Posted on: BRUMMEL Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/b/r/BRUMMEL/queries/3 Surname: BRUMMEL, BRUMMELL, FOWBLE, GITTINGER, TAYLOR, SYKES ------------------------- Joseph BRUMMEL born abt 1774 married on 21 Dec 1797, Baltimore County, MD. to Elizabeth FOWBLE born 24 Dec 1778, by the 1850 Carroll County, Md. Census,Hampstead District, that Elizabeth and Joseph were born in Maryland. Elizabeth was the daughter of Michael Fowble of Peter and Catherine GITTINGER and she was baptised in the Zion Lutheran Church in Manchester, Carroll County, MD. Joseph was a farmer. Joseph and Elizabeth had 7 children. David b. 1801 married Abrilla COX on 29 March 1826; Thomas b.27 Sept 1803 marries a Sarah about 1825; Johannah b. 1799 marries John FOWBLE on 2 April 1850; Mary A. b. 17 Oct 1818 marries David BURNS abt. 1836; Sarah Ann b. 26 June 1821 marries 1st John HAINES on 31 Oct 1842 and 2nd Elias HOUCK on 3 Jan 1870; Racheal b. 15 Feb 1816 marries Henry YINGLING on 8 Oct 1845; Joseph Jr. born 4 Dec 1828 marries Caroline TAYLOR on 11 Dec 1850. Joseph was a farmer and carpenter. These are my Great Great Grandparents;their daughter Christine Alice Brummel born 4 June 1860 married Joel Thomas SYKES on 28 June 1876. Joel was a school teacher in the Hampstead District. Christine died in Nov. 1894. Two children survived her, her daughter, Lillian L. Sykes born in 1886 married a Edward KELLY and she died on 14 April 1919, no children. And her son, Charles Joseph SYKES, my Grandfather, born in 1884 and married Susan Ann Elizabeth Walsh and he died in 1963. Everyone lived in the Hampstead and Woolery District of Carroll County, Md. Any infomation on the early BRUMMELL'S would be greatly appreicated and happy to share.