Schneider, Nickolaus Ancestry: Seventh Generation: Gregory Thomas Schneider

125. John Joseph⁷ Schneider (Louis John⁶, Louis James⁵, Peter⁴, Martin³, Anton², Nickolaus¹) was born 4/6/1956.

John's mother, Audrey, remembers the delivery at 1:30 am May 21, 1952 in Providence Hospital, Detroit; 7lb. 4oz, 18-3/4" long. He married Melissa Anne Wambach in Ann Arbor, MI, 8/29/1981. Melissa was born in Cincinnati, OH 6/29/1956. She is the daughter of Joseph Wambach, Jr. and Gertrude Imogene Kuykendall.

Having had enough of the cold Michigan winters, Melissa & John relocated to Savannah, GA, Melissa having secured a promotion/transfer from Sales Manager in the Ann Arbor branch of Kelly Services, to running the Savannah branch as City Manager, starting Feb 29,1998. At the end of February 2000 she left this job to pursue her talent as an artist. Along with having made polymer clay jewelry, she painted furniture, made pillows, and other decorative home furnishings. She currently works full time as an artist and photographer making photo-encaustics, having left the Savannah Magazine in 2010, where she wrote articles for the magazine and styled photo shoots.

John served in the military, in the US Army: in Ft. Knox, KY; Ft. Bliss, TX; Ft. Lee, VA; Hanau, Germany, 1972 to 1974. In the last draft call of the Vietnam War Era, John received lottery number 12. Induction papers followed shortly. Processed in the Fort Wayne Induction Station, Detroit, he entered the U.S. Army on April 24, 1972 for a 2 year term. Spent Basic Training at Fort Knox, KY. Upon completion, was ordered to report to Fort Bliss, TX, in El Paso, on July 9, 1972 for Advanced Individual Training, to be a Nike Hercules Electronics Mechanic. Was removed from school for violating his security clearance (caught in possession of a Grampa Schneider, John with his 1969 Martin D-28
Grampa Schneider and John
with his 1969 Martin D-28controlled substance (marijuana)) and thereupon reassigned to Fort Lee, Virginia to train as a Subsistence Storage Specialist, completing that training on May 8, 1973. After serving temporary duty at Camp A.P. Hill, Virginia, and having 6 months left to serve, he was assigned (October, 1973) to Hanau Caserne, in Hanau, Germany, with the 3rd Armored Division, delivering rations to mess halls in the Frankfurt area. Hanau is located about 20 miles east of Frankfurt along the Rhine River. He was released from active duty April 23, 1974 with an honorable discharge. Highest rank achieved: Private E-2.

After the Army he returned to his employment as a Rodman in a land surveying crew for the Detroit Edison Company (the same company from which his dad retired). Eventually he realized he needed to take advantage of the GI Bill to pay for college and he completed his freshman and sophomore years at Bryan College, a Christian liberal arts school in Dayton, Tennessee. The final 2 years of schooling was at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, MI, graduating 4/28/1984. He graduated Cum Laud majoring in History and Political Science with a concentration Pocket Wilderness, Dayton, TN circa 1979
John sitting in Pocket
Wilderness circa 1979 on Early American History. Met Melissa in the first class the first day of school, Dr. Goff's 400 level, The Age of Washington & Jefferson.

John's occupation: 8/6/1984 - 3/12/98, Edwards Brothers, Inc., book and journal manufacturing since 1893, of Ann Arbor, MI, as a Buyer in their Purchasing Department. Became a Senior Buyer in 1988. Remained one of a 4 person purchasing department until 3/12/98 when he and Melissa moved to Savannah, GA, with Melissa's transfer by Kelly Services.

After a number of temporary jobs through Kelly Services, John gained employment with Information Technology Services (ITS) on 12/14/98. ITS, a company based in Greenville, SC, was contracted by Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. to scan documents and drawings to electronic (digital) format. John was hired to run a scanner. In February 1999 he was promoted to on-site supervisor. In August of 1999 he quit ITS to hire permanently with Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation in their Service Center Purchasing Department as a Buyer, purchasing soft goods (leathers, fabrics, and customer comfort items like sinks, toilets, veneers, counter tops, cabinets, etc.) for the support of customer's aircraft.

After Gulfstream's Reduction In Force action a week before the Christmas of 2015, John found employment with a supplier which he worked at Gulfstream, Bella Terra Marble and Granite. That lasted 3 months, after which he was employed as a Concierge in a downtown Savannah hotel, the Hilton Garden Inn, for Old Savannah Tours. John retired permanently the week of Thanksgiving, 2019.

Employment - College History

10/2016 - 11/2018, Old Savannah Tours, LLC, Savannah, GA, Concierge at Hilton Garden Inn

02/2016 - 08/2016, Bella Terra Interior Solutions, Garden City, GA, Buyer

08/1999 – 12/2015, Gulfstream Aerospace, Corp., Product Support Purchasing, Savannah, GA

8/6/1984 - 3/12/98, Edwards Brothers, Inc., Purchasing, Ann Arbor, MI

[1983 - 1984, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI]

1981 - 1983, US Steel Corp. Order Data Input Troy, MI

[1980 - 1981, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI]
[1978 - 1980, Bryan College, Dayton, TN]

[ US Army, 4/1972 - 4/1974 ]

1971 - 1978, Detroit Edison Co., Rodman, Land Surveying, Detroit, MI

1971, Danny's Grocery, Night Stock, Inkster, MI

1965 circa, local Hardware Store