Rose Alice Vogel Schneider was born on January 1, 1897 in Vilkomir, Lithuania. In late 1900, Annie Vogel, Mrs. Schneider's mother, brought Rose and a younger child to the United States where they joined Louis Vogel who had preceded his wife and children to New York City. Three years later the Vogel family moved to Hibbing, Minnesota, and finally settled permanently in Superior, Wisconsin.
The Vogels were a family rich in Jewish tradition and motivated remarkably by the pursuit of education. Louis Vogel, in particular, was a prominent member of Superior's Jewish community.
