

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.

1812 Our ancestor John William is born to Marie Josette Kingsbury and Charles Schneider. His baptism is recorded in the registers of the Protestant Episcopal Congregation of Chatham. [HSAPV 1-7] [HSAPV 1-9].

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

1814 At the baptism of his daughter Hannah, Charles is identified as a lieutenant in the militia. [RQH 2005-03/1111770200]

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 At the baptism of his son Andrew, Charles is identified as a lieutenant in the militia. [RQH 2005-03/1111770200]

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

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]

1827 Caroline (Contine) Schneider dies. [HSAPV 1-8]

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

1828 William Schneider dies. [RCD – William]

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

1832 Archdeacon George Jehosaphat Mountain makes first visit to Vaudreuil. [HSAPV 3-2]

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

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]

1836 William Schneider dies. [BSJCC – A44SE]

1837 Political turmoil and revolution. [HHS – Timeline] Charles Schneider is a Captain in The Loyal Vaudreuil Volunteers. [RCD – Charles]

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] [HHOC – scan]

1838 Our ancestor John Edmund Schneider is born.

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

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

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

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]

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]

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

1859 Charles Schneider dies. [BSJCC –A44SE]

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.

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