> -----Original Message----- > From: Sandra Kieffer [mailto:Kieffer@pioneer-net.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 10:01 AM > To: CASTLE-GARDEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: {not a subscriber} Schumacher > > > Hi Kelly, > I found more Schumacher's than you can shake a stick at. There were no > early 1880 or late 1879 arrivals that matched the given names and > ages that > you provided. Wish I'd had better luck. > Sandra in Oregon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <BYTE1971@aol.com> > To: <CASTLE-GARDEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 8:32 PM > > Hi Sanda, > Could you please look up a Schumacher family for me, please? My > great-great-great-grandfather was Ludwig Schumacher, and according to the > family Bible, he wrote that they immigrated to the U.S. in 1880, > and he also > wrote "arrived in Chicago on June 24, 1880." He would have come with his > wife, Auguste/Augusta, and I don't know if ALL of their kids came at once, > with them, but if they did, they were: Anna (b. Dec. 1864), Minna (b. Nov. > 1867), Carl/Charles H. (b. Oct. 1871), Wilhelm/William F. (b.Apr. 1874), > Albert B. (b. May 1876), and Richart/Richard J. (Sept. 1877). Also, > Ludwig's brother, Wilhelm/William may have come with them, as he > too arrived > in 1880. To give you an idea of ages, Ludwig was born May 15, > 1843, and his > brother Wilhelm/William was born May 14, 1846. I don't know what all your > disk lists, > but Ludwig was a carpenter and Wilhelm/William was a shoe maker. Almost > forgot, they came from Treptow, Germany in the region of Pommern (became > part of Poland after WWII) I don't know what port in Germany they > left from. > Thank you! :-) > Kelly in Michigan >