Schneider Family Tree - Albert Charles Louis Schneider

Notes for Albert Charles Louis Schneider:
He was 86 years 4 months and 23 days old.

Taken from the pages of HISTORY OF KANKAKEE COUNTY page 1135. Albert Schneider, for many years engaged in the fire insurance business, also secretary of the Kankakee Building and Loan Association since March 1, 1894 and a director of the Eastern IL Trust & Savings Bank.
He was prominently identified with the affairs of this city and was known as a public-spirited and industrious citizen.
At about Eight years of age when he came with his parents to Kankakee, Albert was educated in its public schools, and began his business career in his fathers insurance office.
September 19, 1883 he married Birtha Birr, A native of Germany, And daughter of Henry and Minna (Kurrasch) Birr, who moved with their family from the Fatherland in 1870, and the latter of whom still is a resident of Kankakee.
Mr. and Mrs. Schneider have three children. Walter, Frank Otto, William A. Walter Law student at the University of WI; Frank & William are students at high school in Kankakee.
The family are members of the United Evangelical St. Johns Church of Kankakee. Mr. Schneider is a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter, commandery and Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, A. F. and A.M.; and Modern Woodman of America.
On May 23, 1892 was duly appointed as Assistant Chief of Fire Department of Kankakee.

OBITUARY: Kankakee lost one of its best known, highly esteemed, and respected citizens Sat, in the passing of Albert Schneider who died at his home 730 S. Greenwood Ave. of the infirmities of old age. Born Aug. 5, 1860 in Newark, NJ, the son of Charles and Mary (Hahn) Schneider, he came to Kankakee with his parents at the age of eight years and has resided here continously since that time. For over fifty years he was active in the business life of this city as the senior partner of the Albert Schneider and Sons Insurance Agency and as secretary and director of the Kankakee Federal Savings and Loan Association.
His engerget leadership and trust inspiring personality endeared him to the thousands of members of the Savings & Loan Association and resulated in its steady growth from a small institution when he took over the secretaryship in 1894 to one of the largest and best known associations in the state. He took a great and justifiable pride in its progress and in the part of the association played in the growth and development of the city. He was one of the pioneers in the work of securing legislation which simplified and reduced the cost of Building and Loan membership, and thousands of Kankakeeans were grateful to him for the encouragement and help his efforts and advice gave them in saving for and becoming the onwers of their own homes. He enjoyed and merited the universal confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens.
Mr Schneider was married Sep. 19, 1883 to Bertha Birr, who died Nov. 30, 1918. Of this marriage three sons were born, Walter C. Schneider, Frank O. Schneider and William A. Schneider. One of these, Frank, died Nov 29, 1943.
On Sep 11, 1922 he married to Augusta Kelle, who survives. He is also Survived by eight grandsons, five great grands, five great granddaughters, his brothers Fred L. Schneider of Kankakee, Charles Schneider of Milwaukee, and two sisters Mrs. Marie Allen of Jackson, MI, and Mrs. Pauline Miller of Milwaukee.
Mr. Schneider was a member of the Kankakee Lodge #389 A F and A M, Ivanhoe Commandry, Medinah Temple.
Funeral services will be held at the Rehr, Jones and Kaiser Funeral Parlors tuesday afternoon at two o'clock with the Rev. Langhorst officating. Friends may call at the funeral parlors this evening and until the hour of the services.
HOLD SCHNEIDER SERVICES AT 2 P.M. TUESDAY
Business Leader 50 Years; Sponsored Home Legislation
Funeral services for Albert Schneider 86 one of Kankakee's most best known and highly esteemed citizens died Saturday, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Rehr, Jones and Kaiser with the Rev. Victor E. Langhorst, pastor of St. John Evangelical and Reformed church, officaiating and interment in Mound Grove cemetery.
Mr. Schneider, who succumbed to infirmities of advanced age at his home, 730 S. Greenwood avenue, was active in the business life of this city for more than 50 years as the senior partner in the Albert Schneider and Sons Insurance agency and as secretary and director of the Kankakee Federal Savings and Loan association. He had been in retirement about two years.
Lived Here 78 Years
A resident of this city for 78 years, he took pride in its growth and development from a mud-bound whiltle stop on the IC railroad during the Civil war era to a thriving industrial and agricultural community composed redominantly of home owners.
He enjoyed the confidence of thousands of Kankakeeans for encouragment and advice given them in savings for and becoming owners of their own homes. He was one of the pioneers in the work of securing legislation which simplified and reduced the cost of building and loan membership.
His energetic leadership and trustinspiring personality endeared him it the thousands of membersof the Savings and Loan association which he headed for many years. This resulted in its steady growth from a small institution when he took over the secretaryship in 1894 to one of the largest and best known associations in the state.
Native of New Jersey
Albert Schneider was born Aug. 5, 1860 in Newark, N.J., the son of Charles and Mary Hann Schneider, came to Kankakee with his parents in 1868 and had resided here since.
He was Married Sept. 19, 1883 to Bertha Birr of Kankakee who died in 1918. On Sept. 11, 1922 he was married to Augusta Schommburg.

SCHNEIDER HEIRS TO GET $50,000
An estate value at $50,000 will be shared by the widow, two sons and two grandsons of Albert Schneider, Kankakee insurance company founder, who died Dec. 28, according to a petition filed yesterday in Probate court for protesting will. The estate consised of $40,000 in personal property and 10,000 in real estate.
Because his wife, Auguste Kelle Schneider, was provided for in an antinuptial agreement, the will states, she is to receive only the household goods.
The rest of the estate goes to two sons, Walter C. 956 S. Wildwood Ave; William A., 782 Calista, and to the two sons of the late Frank O. Schneider. They are Glenn, 496 S. Nelson Ave, and Donald R. 972 S. Poplar Ave.
A proviso of the bequests is that each of the three sons (Frank was living) pay their mother $50 annually for as long as she remains unmarried. The son, Walter, was named executor.

More About Albert Charles Louis Schneider:
Burial: December 31, 1946, Mound Grove Cemetery, Kankakee, IL.
Father (2): Franz Mathaeus Carl Schneider.
Section # & Lot #: Section 2, North Lot 11.

More About Albert Charles Louis Schneider and Therese Amanda Birtha Birr:
Marriage: September 19, 1883, Kankakee, Kankakee Co, IL.

More About Albert Charles Louis Schneider and Augusta Schommburg:
Marriage: September 11, 1922

More About Albert Charles Louis Schneider and Augusta Kelle:
Marriage: April 26, 1928, Roseland IL.

Marriage Notes for Albert Charles Louis Schneider and Augusta Kelle:
They were married by Rev John Goebel at Roseland IL.

Children of Albert Charles Louis Schneider and Therese Amanda Birtha Birr are: