Jean- Not an easy one to find. I spotted 3 close to APFEL but none of the information looks like a match. ********** I found a Catharina APFL in the index of married women. She was the wife of Jacobus VEBER (or WEBER) - entry V151: Jacobus VEBER *7 Jun 1840 (Billed house #168), son of Ferd. Veber & Ang. Grossz oo 12 Feb 1866 (house 161) Catharina APFL *12 May 1842 < Beodra [not sure which town that is], daughter of Nic. Apfl & Magd. Heckler, +8 Feb 1931 They had 10 children. Catharina might also have come from Pesszak. If I'm reading the abbreviated entry correctly, that notation was when they recorded the birth of her 10th child (also Catharina). ********** There's a listing for Phillipus APL (A127) without much information. Phillipus APL oo Margaretha (unknown last name) They had 4 children, born between 1776 and 1782 in Billed. ********** There's a listing for Petrus APPLER (A132): Petrus APPLER *1846-1848 < Lovrin +22 Oct 1872 oo 4 Jul 1870 Barb. SCHAKMANN *28 Apr 1848 (later remarried to Martin Steiner) Two children: Franciscus and Barbara. Peter's parents were Jos. Appler and Magdalena Strupp (no further information about them). (I'm the "half 1st cousin 3 times removed" of Barbara Schakmann according to Family Tree for Window's relationship calculator.) --- Eric Benshetler -----Original Message----- From: banat-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:banat-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ken Christie Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 3:29 PM To: jean bell; Banat-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BANAT-L] Billed Jean.. I took a look in the Billed FB and did not find an entry for either Apfel or Reimann.....also looked for some variant spellings but nothing close. Ken Christie (njgcards@yahoo.com) 112 Indigo Cove Kyle, TX 78640 --- On Fri, 4/3/09, jean bell <jbell@empnet.com> wrote: > From: jean bell <jbell@empnet.com> > Subject: [BANAT-L] Billed > To: BANAT-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Friday, April 3, 2009, 4:16 PM > Hello: Could anyone give me some information on the Apfel > family in > Billed circa 1880? My great-Aunt listed Billed as where > she was born > on the ship's manifest when she came to the US. First I have heard of > this. Anna Apfel was born in 1880 in Billed and her parents were > Miklos Apfel and Anna Apfel geb Reimann. In 1882 their second > daughter, Kathe and their 3rd daughter Rosa born in 1884 were born in > Ittvarnok. Later they moved to Temeswar. Why did these > people move > from place to place? Thanks to everyone who has been of > so much help > to me. Jean Bell >