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Note: John L. Neumann was found on the Neumann's doorstep on Christmas morning about 1879. They took him in, adopted him, and raised him as a Neumann.
1880 Census, Buffalo, Erie Co., NY:
J.E. Newmann (sic), married white male, age 38, born in Germany, both parents born in Germany, tailor.
Catharine Newmann, married white female, age 22, born in Germany, both parents born in Germany, keeps house.
John Newmann, single white male, age 2, born in NY State, both parents born in Germany.
1900 Census, Buffalo, Erie Co., NY, 6 Mulberry St.:
Newman (sic), John E., born March? 1833?, age 61?, widower, born in Germany, both parents born in Germany, immigrated to the US in 1870, naturalized citizen, tailor, unemployed for four months, able to read, write, and speak English, rents home.
Newman, John (middle initial unclear), son, born December 1879, age 20, single, born in NY state, both parents born in Germany, l___y? for machinist, unemployed for zero months, able to read, write, and speak English.
1910 Census, Buffalo, Erie Co., NY, 222 Goodell St.:
Newman (sic), John, age 75, widower, was married for 16 years, born in Germany, both parents born in Germany, came to US in 1871, naturalized citizen, native language is German, tailor in a shop, working on own account, agle to read and write, rents home.
Newman, John L., son, age 30, single, born in NY, both parents born in Germany, native language is English, printer in shop, wage earner, not out of work on April 15, 1910, out of work for 22 weeks during 1909, able to read and write.
1920 Federal Census, 14th Ward, Buffalo, Erie Co., NY, Roll 1103, page 221A:
Newman (sic), John, age 42 (rest of image unreadable).
From a retirement announcement in a Buffalo, NY newspaper (presumably the Courier-Express) from about 1950:
"C-E Employee of Composing Room Retires Now that he's "only a hop, skip, and a jump from being 72," John Leonard Neumann, veteran hand man of the Courier-Express composing room retired yesterday with the satisfaction of a job well done.
Neumann, who lives at 16 Rose St., first fingered type back in 1892 in a German weekly. After a year there, he became a job compositor for the George M. Hausauer Co. and went back to the Review, a morning market paper, in 1901. The Review went bankrupt, he recalls, on May 3, 1903.
Since then he has worked in the composing room of The Enquirer, The Star, and The Courier-Express.
Neumann says he has been associated with "a wonderful gang" in the composing room of the C-E which he rates as "A-1."
He said he foresees a continued bright future for newspapers, asserting he is convinced newspaper advertising is most effective. Newspapers, he said, have the reputation for reliability.
He retires as a proofreader although most of his time on the C-E was spent on the correction bank. In retirement, he plans to "just putter around" and spend more time with relatives.
He will be 72 on Christmas Day."
26 November 2005 - I cannot locate John Neumann in the draft registration card records of Erie Co., NY from 1918. All men age 18-46 were required to register regardless of citizenship. He would have been 42 at the time, so maybe his birth date is earlier than we think it is.
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