Hi Judy, thanks for the response. It is certainly possible that your John Schneider born 1838 and my Valentine Schneider born about 1842 could have been brothers. However, I think the name Schneider is very common in Bavaria and Valentin and John/Johan/Johannes are also pretty common as given names. My Valentine Schneider had a son John Valentine Schneider which might add a tiny bit of credence to the possibility of brothers. Do you know where in Bavaria your John was born? Dotty Sprague Cole ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 12:15 AM Subject: Re: [BAVARIA] Schneider/Schmidt > This could very possibly be a link into my family. My grandmothers, mother > was a Schneider, her name was Josephine Schneider, born 1872; her father John > Schneider ( also spelled Snyder then changed to Schneider) from Bavaria was born > in 1838 and married Mary Schumacher, born 1851. They are both buried in St. > Peter's Catholic Church in North Ridgeville, Ohio. I am on vacation at this > time, will try to send you more info. Sept. 5th. > > Judy N. > Searching Maringer/Schneider/Schumacher families > > > ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== > Going on Vacation? Longer than 4 days? Go to > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/BAVARIA.html > to unsubscribe