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The ancestral home of the Schneid family is in the German state of Bavaria. The name Schneid is an occupational hereditary surname, a type of surname that was taken from a word describing or common to the profession of the original bearer. It is a name for a person who worked as a tailor. This name is derived from the Old German word "snidanaere," which refers to a cloth cutter or a clothing tailor. Alternatively, the name may have been derived from the term 'snidaere' which denoted someone involved in cutting and shaping, for example, the woodcutter and the sculptor.
The surname Schneid was first found in the Palatinate, in the south of Germany, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the growth of the nation.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Schneid research. Another 201 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1649, 1757, 1786, 1790, 1810, 1820 and 1853 are included under the topic Early Schneid History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
One can encounter great variation in the spelling of surnames: in early times, spelling in general, and thus the spelling of names was not yet standardized; and later, spellings would change with branching and movement of families. Variations of the name Schneid include Schneidern, Schneidter, Schneyder, Schneid and many more.
Notables with the name Schneid during this period were
Hundreds of thousands of Europeans, including many Rhinelanders, made the voyage to North America between the 17th and 20th centuries. It was an escape from religious persecution and poverty and also an opportunity for people to start over and own their own land. Most landed at Ellis Island, off New York before moving on to the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, and California. Some also landed in Canada and settled in Ontario, while others headed west to the prairie provinces. A study of passenger and immigration lists has shown a number of people bearing the name of Schneid, or one of its variants, reaching North America shores very early: