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Johannes "John" Kieler (1800-1882)
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| Mathilda Uthe was born to Frank and Barbara (Kieler) Uthe at Dickeyville, Iowa. In 1884 Mathilda Uthe married George Schumacher (1859-1925). George and Mathilda (Uthe) Schumacher are my great-grandparents. George Schumacher was born in October 1859 in New York State to Martin and Theresa (Schumacher) Schumacher. George and Mathilda Schumacher lived at East Dubuque, Illinois, where George was engaged in the lumber business (for a time with his brother Henry Schumacher, who was married to Mathilda's aunt, Louisa née Kieler). After Mathilda died, George Schumacher married Catherine Fuerstenberg (1866-after 1925), and George and Catherine moved their family across the Mississippi River to Dubuque, Iowa. T.L. | ||
George and Matilda (Uthe) Schumacher
George and Catherine Fuerstenberg Schumacher
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| Mathilda Uthe, age 15. |
Mathilda Uthe marries George M. Schumacher.
Mathilda Uthe married George M. Schumacher on April 29, 1884, in Grant County, Wisconsin. They lived at East Dubuque, Illinois. George Schumacher's older brother Henry had married Louisa Kieler, who was an aunt to Mathilda, and they too lived at East Dubuque, and it is likely that George and Mathilda came to meet through them.
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| George and Mathilda (Uthe) Schumacher |
George Schumacher followed his older brother Henry Schumacher west from New York to East Dubuque, Illinois. Henry Schumacher had migrated to Dunleith (later named East Dubuque) and operated a lumberyard and later a livery there, in which George Schumacher also held an interest and clerked for a time. The 1880 U.S. Census has George, age 20, living in his brother's household in East Dubuque, which included Henry and his wife, who was Louisa née Kieler (the youngest of John and Catharine Kieler's children); their children; Dora Richter, a servant, a niece of Louisa's; and, interestingly, Franzeska Machauer, age 56, who was an aunt to Henry and George, a sister of their father Martin Schumacher.
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| George M. Schumacher with his daughter Anna |
Mathilda (Uthe) Schumacher dies.
Mathilda (Uthe) Schumacher died after a three-weeks illness on April 29, 1897, the day of her thirteenth wedding anniversary. The funeral took place last Saturday, May 1, to St. Mary's Catholic Church, East Dubuque, Ill., thence to the cemetery at Kieler, Wis., where she was laid to rest amid the scenes and associations of early life. The services at the church were conducted by Rev. J. F. Berube, and the pall-bearers were John Kass, Val Hellstern, Phil Lavery, Nick Roth, Wm. Hesseling, and F. Grassel of Dubuque.
She was an estimable woman, and an affectionate wife and mother, and her untimely death is a sad affliction to her family.
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| George M. Schumacher holding one of his Gerken grandchildren |
She was survived by her mother, five brothers, and three sisters, also by her husband and five children: Frankie, aged 11 years; Johnny, 9 years; Joe, 7 years; Louisa, 5 years; and Annie, 2 years.
George Schumacher remarries, to Catherine J. Fuerstenberg.
George Schumacher then married Catherine J. [?] Fuerstenberg of East Dubuque, Illinois, on August 9, 1897*. ["Catherine" also appears as "Catharine," "Katherine," "Katharine" in various records and "Fuerstenberg" also appears as "Furstenberg" ("Fürstenberg)."] Catherine was born in November 1866 in Germany, and came to the U.S. in 1873, presumably with her parents. Into her marriage with George, Catherine brought a daughter Josephine, presumably from a previous marriage with [?] Fuerstenberg. Mr. Fuerstenberg would have died circa 1896 as his child Josephine was born in March of that year and his widow remarried in August 1897.
* = August 9 is the date of their marriage according to a newspaper notice (see below). August 7 is their date of marriage according to the Jo Daviess County Marriage Book G, online at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljodavi/vitals/MARBOOKG.htm.
from the Friday, August 13, 1897, East Dubuque Register:
Matrimonial.
