I’ve been working on my Schumanns of Massow, Pomerania, Prussia. It certainly helps knowing all those German ancestors I heard about are actually Prussian!
I’ve had some success lately with the Schumanns, my great-grandmother’s line from Pomerania. The database Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 (Deutschland, Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898) database was a great starting point, available at Ancestry here or FamilySearch here.
Anna Schumann’s father, Friedrich Wilhelm, was certainly adventurous. He left his native village of Massow for nearby Freienwalde, where he married his first wife, Auguste Marie Luise LINDE (1835-1886). Massow is now Maszewo [maˈʂɛvɔ], a town in Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
Friedrich Wilhelm eventually emigrated to Chicago with Auguste and their surviving children. Auguste died of tuberculosis 18 months after arriving in Chicago. After a bit, it occurred to me that Friedrich must have remarried – and he did – to someone named Mary. Unfortunately her maiden name isn’t known (yet).
Schumanns of Massow, Pomerania, Prussia:
Name: Johann Christian Friedrich Erdmann SCHUMANN (great-great-great grandfather)
Birth: 5 May 1805 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Baptism: 12 May 1805 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Death: 18 Mar 1858 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Alias/AKA: Erdmann Friedrich in children’s baptisms
Occupation: Ackerbürger
Father: Christian Friedrich SCHUMANN (1771-1836)
Mother: Anna Maria CAMRAD (1765-1835)
Misc. Notes
Godparents:
Christoph Trapp, Ackerburger
Christoph Erdmann Stencke
Frau Maria Wettenhagen
Widow, five sons and a daughter survive him in death record.
Marriage: 12 Jan 1832 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
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Spouse: Wilhelmine Dorothea NERCHERT
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Birth: 22 Oct 1809 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Baptism: 3 Nov 1809 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Father: Johann Heinrich NERCHERT (~1767-1845)
Mother: Dorothea Sophia MIELKE (~1768-1852)
Misc. Notes
Anna Maria Camrad Schumann is her godmother.
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Children:
1 F: Anna Maria Henriette SCHUMANN
Birth: 19 Nov 1832 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Baptism: 2 Dec 1832 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Spouse: Carl Friedrich Ferdinand WENGATZ
Marriage: 5 Nov 1858 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
2 M: Friedrich Wilhelm SCHUMANN
Birth: 15 Dec 1833 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Baptism: 26 Dec 1833 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Immigration: 23 Oct 1884 Bremen To Baltimore – SS America
Death: 14 Apr 1908 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Burial: 17 Apr 1908 Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook, Illinois
Spouse: Auguste Marie Luise LINDE
Marriage: 7 Oct 1860 Freienwalde, Kr. Saatzig, RB Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia
Children:
- Anna Friedrike Luise (1861-1934)
- Marie Auguste Wilhelmine (Mary) (1863-1947)
- Elise Ernstine Hermine (Lizzie) (1865->1930)
- Carl Paul Friedrich (1870-1872)
- Friedrich August Wilhelm (Fred) (1872-1950)
- August Johann Carl (1874-?)
Marriage: 9 Sep 1888 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
3 M: August Ferdinand SCHUMANN
Birth: 19 Sep 1835 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Baptism: 18 Oct 1835 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
4 M: Infant Boy SCHUMANN (Died as Infant)
Birth: 1 Jun 1837 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Baptism: 1 Jun 1837 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Death: 16 Jun 1837 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Burial: 19 Jun 1837 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
5 F: Auguste Charlotte Emilie SCHUMANN (Died as Child)
Birth: 1 Aug 1838 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Baptism: 19 Aug 1838 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Death: 19 Apr 1840 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Burial: 23 Apr 1840 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
6 F: Luise Marie SCHUMANN (Died as Infant)
Birth: 8 Mar 1840 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Baptism: 22 Mar 1840 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Death: 23 May 1841 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Burial: 26 May 1841 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
7 M: Carl Friedrich SCHUMANN
Birth: 28 Jan 1842 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Baptism: 10 Feb 1842 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
8 M: Carl Paul SCHUMANN
Birth: 9 Jan 1845 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Baptism: 2 Feb 1845 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
9 M: Johann Friedrich Wilhelm SCHUMANN
Birth: 20 Apr 1848 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Baptism: 17 May 1848 Massow, Kr. Naugard, Pomerania, Prussia
Spouse: Hermine Auguste Marie KÖLBEL
Marriage: 20 Feb 1878 Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Children: Erdmann Wilhelm Reinhold (1881-)
I know there are more Schumanns of Massow, Pomerania, Prussia out there – I just need the time to find them!
