Home Genealogy People Schumann History page 2 Gravestones Documents Paul Carl Wilhelm Schumann was born on the 5th of November 1881 in Bundes-Straße 50, Hamburg, Germany on a rainy day. His mother, Hanchen, wrote that on 16 March 1897 he passed his examinations and on 18 March began working in the office of an orphanage as a trainee. His beginning salary was 500 Reichmarks but improved annually. She later wrote that on the 1^st of October 1900 he arrived at Altona with the 31st regiment, so he must have been inducted into the army not long after his job at the orphanage. Reinhold Carl Henry Schumann was born on the 6^th of November 1886 in Bundes- Straße 50, Hamburg, Germany on Sunday at 5 PM. For some unknown reason Reinhold Carl Henry Schumann was given the English name Henry, rather than the German version Heinrich. Reinhold's mother, Hanchen, wrote that he attended the Uhlenhorster secondary school. They chose this school because he often suffered from throat problems and the school was near their new apartment on Winterhudet- Weg Fritz Schumann was born on the 10th of December 1899 in Heitmann-Straße 8, Hamburg, Germany and baptized on the 4^th of April 1900. In her journal Fritz's mother, Hanchen, says he was her seventh son, although she mentions only five by name. She sometimes called him Fritz and sometimes Friedel. It is possible his name was actually Friedrich. Fritz was born rather late, when his eldest brother was 21 years old. As is often the case with such children he was rather spoiled. One sees this is his mother's writings, where she often described him as the light of their life, and she says they moved to another apartment with a nice garden so Fritz could play in the fresh air. She recorded all sort of details about Fritz, but not about her other children. For example: She mentioned that Friedel got his first tooth in November 1900 and that he could walk alone at 14 months of age. When Fritz was 14 years old he left home and was not heard of again, except for a brief letter to his brother Hans. Fritz wrote that he was ashamed to write to his mother and she should not be told that he was in jail in Hawaii. Hanchen Kröger wrote that her father, Hans Kröger, was born on 9^th of January 1821 in Schleswig, Germany. As a young journeyman mason he travelled and worked extensively in Russia. Later he came to Hamburg and established a business before he married on the 28^th of January 1855. Through industry and moral strength his business prospered. Willi Koch was the brother of Elsbeth Koch who married Willi Schumann. Willi Koch married (1) Hildegard and (2) Irmgard. Willie Koch and his brother Albert went to German South West Africa, (now called Namibia). Willi was a master stone mason and he formed a construction company. He obtain many, if not most, of the government building contracts in Windhoek and became very wealthy. According to his niece once removed Antje Schumann, he was mayor of Windhoek. Willie's wife Hildegard, aka Hilda, could not have children. They adopted the illegitimate child named Elsbeth, known as Betty. Betty's mother Irmgard was the daughter of a Methodist Minister in Hannover. Germany, who banished her to German Southwest Africa to have her illegitimate baby. As her dying wish Hildegard told Willi Betty needed a mother and asked Willi to find Betty's biological mother and marry her as his second wife. Albert searched until he found Irmgard and fulfilled his wife's last wish. When Albert died Irmgard inherited his fortune. Irmgard then visited her relatives in Germany, including the Schumann family. This is the "Africa Irmgard" mentioned in the Karl-Wilhelm Schumann and Liselotte Anthes biographies, who invited them on a luxurious tour of Europe in her Packard with red leather upholstery, Generation  4 Friedrich August Schumann was born on the 23^rd of May 1813 in Zeitz, Germany and died on the 25^th of February 1868 in Lützen, Germany. He was the son of Johann Gottfried Schumann and Rosine Maria Rösslerin. He married Henriette Rosine Buchheim on the 25th of April 1839 in Lützen, Germany. He was a stone sculpture and non-Commissioned officer in the 5^th company of the royal 31st infantry regiment. Henriette Rosine Buchheim was born on the 20th of August 1817 in Lützen, Germany and was baptized: 25 May 1813, St. Stephens evangelische Kirche, Zeitz, Germany. She died of a stroke on the 17^th of November 1869 in Lützen, Germany. She was the daughter of Johann Christian Buchheim and  Johanna Erdmuthe Krausse. Generation No. 5 Johann Gottfried Schumann was born 1784 in Zeitz, Germany. He died on the 15^th of April 1827 in Zeitz, Germany of a wasting diease, which probably meant cancer. He was the son of Johann Carl Schumann. He married Rosine Maria Rössler on the 21^st of August 1806 in St. Stephan, Zeitz, Germany. Johann was a citizen of Zeitz and house owner at Kältenfelde where he was a stone mason. Rosine Maria Rösslerin was born 1783 in Stolzenhain, Germany and died on the 5^th of February 1827 in Zeitz, Germany of Mütterkrankheit, which meant childbirth fever. She was the daughter of Johann Christian Rößler. Rösslerin is the feminine form of the name Rößler. According to her death certificate Rosine Maria Rösslerin was survived by her husband and four unnamed children. Her husband survived her by only two months and ten days. The four children were named as survivors of her husband in his death certificate. Children of Johann Schumann and Rosine Rösslerin: 1. Friedrich August Schumann, born on the 23^rd of May 1813 in Zeitz, Germany and died on the 25^th of February 1868 in Lützen, Germany. He married Henriette Rosine Buchheim on the 25^th of April 1839 in Lützen, Germany. 2. Wilhelm Schumann 3. Traugott Schumann 4. Friederike Schumann Hanchen Schumann née Kröger, wrote that her grandfather, Adam Becker as a soldier and was accepted as the valet of a colonel. The colonel betrayed the fort where he was stations and way lynched. Adam Becker thought it best for him to flee in case he was associated with his superior's crime. After his apprenticeship as a confectioner, he made the usual travels of a journeyman craftsman before he came to Hamburg. In Hamburg he married Caroline Maria Louise Becker. He and his wife had the same surname and she does not mention if they were related in any way. They had three sons and three daughters. Only the names of the second eldest daughter Caroline and a son Johann were mentioned. After Johann Becker completed his apprenticeship as a cabinet-maker he made the usual journeyman's travels and finally came to Malchow near Mecklenburg, Germany. He married the widow of his employer, a master cabinet- maker. Generation No. 6 Johann Carl Schumann was a sculpture in Mausdorf, Germany. He was the father of Johann Gottfried Schumann, born 1784 in Zeitz, Germany and died on the 15^th of April 1827 in Zeitz, Germany. Home Genealogy People Places Gravestones Documents Previous Places