Category: Schumm

Finding a Spouse Close to Home

Ludwig Schumm and his wife Maria Barbara Pflueger had nine children and seven of them lived to adulthood. Of those seven, four married Schinnerers, two married Breuningers, and one married a Germann…

80th Anniversary of D-Day

Yesterday was the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

Wedding Announcements

Wedding announcement photo

I have been looking through quite a few civil marriage records lately, a good source of information for both the bride and groom. In the mid-to-late-1900s engagement and marriage announcements were quite descriptive and lengthy…

The First Schumm Reunion, 1924

The descendants of the John George Schumm family in America have an important anniversary this year, 100 years since the first Schumm Reunion.

Philip Schumm Farm, 1913

A couple weeks ago I featured a 1913 photo postcard of the Philip Schumm farm but I still questioned where the house and barn were located and the name that was written on the barn.