Johannes Christoph Schümer (son of Anton Schümer and Anna Maria Klüppel), born and baptized 17 February 1763 at Stockum, Kreis Arnsberg, Westphalia, Germany; died 30 July 1833 at Stockum; married 04 March 1794 at Stockum to Anna Maria Catharina Schulte (daughter of Johann Bernard Schulte and Anna Maria Catharina Peters) who was born 10 May 1772 at Recklinghausen, Westphalia, Germany and died 17 September 1836 at Stockum.
[NOTE: This Schümer family is also being researched by descendant Lou Pellican, who has much more info.]
Known children, baptized at St. Pankratius Catholic
Church at Stockum:
Anna Maria Catharina Schümer, born and baptized 07 September 1796.
+ FRANZ ANTON SCHUMER, born and baptized 05 January 1799.
Maria Catharina Schümer, born and baptized 07 September 1800.
Anna Maria Schümer, born and baptized 09 June 1802.
Christopher Heinrich Bernard Schümer, born and baptized 14 July 1804.
+ MARIA MAGDALENA HELENA SCHÜMER, born and baptized 30 January 1809.
Johannes Schumer, born and baptized 21 December 1810; died 07 December 1854 in Missouri state, USA.
He emigrated to the U.S. with other family members on the ship Alexander von Humboldt which sailed from
Bremen and arrived at New Orleans on 16 December 1845.
+ MARIA CATHARINA SCHÜMER, born and baptized 11 February 1813.
Johann Schümer, born 01 April and baptized 02 April 1815; died young.
+ JOHANN BERNARD SCHUMER, born and baptized 13 October 1817.
Franz Anton Schumer, born and baptized 05 January 1799 at Stockum, Kreis Arnsberg, Westphalia, Germany; died 14 April 1862 in Apple Creek, Perry, Missouri, USA; married 25 October 1825 at Stockum to Anna Maria Mertens (daughter of Joseph Mertens and Anna Maria Louise Schulte) who was born 26 February 1806 at Stockum and died 21 November 1872 in Biehle, Perry, Missouri, USA. He was a farmer.
They came to the U.S. on the ship Alexander von Humboldt which sailed from Bremen, Germany and arrived at New Orleans on 16 December 1845.
1850 Census: Anthony Shaner, page 076, visit 625/625, Brazeau, Perry, Missouri.
1860 Census: Antone Shomer, page 675, visit 935/921, St. Marys, Perry, Missouri.
1870 Census: Mary Schumer (with son Heinrich), page 372, visit 087/085, St. Marys, Perry, Missouri.
He is buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in Apple Creek. She is buried at St. Maurus Cemetery in Biehle.
Known children, most born and baptized at Stockum
Possibly Anna Maria Schumer, born
about 1825 (but probably not) [NOTE:
she came to America with Franz and Anna, but I didn’t find a baptismal record
at Stockum; she was probably a niece
or other relative]; married in Missouri
to John Zoellner (possibly his second marriage) who was born about 1800 in Germany. 1850
Census: John Zolner, page 075, visit 617/617, Cinque
Hommes, Perry, Missouri. 1860 Census: John Zolner,
page 740, visit 1355/1339, Cinque Hommes, Perry, Missouri. Known children, born in Missouri: Mary Zoellner, born about 1848, married John Stammer; Bernard Zoellner, born about 1849, married 25 June 1877 to Theresa Lappe; Joseph Zoellner, born about 1852; Frederick Zoellner, born about 1853; Francisca Zoellner, born about 1855, married 10 July 1873 in Biehle
to Ferdinand Glaub; Sebastian
Zoellner, born about 1856; Anna Zoellner, born about 1858, married Henry Wernneke; Elizabeth Zoellner, born about June 1860.
Joseph Schumer, born and baptized 27 August 1826. 1850 Census:
(with parents).
Louise Schumer, born 14 June and baptized 15 June 1828; died young at Stockum.
+ HEINRICH SCHUMER, born 01 December and baptized 03 December 1830; married first MARIA ANNA GROTHOFF; married second CHRISTINE MIEDERHOFF.
