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Rudolph Schneider was born in Dec 1863 in Prussia, Germany. He
emigrated to the United States in 1886, arriving in New York
Nov 16, 1886, aboard the ship "La Champagne" from Havre. He
was 23 years old and had no listed occupation. He was
naturalized as an American citizen May 12, 1888 in Wayne
County, Detroit, Michigan. Two years late, on Jan 2, 1890 he
married Augusta Rafinski in Detroit, Michigan and proceeded to
build a family. By the 1900 census, the couple have 5
children, Rudolph is listed as a harness maker, and they reside
at 434 Lansing Ave, Detroit, Mi. By the 1910 census, Rudolph
is working as a laborer for the Standard Oil Company, and the
count of children is at 8. The 1920 census lists Rudolph
Schneider as an auto factory worker and apparently renting out
an upstairs apartment to his daughter Freida and her husband
Martin Terrence Bertram and Martin's mother, Catherine Laura
Barbour.
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Augusta Rafinski, daughter of Micheal Rafinski, came to the
United States in 1887 aboard the ship "California". She landed
in New York at age 25 by the ship's log. The following year
she was naturalized as a US citizen in Wayne County, Michigan.
On Jan 2, 1890, she married Rudolph A. Schneider, another
recent immigrant and began to raise a fine family. She worked
as a domestic during this time. Her sons and daughters were a
closely knit group throughout their lives. That stability
added much to the lives of their children as well. Augusta
Rafinski Schneider passed away Dec 2, 1949 in Detroit, Mi.
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Marriage Record
- PAGE: Wayne County Marriage record, quarter ending Mar 31 1890
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