Schnieder/Seifert surname. Origin for these surnames is Muscoda, Wisconsin. Dates not listed are unknown >Solomon Schneider arrived in America from Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany in 1848 - married - Mary Haas who also immigrated from the same city in Germany the year 1853. They were schoolmates in Germany and were married in Muscoda, Wisconsin in 1853. Their children: >Henry V. -married Mary Fisher - (children unknown) >Otto -married Annie Hohner February 26, 1889- Annie was the daughter of Moritz and Adeline Paffenrath Hohner. Otto and Annie's children as follows: Mary, Gertrude and Martin -d. 1960? Mary married Henry Stadele in Muscoda, May 3, 1912- Martin married the daughter of William Goodweiller, Della, who died after a sudden illness, their daughter was Winnifred. Martin married a second time to Wilma Henry. They had 2 daughters Betty Proudfoot of Park Rapids, Minnesota and Winnifred Jenkins of Bismark, North Dakota. (I am believing this Winnifred is of Martin's first marriage) In the early 1940s, Martin and his wife purchased Eagle Bay Lodge in Park Rapids, Minnesota, and operated this business until they retired >Josephine -married John Kremer (Kremmer) (Kraemer) - children unknown >Rosalia (Rose) -married Pete Steffen Sept. 28, 1891 - children unknown >Kate -Student at University of Wisconsin, Madison - lived to be 29 years old >Matthew (Mathias) -married Mary Kremer (Kraemer) Their children as follows: *Peter -b.1883 -married Eda ? lived in Mason City, Iowa (children unknown) *Mayme -b.1884 (Mary) -married Bill Jensen, lived in Mason City, Iowa - (children unknown) *Rosila (Rose) -b.1890 -married Ignatius Minter, brother of Peter - children unknown *Anna -b. 11/24/1891-married Peter Minter - children unknown *Josephine -b.1886 -married Charles Shriner -No children *Catherine -b. 8/2/88 -d.10/30/80 -married John Seymour (am in contact with living cousins). *Matthew -b.4/13/1895 -married Amelia (Millie) SEIFERT (my grandfather and grandmother the daughter of Michael Seifert, Jr. and Mary Runge) Matt and Millie's children are as follows: Carl -married Dolores Bremmer daughter of Peter John and Margaret Anne Munz Bremmer (my father and mother) Marianna -married Dennis Doyle Richard -married Mary Doyle, sister of Dennis *Elizabeth -b.7/13/1895 -d.3/5/90 -never married *Christian -b.11/22/1900 -d.10/29/49 -married Bess Kraus (am in contact with living cousins) *Elenora -b. 3/30/1903 -married Ed Suda, daughter Dorothy -deceased Solomon immigrated with a brother by the name of Valentine married Josephine (unknown maiden name). Their son was Father Francis Xavier Schneider, -b.June 6, 1869 -d.1960 pastor of St. Joseph Church in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. Seeking also the one in California who has been searching for the Matt Schneider family. Thank you for any and all assistance. Marilyn