Biography

Schnare was born on May 15, 1884 to Henry and Anna Schnare in Mondovi, Wisconsin

Mondovi, Wisconsin

Mondovi is a city in Buffalo County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, along the Buffalo River. The population was 2,634 at the 2000 census. The city is located mostly within the Town of Mondovi...

. On September 29, 1919, he married Margaret B. Kloss. He was known to be a member of Freemasonry

Freemasonry

Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation that arose from obscure origins in the late 16th to early 17th century. Freemasonry now exists in various forms all over the world, with a membership estimated at around six million, including approximately 150,000 under the jurisdictions of the Grand Lodge...

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Career

Schnare served as U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, China from 1916 to 1917 and in Canton, China

Guangzhou

Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...

 from 1917 to 1918 when moved to Yokohama, Japan were he held the same position. Later he would be promoted and serve as U.S. Consul in Yokohama in 1920 and 1921, as well as in Kobe, Japan from 1920 to 1922. He would then return to China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

 where he served as Consul in Swatow

Shantou

Shantou , historically known as Swatow or Suátao, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong province, People's Republic of China, with a total population of 5,391,028 as of 2010 and an administrative area of...

 from 1922 to 1923. From 1923 to 1927 he held the post of Consul in Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department...

. He would then serve as Consul in Breslau, Poland

Wroclaw

Wrocław , situated on the River Oder , is the main city of southwestern Poland.Wrocław was the historical capital of Silesia and is today the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. Over the centuries, the city has been part of either Poland, Bohemia, Austria, Prussia, or Germany, but since 1945...

 from 1927 to 1931; Hamburg, Germany from 1931 to 1935; and Milan, Italy from 1935 to 1938. While in Milan, he made news when he helped to negotiate the successful release of consular clerk who had been arrested and sent to an Italian prison. Aside from his political positions, he worked as a school teacher, newspaper editor, and stenographer.