[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Fam. Schumann aus Jaroslawiczy in Wolhynien

[Gary Warner]

Robert,

I do not know if there is any connection of your family to mine, so 
perhaps this email is just a noting of coincidences.

1.   My great-grandfather was Johann Schaumann.    You may think 
immediately no connection, but of Johann's 6 sons, three of them 
adopted the name Schuman in Canada, two became Shauman, and one 
became Sherman.    All this points out is that the same family 
surname comes in many spellings.

2.   When my great-grandfather left Russia in 1908, after working on 
the Trans-Siberian railway construction for at least 10 years, he 
stopped in the area of Tomoznia, Lublin, Poland (per stamp in his 
Russian passport).   I do not know the exact reason for the stop, 
since I think it was not on the direct route from Lake Baikal (in 
eastern Siberia) to Libau (now Liepija), Latvia where he departed on 
a ship for Boston via England.    Family folk lore says that he 
stopped to visit his oldest son who was stationed there in the 
Russian army.    I do not know for sure what the oldest son's given 
name was, since he was never heard from again, but it was likely 
either John or Robert    By the way, one of my great uncles was 
George, so that is another coincidence in this story.

Would your great-grandfather be a John or a Robert?   And do you know 
more that would make your story similar to mine?

Gary Warner
Gig Harbor, Washington, USA


At 05:52 AM 11/19/05, robert.schumann at arcor wrote:
>Hello, I looks for information or used.  My Grandpa George Schumann 
>was born on 03 December 1906.  The place of birth Jaroslawiczy is 
>few kilometers south of Luck and rechtsufrig of the Styr.  My 
>Grandpa was resettled around approx. 1908 after Planetzen, Keis 
>Goldingen, Kurland(heute Lettland).  Died it to 15.08.1945 in the 
>Tschernogosker special camps, Kolchose KAGANOWITSCH with 
>Nikolajew/Proskurow(Wolhynien) greeting,
>Robert Schumann
>Mail: robert.schumann at arcor.de
>
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