Two copies of an informal group portrait taken at Grand Bend or Southampton, with cottage visible in background.
Back row, left to right: Lotte (Ahrens) Shupe, Emma (Hirshey) Ahrens, J.M. Schneider, Charles A. Ahrens, Norman C. Schneider.
front row, left to right: Stella Daniels, Emma Schneider, Ella Daniels, Floss Ahrens.

Photograph of Ahrens, Daniels and Schneider family members standing outdoors at Grand Bend. From left to right: Stella Daniels, Lottie Ahrens, Emma Schneider, Emma Ahrens, Ella Daniels, J.M. Schneider, Floss Ahrens, [Chales August Ahrens] and Norman C. Schneider.

Envelope of snapshots labelled "Miss Ahrens". The photographs include: Mabel and Bill Pickard wedding (4 snapshots, Mabel and Bill Pickard, Norman Schneider, Florence Ahrens); Emma Ahrens and Walter Siegner wedding,1920 (2 snapshots); "Mac" Macdonald and Edith Ahrens wedding (1 snapshot); Ahrens cottage at Grand Bend called "Berlin" (1 snapshot); Church of the Good Shepherd interior (1 snapshot); grape farm near St. David's (2 snapshots); many unidentified friends (15 snapshots); Hebert J. Schneider (1 snapshot). The negatives are of an unidentified golfer and an unidentified family group.

p. 1-4. Niagara Falls, Buena Vista. Snapshots featuring Norman C. Schneider and Hyalie MacDondald, interspersed with shots of Niaga Falls and the cable car. Other shots of the two men, J. M Schneider and others are taken at Buena Vista, J.M. Schneider's home. Several feature Norman and Hyalie with pipes. Carl Ahrens(?) is also in several shots.
p. 5. Pope Hartford automobile.
p. 6. Schneider family snapshots ca. 1934: Howie sick in bed with nurse, Edith knitting, Keffer family visit, winter play.
p. 8-9. Schneider & Ahrens families at the beach, ca. 1927.
p. 10-11. Norman with a group of boys posed in front of car; Norman, Edith and friends, posed in front of a car; garden arch in winter.
p. 12 Family group on an outing, Norman and Edith with Siegners?), Shupes(?). All dressed in coats and hats, some fur collars, split rail fence.
p. 13-17. family snapshots at 76 Schneider Ave: house and garden exterior, Victoria park in winter, Herb, Howie and Brita, ca. 1934, family group with Emma Siegner.
p. 18. Schneider's(?) girl's baseball team. Women wearing "sailor" pants with two rows of buttons.
p. 19. J.M. Schneider in his office.
p. 19. Family snapshots at 176 Schneider Ave: "Europa Ping Pong, fireplace, Norman and Howie.
p. 20. "The twins, Leonard and Lorraine Pickard."
p. 21. Edith and Little Pal (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 22-23. Winter fun at Freeport, ca. 1934: family with skis, boys on toboggan, posed in front of car.
p. 23. Norman Schneider on the Duchess of Bedford, 1931.
p. 24-25. Family snapshots, 1934: children at Schneider Ave. and at Freeport.
p. 24. Schneiders Christmas boxes? Group of men in front of a store with boxes labelled "Merry Xmas".
p. 26. Herbert and Howie with false noses; Norman in deck chair with blanket and book on the Duchess of Bedford, 1931 (lacking 1 of 3).
p. 27. Norman in front of Cologne Cathedral, Nov., 1934; J.M. Schneider in his office, Dec. 22, 1934.
p. 28-29. Christmas 1934: Christmas tree, presents, Herb, Howie and Brita; Victoria Park 1934: hockey; Mary Jane Keffer, 1933; children on skis (at Freeport?), with unidentified man; J.M. Schneider and Helena with children, J.M. and sister Mary Alles (ther are negatives for these, 2 snaps of 14 lacking).p. 30-33. Keffer family visit (9 of 10 lacking). Includes one shot inside the Keffer home in Germany.
p. 34. Schneider plant, Dec. 1934: plant machinery, shipping Wiltshire sides.
p. 25. Skiing: Chicopee?
p. 36. Freeport cottage: swimming pool (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 37. All photos missing (3), one labelled Lexington Airport picture.
p. 38. Ethel at Freeport Cottage: "Poison ivy day, 1934"; Ethel and Brita, Victoria Park.
p. 39 family skiing at Chicopee, 1934.
p. 40. Family snapshots at 76 Schneider Ave: exterior at dusk; Children seated with Lapsley, Joachimi ladies.
p. 41-42. Schneider Plant: exterior; machinery; men working in office; man with truck "Sam Humphrey, 100,000 miles, 1936"; pigs, cows on ramp; steam shovel digging hole.
p. 44-45. Family snapshots: Schneider and Siegner group snapshots on outings, 1935, Herbert, Howie and Brita in new clothes?; children playing in winter: group shots including four girls in winter coats and leggings, two of boys and toboggan.
p. 46. Children fishing at Freeport, 1935; Norman in a train window, 1934 (lacking 1 of 6).
p. 47. Norman at the Keffer's home in Germany (lacking 1 of 4).
p. 48-54. Skiing at Chicopee: landscape, ski tracks, posed skiiers, skiier jumping with spectators (lacking 3 of 31).
p. 55. Schneider children: birthday party, boys collecting plants.
p. 56-57. Freeport Cottage: children fishing, playing baseball, family group with F.H. Schneider & Siegner families. Includes a shot of Mary Jane Keffer?
p. 58-59. Church of the New Jerusalem, interior and exterior (lacking 3 of 12).
p. 60: Norman, Ethel and Children: group shot at Freeport cottage; spring blooms, men at unidentified property (Sims at Chicopee?). Two of these are groups seen in a gazing ball.
p. 66. Ski Hill at Chicopee (lacking 2 of 3).
p. 62-64. Skiers: groups and individuals, both at Chicopee and elsewhere? Includes one summer shot of men digging ski slope (lacking 1 of 15).
p. 65. Ivan Keffer: winter portrait at Freeport?; Howie missing tooth.
p. 67. Construction photos: men working, shot taken high up (lacking 2 of 4).
p. 71. Horse drawing logs, trees in winter at Freeport?
p. 72-73: Norman Schneider on skis (lacking 2 of 4).
p. 74. Skiers in woods.
p. 75. Skiers in front of fireplace, including Norman Schneider (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 76. Dining room interior (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 77. Little Pal (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 78-80. Schneider stock farm: buildings, creek, boys fishing, collie dog, large tree.
p. 80-82. Spring at 76 Schneider Ave: house exterior, Victoria park entrance and pavilion, daffodils, Howie and Herb with bicycles, Brita with roller skates, group shots of children.
p. 83. Brock Monument and Queenston Heights, May 9, 1937, statue of soldiers labelled "Erie, Pa".
p. 84. Skiiers on grass.
p. 84-85. Keffer family.
p. 85. Norman Schneider with a group: "Europa, 1936".
p. 86-87. Schneider stock farm: family group, boys with pony, cows and large tree.
p. 87. Group of young women, 1936, possibly Schneider employees. They are all dressed for cool weather.
p. 87. Ceremony at Victoria School grounds: platform with speaker, scouts seated in foreground.
p. 88-93. Men's fishing trips (lacking 2 of 21).
p. 94-96. Rotary flag-raising at Chicopee.
p. 97. Norman, F.H. Schneider and Rotary: group portrait with large house in background (Sims home?).
p. 98. Rotary flag raising at Chicopee, 1935.
p. 98-100. Men's shenanigans: men playing outside in costume.

