Posted on: Shuman/Schuman/Schumann/Shueman Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Shuman?read=69 Surname: Schumann ------------------------- As I have written before, I am searching for any background I can find on my ggrandfather, Anton Schumann. Anton entered the United States in the year 1885. All of the papers that are on file with the Cattaraugus County, NY courts list him as Anton Schumann. Family stories which I have recently become aware of, say that he may have entered this country using the name Anton Harbel. The story goes that his father passed away and his mother remarried to a man by the name of Harbel. Upon entering the U.S. Anton went in search of any Harbel's who may already be living here. When he met Margaret Harbel he fell in love. Margaret's family disapproved of him because they shared the same last name and the Catholic Church of the time was very much against marriages of even the most distant cousins. To keep peace and to secure his engagement to Margaret, Anton began to again go by his birth name of Anton Schumann. I would appreciate feedback from anyone out there searching the line who may have run across Anton Schumann or any Schumann/Harbel connections. Anton came here from Bavaria. Thank you for any help you may be able to give. Elaine Haberland