Antonetta Schumer, born 18 February and baptized 20 February 1833; married 29 October 1849 in Perry County to Franz Anton Voss who was born about 1813 in Prussia, Germany and died 1890. He was a farmer; later a laborer. He came to the U.S. on the same ship as the Schumer family. 1850 Census: Anthony Foss, page 076, visit 622/622, Brazeau, Perry, Missouri. 1870 Census: Antoine Vooss, page 355, visit 230/236, St. Michael, Madison, Missouri. 1880 Census: Anton Voss, page 005, visit 085/085, St. Michael, Madison, Missouri. Known children, born in Missouri: Maria Elizabeth Voss, born about 1851; Adam Voss, born about 1854, married to Elisabeth ______ who was born about 1854 in Missouri, he was a farmer; Francis Voss, born about 1857; Dinah Maria Voss, born about 1859; Elizabeth Voss, born about 1861, married Frank Ballman; Frank Voss, born about 1863; Maria Wilhelmina Voss, born about 1866; Anna Maria Voss, born about 1867; Anton William Voss, born about February 1870; Louisa Voss, born about 1873.
+ MARIA CATHARINA SCHUMER, born 13 December and
baptized 14 December 1834; married JOHANNES
CONRAD SCHULTE.
Francisca Schumer, born and baptized 26 February 1837; died 26 May 1864; married 08 April 1861 in Apple Creek to Andreas Schwein. Known
children: Henry
Schwein, born 1862, died 1866; Mary Sophia Schwein, born 26 April 1864, died 13 July 1891.
Johannes Schumer, born 27 January and baptized 29 January
1839; died 04 May 1901; married after the 1860 census to Philomena Becker. 1860
Census: John Shemer (with Anthony Pingle),
page 740, visit 1356/1340, Cinque Hommes, Perry, Missouri.
Anton Schumer, born and baptized 03 September 1840; died in infancy at Stockum.
Johannes Franz Schumer, born 25 October and baptized 26 October
1841; died 20 February 1922 in Perry
County, Missouri; married first 20
November 1866 in Apple Creek to Caroline Becker (daughter of Louis
Becker and Marie Catherine Clement)
who was born 14 July 1849 in Missouri and died 23 February 1878 in Biehle,
Perry, Missouri; married second 01
October 1878 to Samantha Mary Leonard (daughter of Christian and Priscilla Leonard) who was born about December 1859 in St.
Marys, Perry, Missouri. He was a farmer. 1870
Census: Francis Schumer, page 372, visit 086/084, St. Marys, Perry, Missouri.
1880 Census: Franz Schumer, page 637, line 15, Cinque Hommes, Perry, Missouri.
1900 Census: Franz Schumer, page 079, visit 040/040, Cinque Hommes, Perry,
Missouri. 1910 Census: Frank Schumer, page 205, visit 118/118, Cinque Hommes,
Perry, Missouri. Known children with first
wife, born in Biehle:
Anton Franz Schumer, born 27 October 1867; died 25 December 1951 at Highland, Perry,
Missouri; married 26 November 1892 in
Biehle to Mary Anna Middleton who was born about December 1866 in Missouri. He
was a farmer. 1900 Census: Anton Schumer, page 092, visit 252/252,
Cinque Hommes, Perry, Missouri. 1910
Census: Anthony Schumer, page 203, visit 091/091, Cinque Hommes, Perry,
Missouri. 1920 Census: Anton
Schumer, page 016, visit 310/315, Ash Hill, Butler, Missouri. Known children:
William James Schumer, born 14 August 1893(8); Theodore D. Schumer,
born 10 November 1897(6), died 27 February 1999 at Festus,
Jefferson, Missouri(6); Albert Louis Schumer,
born 10 May 1899(6)[although draft registration says 1900(8)],
died November 1980 at Campbell, Dunklin, Missouri(6); Nora Schumer, born about 1902; Arlie Schumer, born 20 September 1909(6), died
November 1972 at Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado(6).
