ancestralJacques is the French for James and one Jacques of German background would become Jacob when he immigrated. I have one Alsatian born ancestral relative like the latter. Gloria Ishida On Mar 18, 2013, at 4:52 AM, Davies wrote: > Linda, > > Jacob Erdel and John Erdel were brothers. I know that sometimes Jacob and > John are used intermittenly. > > Rosemary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <lilacarlhg@gmail.com> > To: <alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 12:28 AM > Subject: Re: [A-L] Erdel family > > >> Rosemary, >> >> Are you certain that Jacob is not really John? >> >> >> Linda >> now in California (was Costa Rica) >> Monroe County, New York Genealogy >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroenys >> Monroe County, New York History >> http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroenys >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Davies >> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 4:35 PM >> To: ALSACE-LORRAINE@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [A-L] Erdel family >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm researching the Erdel/Eitel family from Alsace, France. Johan Martin >> Eitel arrived in Philadelphia on June 22, 1803 aboard the Ship Traveller >> from Amsterdam. >> >> Records have shown me that his wife was Anna Catherina??? On November 15, >> 1803 aboard the Ship Favourite from Amsterdam, I believe his wife Cath. >> Ertel and children; Barb. Ertel; Fred Ertel; and Jacob Ertel, joined him. >> The one other child isn't with them. Was he too young to be mentioned? His >> name was John Erdel, who is my husband's great-great-grandfather. He was >> born January 30, 1802. Family members always said he was born in Alsace, >> France. Census Records also prove that is where he was born. They settled >> in >> Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. There is a Sebastian Erdel and I don't know >> if >> they are connected. >> >> There are variants of the surname: Eitel/Erdel >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> Thank you, >> Rosemary C. Davies >> >> -- >> Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Gloria "Genealogy. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own." Ambrose Bierce