George M. Schumacher and Miss Kate Fuerstenberg were united in marriage Monday morning at St. Mary's Catholic church by Rev. Father Berube. John Quinn of this city and Miss Mary Thiers of Dubuque were the attendants. The wedding was a quiet affair, and was not attended by a reception, though the happy couple was serenaded by two bands in the evening. The groom is well known in this city where he has resided for many years and the bride has resided here for about three months. They have the best wishes of their friends.
Born to George and Catherine Schumacher were six children: George, Margaret, Louis, Henrietta, Albert, and Mary, the latter being a daughter who died in infancy.
The 1900 U.S. Census has the Schumacher household in East Dubuque, in Dunleith Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, consisting of George, age 40, employed as a clerk in a lumberyard; his wife of three years, Katharine, age 33; their son George N., age 1, born July 1898; Annie M. [Margaret], born April 1900; a daughter of Katharine's from her first marriage, Francis J. [Josephine] Furstenberg, age 4, born March 1896 in Iowa, whose parents were both born in Germany; and George's children from his first marriage, Frank, age 13, born August 1886; John G., age 12, born April 1888; Joseph H., age 10, born March 1890; Louisa (L.?), age 8, born April 1892; and Annie, age 5, born April 1895.
The Schumachers move to Dubuque, Iowa.
The Schumachers moved across the Mississippi River to Dubuque, Iowa, circa 1903. Available Dubuque city directories show the Schumachers resided at 504 Southern Avenue, 556 Southern Avenue, and finally at 328 North Booth Street in Dubuque. In the directories, Mrs. Schumacher's first name is variously listed as Katherine, Catherine, and Kate.
The 1910 U.S. census has the Schumacher family in Dubuque's first ward consisting of George M., age 50, employed as a foreman in a lumber yard; his wife of thirteen years, Catherine J., age 44; son Frank, age 23, two years married (his wife is not listed in this household), employed as a butter cutter in a butter factory; son John, age 21, laborer in a lumber yard; son Joe, age 19, cutter in an overall factory; daughter Louisa, age 18, seamstress in an overall factory; daughter Anna, age 15, seamstress in an overall factory; daughter Josephine, age 14; son George N., age 11; daughter Margurieta, age 9; son Louis, age 8; daughter Henrietta, age 6; and son Albert, age 4. Josephine and the last two children, Henrietta and Albert, were born in Iowa, while the other children were born in Illinois. The census also had information that Catherine had eight children, of whom seven are living, but the figures should have been that she had seven children and six were living, her daughter Mary being the one deceased.
George Schumacher worked at the Peter J. Seippel Lumber Company (he was listed as a foreman in one city directory), which was located at Locust and Dodge streets in Dubuque, and later at the Farley-Loetscher Manufacturing Company in Dubuque. The Schumachers were Catholics, and during their first years in Dubuque, they attended Mass at St. Raphael Cathedral in Dubuque; they subsequently became members of Nativity Parish. George Schumacher was a member of the Holy Name Society and Catholic Order of Foresters and its East Dubuque court.
PROMINENT LOCAL RESIDENT IS DEAD
GEORGE M. SCHUMACHER PASSES AWAY AT NOON TODAY.
George Schumacher, 66, well known resident of Dubuque, died at the residence, 328 North Booth Street, 12:45 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15, 1925. Although he had been ailing for some time, his condition did not become critical until a short time previous.
He was survived by his widow, Catherine, eleven sons and daughters, Frank, George, Mrs. E. Gerken, Mrs. J. Sullivan, Misses Margaret and Henrietta, all of Dubuque, Louis of Routool (Rantoul?), Ill., Albert of Des Moines, John of the U.S. Navy, Joseph of Adrian, Minnesota, and Louise Schumacher of California, also nineteen grandchildren. Louis and Albert are in the army. A daughter, Mary, died eighteen years previous.
Schumacher Funeral is Held on Saturday.
The funeral of George M. Schumacher was held Saturday morning, July 18, from the residence at 328 North Booth street to the Nativity Church at 9 o'clock. Rev. Father Foley officiated at the requiem mass. Interment was made in Mt. ------ ... reading the prayers at the gravesite. The pallbearers were B.J. Kuhl, H. Rotr, and P. Conners--representing the Catholic Order of Foresters of East Dubuque--F. Mally, J. Meisenberg, and A.C. Schaffart.