Anna Maria Schumer, born 20 May 1869; died 29 August 1876.
Marie Anna Schumer, born 15 December 1871; died 22 December 1948 at Perryville, Perry,
Missouri; married 29 August 1899 to Joseph Poinsett.
Louis Joseph Schumer, born 11 March 1874(8); married 1898-99 to Theresa
M. ______ who was born about October
1878 in Missouri. He was a farmer. 1900 Census: Louis Schumer, page 092,
visit 249/249, Cinque Hommes, Perry, Missouri. 1910 Census: Louis J. Schumer, page 117, visit 135/136, Bois
Brule, Perry, Missouri. Known children: Otto Joseph Schumer, born 20 February 1900(6)(8), died 20 October 1988 at
Perryville, Perry, Missouri(6); Clemens L. Schumer,
born about 1901; Vordella?
M. Schumer, born about 1903; Walter M. Schumer, born 29 September 1905(6), died 08 December 1991(6).
Known children
with second wife [NOTE: they had two other children who died before the 1900
census]: Henry
P. Schumer, born about August
1880; Frances
Schumer, born about August
1881; John J.
Schumer, born about November 1883,
moved to Butler County, Missouri; Edward B. Schumer, born
12 February 1888(6), died May 1966 at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri(6); Arnold August
Schumer, born 07 September 1889(6)[although
draft registration says 1896 changed to 1886(8)], died April
1963; Herman
Joseph Schumer, born 18 September
1891(8), [descendant Aarica Schumer-Wideman]; Christine L. Schumer,
born about March 1893; Maurice Leo Schumer,
born 10 June 1895(6)(8), died January 1973 at St. Louis, St. Louis,
Missouri(6); Catherine Schumer, born
about February 1897; Lunetta Schumer, born
about April 1899; Myrtle Schumer, born
about 1901; Mary
Schumer, born about 1901; Leo Schumer, born 10 October 1904(6), died August
1983 at Perryville, Perry, Missouri(6).
Eberhart Schumer, born 23 May and baptized 24 May 1844; died before the 1850 census in Missouri.
Anna Mary Schumer, born 02 February 1846 in Missouri; died 12 September 1916, married first Wilhelm Richter; married second Gerhardt
John Luebbers.
Maria Sophia Schumer, born 12 March 1849 in Missouri; died 25 March 1907; married about 1866 to Ferdinand Baudendistel
who was born about May 1840 in Germany. He was a farmer. They had ten children.
Known children: Joseph Baudendistel,
born about October 1872; Anna T. Baudendistel,
born about April 1881; Wilhelmine Baudendistel,
born 21 April 1885 in St. Marys, Perry,
Missouri.
Francis Anton Schumer, born 04 August 1851 in Missouri; died 18 April 1875.
MARIA MAGDALENA HELENA SCHÜMER,
born and baptized 30
January 1809 at Stockum, Kreis Arnsberg, Westphalia, Germany; died 23 November 1886 in St. Michael, Madison,
Missouri, USA; married first 24 November
1840 at Stockum to Friedrich Caspar Schulte who was
born about 1809 at Stockum and died 1844 at Stockum; married second 1848 in Missouri to John Edocus Georg Spieckerman who was born about 1808
in Germany and apparently died before the 1860 census in St. Michael. Friedrich
was a schoolteacher at Stockum. George was a miner.
Helena and her son Frederick Schulte [listed as Helene and Fritz “Schuemmer”] also came to the U.S. on the ship Alexander von Humboldt which sailed from Bremen and arrived at New Orleans on 16 December 1845.
1850 Census: George Spiezerman, page 203, visit 122/124, locality not stated, Madison, Missouri.
1860 Census: Helena Spekerman, page 378, visit 171/171, St. Michael, Madison, Missouri.
1870 Census: L. Spickman (with son Frederick Schulte), page 355, visit 229/235, St. Michael, Madison, Missouri.
1880 Census: L. Spiekeman (widow), page 001, visit 013/013, St. Michael, Madison, Missouri.]
Known children with first husband, baptized at Stockum:
+ FREDERICK JOSEPH SCHULTE, born 22 May and baptized 24 May 1841. [See below.]