77 photographs, mostly snapshots.
p. 1, 3, 5, 7. "Dutch Company" ski photographs, including one "artistic" shot.
p. 11. Artistic shot of birch trees.
p. 12. Schneider, Norman C. : home at 76 Schneider Ave., Kitchener, Ont. : exterior.
p. 13. Skyscraper.
p. 14. Mrs. Keffer and girl with basin of Boston Terrier puppies. (1 of 2 lacking).
p. 17. "Canada at Work" (1 of 2 lacking).
p. 19. London Bridge?
p. 25. Ski jumping with spectators at Chicopee (1 of 2 lacking).
p. 27 Schneider, Norman C. : family portrait, Oct. 1935.
p. 28. Schneider family portrait : Norman & Ethel, Fred H. and Ella, Walter Siegner and Emma, four unidentified couples, taken in a living room.
p. 34. Canada at Work, 1938.
p. 35. Skiing, Huntsville?
p. 36-38. Schneider family snapshots, J.M. and Helena.
p. 39-39, 41, 43. Snapshots taken in Europe? One shows a border crossing on a path, several of a group of men and a pony.
p. 43-44. Men's fishing trip snapshots (1 of 5 lacking).
p. 46-47. Christmas at 76 Schneider Ave. Includes children with Christmas tree, Herbert, Howie and Don Daub playing with trains in the basement.
p. 48-53. Ski photographs, locations unknown. Includes posed groups, 1938, and candid shots.
p. 55. Church of the Good Shepherd.
p. 56-58. Schneider Stock Farm (2 of 11 lacking). Includes shots of children riding a pony.
p. 59-61. Wedding of unidentified couple. Includes bride and groom in sleigh outside Buena Vista, J.M. Sschneider's home at 272 Queen St. North.

