Dr. Roland Ernest Schneider

Roland Ernest Schneider was born in San Diego, San Diego County, California on February 21, 1884. His father was Arnold Schneider who had been born in Russikon, Zürich, Switzerland and came to San Diego in 1869. He married Elizabeth “Lizette” Stahel in 1874 and they had two children, Fred Arnold Schneider (1875 – 1940) and Ernest Roland Schneider (21 Feb 1884 – 3 May 1934.)

Arnold Schneider owned and operated the A. Schneider Book Store on Fifth and F streets in San Diego until he retired and moved his family back to Switzerland in 1887. Fred Arnold Schneider returned to San Diego in 1896 and became active in real estate and insurance. He married Evelyn M. Westhaver in 1936.

Ernest Roland Schneider graduated from the University of Zurich with a doctor of laws degree before returning with his mother to San Diego. They departed Europe from Marseille, France and arrived in New York on Jun 22, 1919. The family owned and operated the Hotel Schneider on 615 8th Street.