Elisabeth Schulte, born 01 December and baptized 02 December 1842; died in infancy at Stockum.
Known children with second husband, born in Missouri:
Elizabeth Spieckerman, born 1849; died 1851.
John Frederick Spieckerman, born 21 May 1852; died 18 August 1920; married 1874-75 to Mary Sonderman who was born about May 1857 in Missouri. He was a farmer. 1880 Census: John Spiekeman (with his mother). 1900 Census: John Spickerman, page 202, visit 163/167, Fredericktown town, Madison, Missouri [also nieces Mary Sonderman age 21, and Jennie Sonderman age 11]. 1910 Census: John Spickerman, page 231, visit 065/065, St. Michael, Madison, Missouri [also niece Jennie Sonderman age 21]. 1920 Census: John Spickerman, page 258, visit 076/077, Fredericktown (1st Ward), Madison, Missouri. 1930 Census: Mary Spickerman (widow), page 218, visit 337/354, Fredericktown (1st Ward), Madison, Missouri [also “gr. son” Glennon Ruth age 21]. Only child: Joseph J. Spickerman, born 20 May 1876(8), he was a farmer, 1910 Census: (single, with parents), 1930 Census: (single, with mother). Adopted child: John Spickerman, born about October 1877 in Missouri (or Arkansas?).
Maria Catharina Schümer, born and baptized 11
February 1813 at Stockum, Kreis Arnsberg, Westphalia, Germany; died 22
January 1865 in Missouri, USA; married
18 May 1843 at Stockum to FRANZ ANTON WENGELER who was baptized 18 February 1803 at Stockum.
He was a miner.
They also came to the U.S. on the ship Alexander von Humboldt which sailed from Bremen and arrived at New Orleans on 16 December 1845.
1850 Census: Anton Wengeler, page 203, visit 123/125, locality not stated, Madison, Missouri.
Known children, most born in Missouri:
Elisabeth Mary Wengeler, born 16 March and baptized 17 March 1844 at
Stockum; died 14 June 1928; married Theodore
Giele.
Mary Helene Wengeler, born 24 March 1846; died 25 October 1902; married John
Gotfried Blessing.
Anton Wengeler, born about 1847; married first LeCetta Einde; married second Mary
Theresa Hennecke.
John Frank Wengeler, born about [? 20 February] 1849; died 06 August 1918; married 20 November 1879 to Mary Theresa Henneke.
Known child: John
Frank Wengler, born 15 September
1883, died 18 October 1961 at Fredericktown, Madison, Missouri.
Maria Katharina Wengeler, born 1855;
married Josef Sonderman.
Johann Bernard Schumer, born and baptized 13
October 1817 at Stockum, Kreis Arnsberg, Westphalia, Germany; died in
Missouri, USA; married to Louisa Berghoff who was
born about 1814 in Germany. He was a miner.
1850 Census: Bernard
Known children,
born in Missouri:
John Schumer, born about March 1850.
Francis Schumer, born about 1851; died 07 September 1851.
Frederick Joseph Schulte (son of FRIEDRICH CASPAR SCHULTE and MARIA MAGDALENA HELENA SCHÜMER, above), born 22 May and baptized 24 May 1841 at Stockum, Kreis Arnsberg, Westphalia, Germany; apparently died before the 1900 U.S. census in St. Michael, Madison, Missouri, USA; married first 1866 to Louisa Sonderman who was born about 1848 in Missouri and died 1877; married second 20 December 1880 to Anna Mary Priggel (daughter of Eberhard Priggel) who was born 25 June 1859(5) and died 13 October 1942(5).
He was a lead miner; later a farmer. Biography, posted on the Madison County GenWeb site.
1850 Census: Fredrick “Spiezerman” (with step-father George Spieckerman), page 203, visit 122/124, locality not stated, Madison, Missouri.
