Profession
Clergy
Biography
Pastor Schneider was born 28 July 1845 [Schnurr records birth in 1846] 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 in March 1915 and is buried in Stephan.
Pastor Schneider had two daughters (Flora & Frieda) and one son (Theophilus).
Source(s)
- Die Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Russland: 1914. (online)
- Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen – Evangelischer Teil (Stuttgart: AER Verlag Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Rußland, 1978): 170, 193.
Volga Colonies
Images
Tombstone of Pastor Johannes Schneider in the old cemetery of Stephan.
Source: Alexander Solovyev.