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 >