Gustav A. Schneebeli
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Gustav Adolphus Schneebeli (May 23, 1853 – February 6, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from the state
of Pennsylvania
.
Schneebeli was born in Neusalz
, Prussian Silesia. He immigrated to the United States
with his parents, who settled in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
. He attended the Moravian Parochial School. They later moved to Nazareth, Pennsylvania
, and entered upon a mercantile career. He founded the knit-goods industry of the Nazareth Waist Co. In 1888 he established a lace
manufacturing company, of which he became sole owner.
Schneebeli was elected as a Republican to the 59th
Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906. He continued in the lace manufacturing business until his death in Nazareth in 1923. Interment in Moravian Cemetery.
U.S. state
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of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
.
Schneebeli was born in Neusalz
Nowa Sól
Nowa Sól is a town on the Oder River in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It is the capital of Nowa Sól County and had a population of 40,351 as of 2006.-History:...
, Prussian Silesia. He immigrated to the United States
United States
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with his parents, who settled in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie,...
. He attended the Moravian Parochial School. They later moved to Nazareth, Pennsylvania
Nazareth, Pennsylvania
Nazareth is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The population was 6,023 at the 2000 census.Nazareth is located seven miles northwest of Easton, four miles north of Bethlehem and twelve miles northeast of Allentown...
, and entered upon a mercantile career. He founded the knit-goods industry of the Nazareth Waist Co. In 1888 he established a lace
Lace
Lace is an openwork fabric, patterned with open holes in the work, made by machine or by hand. The holes can be formed via removal of threads or cloth from a previously woven fabric, but more often open spaces are created as part of the lace fabric. Lace-making is an ancient craft. True lace was...
manufacturing company, of which he became sole owner.
Schneebeli was elected as a Republican to the 59th
59th United States Congress
The Fifty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1905 to March 4, 1907, during the fifth and sixth...
Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906. He continued in the lace manufacturing business until his death in Nazareth in 1923. Interment in Moravian Cemetery.