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MATHILDA WIFE OF GEO. M. SCHUMACHER BORN FEB. 3, 1865 DIED APR. 29, 1897 MOTHER Immaculate Conception Church Cemetery Kieler, Wisconsin |
Obituary for George M. Schumacher who died July 15, 1925 from the Dubuque Telegraph Herald writing on the side was a note from his daughter Anna to her sister Louise: "Louise, if you don't want to keep this, will you please send it back to me; it's the only one we have." |
Children of George and Mathilda (Uthe) Schumacher:
- Frank M. Schumacher was born on August 15, 1886, in East Dubuque, Illinois, son of George and Mathilda (Uthe) Schumacher. Frank Schumacher married Myrtle Binhoff on April 2, 1907. She was born on July 3, 1890, at Muscatine, Iowa, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Binhoff. Frank and Myrtle Schumacher lived at Dubuque, where they were members of Nativity Catholic Church. Frank Schumacher was a foreman and partner at Morrison Brothers in Dubuque. Born to Frank and Myrtle (Binhoff) Schumacher were Edith Schumacher, Ethel Schumacher, George B. Schumacher, Warren C. Schumacher, Frank J. Schumacher, Marcella I. Schumacher, John R. Schumacher, Raymond C. "Pete" Schumacher, Robert W."Bob" Schumacher, and Mary E Schumacher.
Frank M. Schumacher died December 1, 1945, at home, in Dubuque, Iowa, following a brief illness. Mrs. Myrtle Schumacher died on December 23, 1946, in Mercy hospital at Dubuque after a short illness. They were buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery at Dubuque, Iowa.
- John "Jack" G. Schumacher was born on April 18, 1888, at East Dubuque, Illinois, son of George and Mathilda (Uthe) Schumacher. From 1910 to 1926, Jack served in the U.S. Navy, on the U.S.S. Utah. On April 13, 1926, John G. Schumacher married Miss Mayme M. Wilhelm in San Diego, California. She was born on May 21, 1904, in Kieler, Wisconsin, daughter of August and Mary (Jenneman) Wilhelm. Jack worked as an electrician welder at Morrison Brothers in Dubuque, Iowa, until his retirement in 1939 due to ill health. Jack and Mayme Schumacher had five children, Anna Mae Schumacher, Rose Marie Schumacher, June Laurine Schumacher, and two sons.
John G. Schumacher died on January 1, 1942, at his residence in Dubuque. Mrs. Mayme M. Schumacher died on February 18, 1998, at home. They were buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery at Dubuque.
- Joseph "Joe" Henry Schumacher was born on March 20, 1890, at East Dubuque, Illinois, son of George and Mathilda (Uthe) Schumacher. He married Irma Lucia Gerken on February 4, 1914, at St. Boniface Church in New Vienna, Iowa. Irma was born on March 15, 1891, at New Vienna, Iowa, daughter of Henry and Anna (Winter) Gerken. During the first years of their marriage they resided at Adrian, Minnesota; they then moved to Dubuque, Iowa, where Joe worked at Morrison Brothers. Born to Joe and Irma Schumacher were Sylveria "Sally" (Schumacher) Hird Pauly, Walter Schumacher, Erwin Schumacher, Joseph Schumacher, Marian (Schumacher) Glover Frederick, Doris (Schumacher) Conry Hanten, Charles Schumacher, Francis Schumacher, Joyce Schumacher (Sr. Mary Irma), David Schumacher, and Louis Schumacher.
Irma (Gerken) Schumacher, 62, died on February 24, 1954, and she was buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery at Dubuque, Iowa. Joseph Henry Schumacher, 78, died on Monday January 27, 1969, and he was laid to rest beside his wife.
- Louise L. Schumacher was born on April 28, 1892, in East Dubuque, Illinois, daughter of George and Mathilda (Uthe) Schumacher. Miss Louisa Schumacher received her First Holy Communion on June 4, 1905, at St. Raphael's Cathedral in Dubuque, Iowa, and she was confirmed June 3, 1906. She married Charles Brazee. They resided at Los Angeles, California. Born to Charles and Louise Brazee was Dorothy Brazee.
