-----Original Message----- From: tara13 <tara13@gateway.net> To: Shuman-L <Shuman-L> Date: Saturday, February 19, 2000 1:14 PM Subject: Schumann Coat of Arms Kathy Pechmann of Ontario wrote "according to tradition in my family, the Schumann's were innkeepers". She's responding in regard to the phase that is under this "Schumann Coat of Arms". It appears to be "Schumann de Mausegg hut". This is true in my side of the family, too, but I have very little information in regard to this statement. I just remember my daddy saying that the Schumann and Stauffer family owned an inn known as "Stauffer Inns". I'm attempting to check into this and if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. My forefathers were Stauffers/Schumanns/Beatys from Mecklenburg County, around Charlotte, NC. I don't know whether it was my great grandfather James Shuman who married into the Stauffer family that started the "Stauffer Inn" or someone else. My Stauffer side migrated from Switzerland in 1828; at least my great-great-grandfather, Frederick Auguste Stauffer came to American then. It was either my great grandfather, James, or maybe even Moses Stauffer (James' brother in law) and/or William Shuman (James' brother) who started the Stauffer Inns. At this point, I don't know who invested what and where their first Inn could have been placed. Also, might anyone know what the Schumann "Colors" and "Motto" might have been? Judi