Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
2011.083.001.006 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Title |
Tillie Schneider |
Description |
Sepia tone photographic print with a white border. Young woman posed outside with a brick factory building in the background. She is wearing part of a man's military uniform including puttees and a wool cap. She is saluting the camera. Watch on her left wrist. There is a tree to the left and what are possibly garden plots behind her. Handwritten in blue ink on the reverse is "Tillie" and in pencil "204". No photographer's mark. |
Date |
1916 |
Copyright |
Expired |
History |
George Henry Schneider (1896-1979) and Ottilia (Tillie) Schneider (1900-1966) were the youngest children of Anthony Schneider (1856-1937) and Magdalena Haller (1861-?) of Kitchener, ON. George enlisted with the 118th Battalion on March 21, 1916. The postcards sent home to his family indicate that George received several promotions and became a part of the 10th Battalion. He survived the war and returned home to Kitchener, ON. George married Eleanora Fischer (1900-1986) on December 29, 1921. On their marriage certificate, George is listed as a carpenter and Eleanora is listed as a rubber worker. Together they had six children - Barbara, Mary, Rita, David, Elizabeth, and Eileen. Tillie Schneider married Henry John Haus (1900-1974) from Louisville, Kentucky on April 20, 1920. On their marriage certificate Henry is listed as a tire finisher, and presumably worked at Dominion Tire. They lived in Waterloo Township. |
Search Terms |
First World War |
People |
Haus, Ottilia Schneider |