Louise (Schumacher) Brazee, 49, died April 18, 1942, at Los Angeles, California.
- Anna "Annie" Mary Schumacher was born on April 20, 1895, at East Dubuque, Illinois, daughter of George and Mathilda (Uthe) Schumacher. She married Ewald F. Gerken on September 10, 1919, at Holy Ghost Church in Dubuque, Iowa. Ewald was born on September 7, 1895, at New Vienna, Iowa, son of Henry and Anna Winter Gerken. Ewald and Anna made their home in Dubuque, where Ewald worked at Morrison Brothers and later at John Deere. Born to Ewald and Anna Gerken were Louise (Gerken) Coakley, Donald "Don" Gerken, Teresa (Gerken) McCoy, Adrian "A.J." Gerken, Joan (Gerken) Larson, Dolores Gerken, Ewald "E.J." Gerken, Jr., Mary (Gerken) Temple, William "Bill" Gerken, Daniel "Dan" Gerken, and Loras Gerken.
Ewald Gerken died on September 1, 1956, and is buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa. Anna (Schumacher) Gerken died on March 20, 1967, and was buried beside her husband.
Children of George and Catherine Fuerstenberg Schumacher:
- Josephine Schumacher* was born in March 1896 in Iowa, daughter of [?] and Catherine Fuerstenberg. Josephine's natural father would have died circa 1896; her mother Catherine subsequently married George Schumacher in August 1897, and Josephine would ever know George Schumacher as her father, and she would take the Schumacher name. The Schumachers lived in East Dubuque, Illinois, until circa 1903, when they moved across the Mississippi River to Dubuque, Iowa. [* = Josephine's name is listed as Francis J. Furstenberg in the 1900 U.S. census.]
According to the 1911-12 and 1915 Dubuque city directories, Josephine Schumacher was a machine operator at B.C. Platt & Co. and was residing at 556 Southern Avenue, in the home of her parents, George and Catherine Schumacher; by 1921, the family had moved, and they were residing at 328 N. Booth, according to the 1921-22 directory.
Josephine married Frank J. Sullivan (circa 1923 at Dubuque?). They resided at Dubuque until circa 1933-34, when they moved to Chicago, Illinois.
Mrs. Frank J. (Josephine Schumacher) Sullivan, former Dubuquer, died Saturday evening, February 26, 1949, at the American-Norwegian Hospital in Chicago, after a long illness. The funeral and burial were held in Chicago on Tuesday, March 1. She was 52 years old and a daughter of the late George and Catherine Schumacher. She was a resident of Chicago the last 15 years.
Mrs. Sullivan was survived by her husband; two daughters, Catherine, of Los Angeles, Calif., and Dorothy, of Chicago; one son, William, of the U.S. Army; two sisters, Mrs. Harold (Margaret) Casey, of Dubuque, Iowa, and Mrs. Howard (Henrietta) Baumgartner, of El Monte, Calif.; three brothers, George Schumacher, of Los Angeles, and Albert and Louis Schumacher, both of Detroit, Mich.; a stepsister, Mrs. Ewald (Anna) Gerken, and a stepbrother, Joseph Schumacher, both of Dubuque; and several nieces and nephews. - George Nichols Schumacher was born on July 14, 1898, at East Dubuque, Illinois, son of George and Catherine Fuerstenberg Schumacher. In 1942 George Schumacher was living in Dubuque, Iowa, and in 1949, he was living in Los Angeles, California, according to the respective obituaries for his siblings John and Josephine. George served in the U.S. Army attaining the rank of sergeant.
George N. Schumacher, 67, died on May 26, 1966, with a last residence of Downey, California. He was buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery (Plot: 97 0-16) at Los Angeles, California.
- Margaret Schumacher was born on April 18, 1900, at East Dubuque, Illinois, daughter of George and Catherine Fuerstenberg Schumacher. She married Harold A. Casey, and he was born on November 1, 1901, in Dubuque, Iowa. They resided at Dubuque, Iowa. They were members of St. Patrick's Church in Dubuque. Harold Casey owned and operated Casey's Grocery Store at 655 Clarke Drive for about 38 years. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Knights of Columbus, Council 510. Margaret was a realtor until her retirement.
