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.