Georg Schneider, late 1800s Chicago
Looking for relatives of Georg and Matilda Schneider. Georg was born in Pirmasens, Germany in 1823. Came to U.S. in 1849. Prominent in Chicago in late 1800s, editor of Staats-Zeitung, later appointed by Abraham Lincoln as Consul-General to Denmark. Have photos of family in doorway of 500 Michigan Avenue house, 1890. Related through daughter Selma Elizabeth Sophie Schneider.