My great-great-grandfather had emigrated to USA in the year 1883.
I know the date from his naturalization record (it’s from the 14th of January 1890). In 1890 he lived in New York City (135 East 9th Street / Manhattan / East Village).
My great-great-grandfathers name was Mathias Schumann (Schuhmann).
He was born in the year 1852 on the 01 of April in Mainz (Bodenheim) / Prussia (now Germany)[Date of Birth: 04/01/1852].
By occupation he was a painter. It was said that he was very successful in running his own business. He was owner of a scaffold construction company
in New York City. In the years between 1892 and 1896 he was visited by his son Peter Wilhelm Schumann
(my great-grandfather). But he (Peter Wilhelm) went back to Germany. My great-great-grandfather Mathias wanted that his family comes to him into the USA , but his wife and the children didn’t want that. So he lived his life in the USA and his family lived in Germany (he was not divorced from his wife).
From this time on, the family in Germany never heard anything about him.
I think that he died between 1900 and 1935. To this time I have not found a death record of him.
Please contact me, if you know something about him.

Sincerely

U. Schuhmann
Germany