1860 Census: Frederick “Spekerman” (with mother), page 378, visit 171/171, St. Michael, Madison, Missouri.
1870 Census: Fred Schulte, page 355, visit 229/235, St. Michael, Madison, Missouri.
1880 Census: Fred Schulte (widower, with mother), page 001, visit 013/013, St. Michael, Madison, Missouri.
1900 Census: Anna Schulte (widow), page 221, visit 214/214, St. Michael, Madison, Missouri.
1910 Census: Anna Schulte (widow, with son Frederick), page 237, visit 185/185, St. Michael, Madison, Missouri.
Known children with first wife:
Frank F. Schulte, born 23 April 1868(5); died 03 June 1939(5); married 23 April 1895 to Emma Olander (daughter of Gustav and Theresa Olander) who was born about September 1877 in Missouri. He was a blacksmith. He owned the Schulte’s Blacksmith Shop in partnership with his brothers John and Herman. 1900 Census: Frank Schulte, page 208, visit 282/289, Fredericktown town, Madison, Missouri. 1910 Census: Frank Schulte, page 243, visit 055/056, Fredericktown (1st Ward), Madison, Missouri. 1930 Census: Frank L. Schulte, page 219, visit 346/363, Fredericktown (1st Ward), Madison, Missouri. He is buried at Calvary Cemetery at Fredericktown. They had two children born and died before the 1910 census.
Catherine Schulte, born about 1871; married after the 1900 census to David M. Tesreau (son of Joseph D. and Johanna Tesreau) who was born about January 1871 in Missouri.
John Luke Schulte, born 21 May 1873(8); died 05 September 1948; married 17 October 1901 to Belle Rose Dean who was born 15 September 1877(5) in Missouri and died 24 January 1951(5). He was a blacksmith. He owned the Schulte’s Blacksmith Shop in partnership with his brothers Frank and Herman. Later he was President of the Schulte Manufacturing Company at Fredericktown. 1910 Census: John L. Schulte, page 245, visit 096/104, Fredericktown (1st Ward), Madison, Missouri. 1920 Census: John L. Schulte, page 258, visit 078/079, Fredericktown (1st Ward), Madison, Missouri. 1930 Census: John Schulte, page 218, visit 338/355, Fredericktown (1st Ward), Madison, Missouri [also cousin Victor Ruth age 11]. Known child: Bernadette Mary Louise Schulte, born 02 May 1906(5), died 04 June 1992(5), unmarried, buried at Calvary Cemetery.
Known children with second wife:
Helena Schulte, born about March 1882. 1910 Census: Helen Schulte (single, with brother Frederick, just below).
Frederick Antone Schulte, born 09 December 1883(8). He was a farmer. 1910 Census: A. Fred Schulte, page 237, visit 185/185, St. Michael, Madison, Missouri.
Joseph Everett Schulte, born 05 December 1885(8). He was a farmer. 1910 Census: Joseph E. Schulte (single, with brother Frederick, just above).
Herman Schulte, born 04 September 1888(8); married 1920-21 to Jessie Dunphy (daughter of John and Emma Dunphy) who was born about 1889 in Missouri and died at Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He was a blacksmith. He owned the Schulte’s Blacksmith Shop in partnership with his brothers Frank and John. He was a WWI veteran. 1920 Census: Herman Schulte (single, with brother John L., above). 1930 Census: Herman Schulte, page 218, visit 343/360, Fredericktown (1st Ward), Madison, Missouri. Known child: Emma Jane Schulte, born 20 October 1924, married (Doctor) Herbert G. Horneck, he was a dentist, they moved to Fond du Lac.
(Most Reverend) Paul C. Schulte, born 18 March 1890(8); died 1984. He was a Roman Catholic priest. He served as Archbishop of the Indianapolis Archdiocese in Indiana. 1910 Census: Paul C. Schulte (single, with brother Frederick, above). 1920 Census: Paul C. Schulte (assistant, with John J. Tamerath, clergyman), page 159, visit 019/020, St. Louis (E.D. 120), St. Louis, Missouri.
Martha Schulte, born about February 1892. 1910 Census: Martha Schulte (single, with brother Frederick, above).
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