Informal group portrait in and beside an automobile. Identified are Helena Schneider, Mabel Ahrens Pickard, Louise Ahrens, Emma Schneider Siegner, Reverend E.G. Daniels, and J.M. Schneider.

Canister includes handwritten notes about places and people captured on film. Individuals include:

• Annette Gofton
• Eleanor Gofton
• Jerene Gofton
• Marion Gofton
• Buddy Koenig
• Edith MacDonald
• Hyalie MacDonald
• Gord McPhail
• Bill Picard
• Brita Schneider
• Fred Schneider
• Herbert Schneider
• Howard Schneider
• Jean Schneider
• Maude Schneider
• Carolyn Siegner
• Emma Siegner
• Walter [?]

Snapshots Walter and Emma Siegner with small girl at Freeport cottage.

Snapshot of Emmie Anthes, Ethel Lapsley and Emma Schneider standing in a row outdoors with right hands upright, beckoning to the photographer with smiles on their faces.

One informal group portrait of fifteen people, posed outdoors at Emmie Anthes' property at Freeport.

Standing (left to right): [Helena Schneider?]; unidentified woman; Walter V. Siegner, Irmengarde Hagen, Ethel Lapsley Schneider, Ohnerene Hagen, Brodie Koenig; Edith Ahrens MacDonald, Norman C. Schneider.

Seated (left to right): Emmie Anthes, Emma Schneider Siegner, Ella Daniels Schneider, Mabel Ahrens Picard, unidentified girl, unidentified man.

One informal group portrait taken at the home of Frederick Henry Schneider.

Back row, left to right: Norman Schneider, Walter Siegner; John White[?], Harry Schmidt, Charles Thurlow, Walter P. Zeller.

Middle row, left to right: unidentified woman, Emma Siegner, Ruby Thurlow, Ella Schneider, Ethel Schneider.

Front row, left to right: unidentified woman, Catharine Schmidt, Fred Schneider.

Photograph of Emma Louise Schneider, in a sun hat, seated on a tricycle in a back yard.

Studio portrait of Emma Louise Schneider seen looking at camera with bows in hair, standing with left hand on wooden arm chair.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Emma Louise Schneider seen looking off camera.

Studio portrait of Emma Louise Schneider seen looking at camera, wearing a necklace.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Emma Louise Schneider seen looking off camera.

Two copies of a group portrait of family and friends, taken outdoors at the home of J.M. Schneider on the occasion of Emma Louise Schneider's marriage to Walter V. Siegner.

Back standing row, third and seventh from left: Carl Ahrens and Frederick H. Ahrens
Standing second from left: Lillian Daniels
Standing second from right: Fred Schneider (with hands crossed at front)
First person, third seated row: Charles August Ahrens
Third seated row, third from left: Laura Emma Hirschey Ahrens
Third seated row, fifth and seventh from left: Lottie Ahrens (with child on lap) and [Charles Alexander Schneider]
Third seated row at centre: J.M. and Helena Schneider
Second seated row, sixth from left: Floss Ahrens.
Second seated row, third from right: Minnie A. Von Ende
Second seated row, fifth and sixth from right: Walter and Emma Louise
Seated first row, second from left with child on lap: Norman C. Schneider
Seated frist row, sixth from left: Ethel Schneider.

Photograph of Emma Louise Schneider (left) and Floss Ahrens in winter clothing and fancy hats, sitting on the porch with a dog between them.

Snapshot of Emma Louise Schneider and Walter Siegner, standing outdoors in formal wear, on their wedding day.

Informal group portrait of the Church of the Good Shepherd Women’s Auxiliary. Ethel Schneider is seated in the front row at the extreme right. Typed note dated April 6, 1983 in file includes names from left to right:

[Back row]

• Alberta Rosenberger
• Albert Shaefer
• Grave Lasso
• Theresa Prust
• Isabelle Chivers
• Nora Graham
• Bess Klassen
• Kay Trott
• Ruth Zinkann
• Lily Schneider
• Dorothy Tuck
• Edith McPhail
• Rita Ahrens
• Margaret Schaefer
• Irmangarde Hagen

[Front row]

• Louise Aitken
• Nora Kalbfleisch
• Mary Shuh
• Emma Siegner
• Pearl Schneider
• Edith MacDonald
• Ethel Schneider

Informal group snapshot of Ethel and Norman Schneider dining with a group of people. Identified are: Floss Ahrens, Ethel Schneider, Ted Ahrens, Norm Schneider, Emma Siegner, and Isobel Chivers.