Harold Casey, 82, of Dubuque, Iowa, died at 8:30 a.m., Friday, October 12, 1984, at home. Visitation was from 2 to 9 p.m., Sunday, October 14, at Behr's in Dubuque, with the parish rosary being said at 7 p.m. Funeral services were held at 9 a.m., Monday, October 15, at St. Patrick's Church, Dubuque, and burial was in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Dubuque.
Mr. Casey was survived by his wife, the former Magaret Schumacher; one daughter, Janet Becke, of Westover, West Virginia; three grandchildren; and one brother, Joseph Casey, of Imperial Beach, Calif.Margaret (Schumacher) Casey, 86, of Westover, West Virginia, and formerly of Dubuque, died at 3:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 7, 1986, at Mayfield Personal Care Center, Morgantown, West Virginia. Services were at 9:00 a.m., Monday, May 12, 1986, at St. Patrick's Church in Dubuque, Iowa, with burial in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Dubuque.
Mrs. Casey was survived by a daughter, Mrs. Janet Becke, of Westover, West Virginia. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold, and a daughter, Mary Diane, who died in infancy. - Louis J. Schumacher was born circa 1901-02 at East Dubuque, Illinois, son of George and Catherine Fuerstenberg Schumacher. In mid-July 1925, Louis was listed in his father's obituary as being in the army at Routool [?], Illinois. In 1942 he was living in Dubuque, Iowa, and in 1945 and 1949, he was living in Detroit, Michigan, according to the respective obituaries for his siblings John, Frank, and Josephine.
- Henrietta M. Schumacher was born on July 28, 1904, at Dubuque, Iowa, daughter of George and Catherine Fuerstenberg Schumacher. Henrietta Schumacher married Howard John Baumgartner, and he was born on March 12, 1903, to Mr. and Mrs. [?] and [?] (Guttikofer) Baumgartner. They resided at El Monte, California.
Howard Baumgartner, 90, died on April 14, 1993. Henrietta (Schumacher) Baumgartner, 98, died on July 31, 2002.
- Albert A. Schumacher was born circa 1905-06, at Dubuque, Iowa, son of George and Catherine Fuerstenberg Schumacher. In mid-July 1925, Albert Schumacher was listed in his father's obituary as being in the army at Des Moines, Iowa. According to the 1925 Dubuque city directory, Albert was employed at Carr, Ryder and Adams Company in Dubuque, and living in his parents' home on Booth Street. In 1942 he was living in Dubuque, Iowa, and in 1945 and 1949, he was living in Detroit, Michigan, according to the respective obituaries for his siblings John, Frank, and Josephine.
An online SSDI record has an Albert Schumacher born November 14, 1905, died April 1961, whose social security number was issued in Michigan, but it is unknown if this is the same Albert Schumacher referred to here.
- Mary Schumacher, born after 1900, daughter of George and Catherine Fuerstenberg Schumacher. She died circa 1907 and presumably was buried at Dubuque, Iowa. This daughter is mentioned in George M. Schumacher's obituary as having died 18 years before George's death in 1925, but she is not listed as being in the Schumacher household in the 1900 U.S. census.
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| This photograph is believed to be that of the five daughters of George Schumacher: Anna appears to the left; Louise is front center; the others would be Josephine, Margaret, and Henrietta. |
Sources include obituaries from the Dubuque Telegraph Herald; U.S. census records available on microfilm at the Dubuque Carnegie-Stout Public Library and the 1880 U.S. census, online at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints website, at http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp; online marriage records at the Jo Daviess County, Illinois ILGenWeb website at http://users.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljodavi/; readings of gravestones at the Immaculate Conception church cemetery in Kieler, Wisconsin; a biographical entry for Henry Schumacher in the 1889 Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess Co., Illinois (as transcribed at http://users.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljodavi/1889bios/HSchumacher.htm); and Don Gentner's Genealogy Web Site at http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gentner/ for information concerning the Schumacher heritage.
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