FIRST GENERATION

1. John SCHUMACHER was born on 12 Dec 1850 in Bessendorf, Germany. He died on 3 Mar 1923 in Altamont, IL.

He was married to Lizzie EHLERS (daughter of Johann Christian EHLERS and Anne Margarethe Elizabeth BUCHHOLZ) in May 1921 in Altamont, IL.

He was married to Bertha KLITZING (daughter of Karl Ernst Friedrick KLITZING and Caroline Wilhelmine ZANDER) on 7 May 1877 in Altamont, IL. Bertha KLITZING was born on 19 Mar 1854 in Grosz Below Germany. She died on 2 Jan 1920 in Altamont, IL. John SCHUMACHER and Bertha KLITZING had the following children:

2 i. Alvina SCHUMACHER was born on 2 Aug 1879 in Altamont, IL. She died on 18 Sep 1879 in Altamont, IL.
3 ii. John SCHUMACHER (JR) was born on 2 Sep 1880 in Altamont, IL. He died in 1884 in Altamont, IL.
+4 iii. Arthur Charles SCHUMACHER.
+5 iv. Charles George SCHUMACHER.
+6 v. Benjamin Joseph SCHUMACHER.
+7 vi. Louis Walter SCHUMACHER.
+8 vii. Harry William SCHUMACHER.
+9 viii. Mary M. SCHUMACHER.
+10 ix. Ruth Esther SCHUMACHER.