Snapshots from a birthday party for Ethel Lapsley Schneider, held at Betty and Herb Schneider's apartment in Waterloo. Includes identifications of the following people: Ethel Lapsley Schneider, Betty Schneider, Nancy McBride, Edith Schneider MacPhail, Irm Hagen, Emma Schneider Siegner, Edith Ahrens Macdonald, Grace Lasso, and Pearl Schneider.

Two copies of a studio portrait of Helena Schneider seated, holding Emma Louise Schneider upright on lap.

Three copies of a portrait of J.M. Schneider family and accompanying sheet of identifications.

Back row, left to right: Lorne Shantz, Norm Schneider, Walter Siegner, John Siegner, Herb Schneider, Charlie Schneider, Fred Schneider Sr., Fred Schneider Jr.

Middle row, left to right: Lorraine (Schneider) Shantz holding baby Fred [born Aug. 16, 1940], Ethel Schneider (Mrs. Norman), Emma (Schneider) Siegner, Helena Schneider, J.M. Schneider, Georgina (Allendorf) Schneider (Mrs. Charlie), Ella (Daniels) Schneider (Mrs. Fred Sr.), Mary (Schneider) Alles (She was J.M.'s sister).

Front row, left to right: Katharine Siegner (married Les Faichney), Brita Schneider, Marlene Shantz, Charles Shantz (married Mary Jane Main), Caroline Siegner (married John Metz), Ray Shantz, Howie Schneider (married Betty Lou Becker), Jean Schneider (married Bob Hawkings).

Two informal snapshots. The first is a group portrait taken outdoors of (left to right) Norman C. Schneider in uniform and holding dog, Ethel Lapsley, Carl Heimrich, Margaret [?], Emma Schneider, Basil Gilbert. snapshot is an informal group portrait taken outdoors. The second is of Norman C. Schneider in uniform and on an outing with Floss Ahrens, Mabel Ahrens Pickard, and an unidentified woman and child.

Three snapshots : one of a picnic, two of family groups with cars. Some identifications provided: Norman Schneider, Hyalie Macdonald, Edith Macdonald, Fred, Mabel Ahrens Pickard, Emma, Margaret Hachborn

Group portrait of Schneider, Siegner and Shupe family members sitting in a wooded area taken during a social event.

Back row: ?, ?, Walter Siegner, Lottie Shupe, Emma Siegner, [Mary Caroline Shupe?]

Front row: [Buddy Koenig?], Howard Schneider, Kay Siegner, ?, Ethel Schneider, ?, Stanley Shupe

Group portrait of Schneider and Siegner family members sitting on a grassy slope taken during a social event.

Back row, left to right : Howie Schneider, Emma Siegner, Walter Siegner, Marguerite Koenig, Helena Schneider, Louise Ahrens.

Front row, left to right: Kay Siegner, Herb Schneider, John Siegner, Buddy Koenig.

Candid unidentified group portrait, taken at a picnic or other outing. Includes Norman and Emma Schneider.

Four snapshots of Ethel and Norman C. Schneider at home with Emma Siegner and Irmengarde Hagen.

Informal group portrait taken outdoors of (left to right) Norman C. Schneider in uniform and holding dog, Ethel Lapsley, Carl Heimrich, Margaret [?], Emma Schneider, Basil Gilbert.

Snapshot taken outdoors, possibly during picnic, of (left to right) Emma Schneider, Margaret [?], Basil Gilbert and Norman C. Schneider. Basil and Norman are seen in uniform, holding car seats.

Studio portrait of Emma Siegner seen looking at camera.

Photograph of Emma Siegner seated in an arm chair and looking at camera.

Portrait of Emma Siegner and family, likely taken at their home. Left to right: Walter Siegner, Carolyn Siegner (later Metson) , John Siegner, Emma Siegner, Kay Siegner (later Faichney).

Image of Emma Schneider and Walter Siegner on their wedding day seen standing together and looking toward the camera wearing formal dress and suit.

Image of Emma Schneider and Walter Siegner (third and second from right) on their wedding day posting for the couple with an unidentified couple and teenager, likely members of the wedding party. The group is seen standing in a row and looking toward the camera wearing formal dresses and suits.

Series consists of photographs of Emma Schneider Siegner and her family on her wedding day and later in life.

Biographical information compiled by Betty Schneider relating to Emma Louise Siegner, daughter of J.M. and Helena Schneider and her family. Includes genealogical information, photocopies of clippings and photographs, genealogical charts.

One copy negative and print of a studio portrait of Emma Schneider Siegner and her family. Left to right: Walter Siegner, Carolyn Siegner (later Metson) , John Siegner, Emma Siegner, Kay Siegner (later Faichney). This is a copy of a portrait by Panabaker, in Series 15 File 3.