Biography
Pastor Schneider was born 28 July 1846 [another source gives year as 1845] and served in the Basel Mission School. He was ordained on 13 March 1873 and went to Canada before going to Stephan where he served the congregation from 1882-1915. He died during World War I.
Sources
-- Die Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Russland: 1914.
- Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen – Evangelischer Teil (Stuttgart: AER Verla
- Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen – Evangelischer Teil (Stuttgart: AER Verla