| Family Information |
| Theodore Oscar Hitz Aug 10,1898 - Jan 18, 1972 |
| Son of John Peter and Ida Hitz, had 6 brothers and 4 sisters. Married Alma Schuman and had seven children. Charles, Carol, Maureen, Alvin, Farolyn, Alan, and Gerald. |
| Alma Barbara Rose Schuman Nov 4, 1906 - Sept 28,1995 |
| Married to Theodore Hitz, She had 3 sisters, Edna Ripplinger (Feb 14, 1908 - Aug 13 1980); Dorthy VanPelt; Winifred Lippon (May 9 1922 - Jan 16, 1996). She also had a brother named Arthur. Alma's 2nd husband was Dr. Edward Skipsted. She is buried at Oakwood Mausoleum in Saginaw, Michigan. |
| John Peter Hitz Born ABT 1867 |
| Dr. Edward Skipsted Aug 22, 1903 - Jan 26, 1989 |
| Ida Nitschke Sept 25, 1873 - ? |
| Wife of John Peter Hitz, Daughter of Johann Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Nitsehke and Anna Brunke (1852 - 1928) Both parents were born in Germany and she may have been born in High Falls Canada. |
| Second husband of Alma. Born in Denmark, and was a practicing chiropractor. |
| Edward Schumann April 24th, 1875 - March 22nd, 1965 |
| Married Sophia Oeder ABT June 1889. Had 4 daugthers and 1 son: Alma Barbara; Edna (14 Feb 1908 - 13 Aug 1980); Dorthly; Winifred H (9 May 1922 - 16 Jan 1996); and Arthur (ABT 1902). He worked for Lewis Lumber, was a member of the Bangor Board of Education, a Highway Commissoner and Township Treasurer. Buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Bay Co, Michigan. |
| Johann Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Nitschke Feb 27, 1851 - April 29, 1942 |
| Married to Anna Brunke in 1870 and had 14 children. Daughter is Ida Nitschke. Beleived to be buried at the Nitschke plot in Kawkawlin. |
| Sophia Oeder Sept 1880 - May 1959 |
| Wife to Edward Schumann and mother to Alma Barbara Rose. Her son Arthur is believed to have died young from pneumonia. Daughter of a father believed to have been born in 1839 and died in 1919. Mother believed to have been born in 1841 and died in 1907. |
| Anna Brunke 1852 - 1928 |
| Father of Johann Carl who is the 3rd son of seven. He married Anna Rosina Adam in 1830. |
| Friedrich Nitschke 1808 - 1895 |
| Married to Johann Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Nitschke in 1870 and had 14 children. Second daughter is Ida Lousie Nitschke. |
| Anna Rosina Adam Jan 31st, 1816 - 1910? |
| Mother of Johann Carl Friedrich Wilhelm and wife of Friedrich Nitschke. |
| Wife was Ida Louise Nitschke and they had 12 children. Martha (March 13th 1895 - Feb 18th 1989); Albert (Aug, 1896 - May 5 1978); Theodore (Aug 10th 1898 - Jan 18th 1972); John Henry (April 6th 1900 - Aug 24 1984); Hulda (?1902?); August (Sept 17th 1903 - Jan, 1968); William (July 25th 1905); Andrew (June 11th 1907 - Oct 19th 1995); Rudolph (May 29th 1909 - Sept 16th 1992); Edward (?1913?); Leona (Jan 31 1915 - March 1978); Mary (July 6th 1917). |
| Peter Schumann Oct 1824 in Bramen? Germany |
| Father to Edward Schumann and husband to Cynthia who also was born in Germany. They were farmers in Bangor township of Bay County, Michigan. |
| Cynthia Schumann April 1827? Wortenburgh Germany |
| Wife to Peter Schumann, parents and maiden name unknown. Peter and her had 9 children but only 6 survived to 1900. Joseph, Jenett, Frederick, Mary, Emma, George, and Edward. Cynthia and Edward were married about 1899. |