Hallo, Darlene, Thank you very much for your efforts. I also believe that these families are probably not directly related, but there lived a lot of Hetzels in Schowe; most of them lived indeed in Neu-Schowe which is just another part of the same village. Anyway, thanks, and I will be looking towards contacts in Cleveland who hopefully are more closely related. Manfred Roux 71067 Sindelfingen -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Darlene Dimitrie [mailto:fon.ladee@cogeco.ca] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 31. Juli 2014 01:55 An: Manfred Roux Betreff: Re: AW: AW: AW: AW: [DVHH] Schowe: Looking for ancestors of Ludwig Hetzel Oops, got that slightly wrong - it wasn't the bands who were thought not to be related, It was the two Hetzel lines - the one that Jacob Hetzel is from and the other one that his wife Katharina Febel is from. Darlene Darlene Dimitrie wrote: > I talked to Jack's wife today; she didn't seem to recognize any of the > names, although she did say there were 2 musical bands there from the > Hetzel family. She says that they weren't related, but I figure they > were, it probably was that it was several generations ago. Her > father-in-law also had a band in Germany. I'm going to read the > booklet again to see if it says where they lived in Germany. > > I asked her to see if Jack would talk to you on the phone; she will, > but she also said that there is a relative named Adam Hetzel, who > lives in the Cleveland, Ohio area and is about 80 years old. She > thinks he might have more information and will contact him to see if he will talk to you. > > She did say that her husband's family was from Neu Schowe, not Alt > Schowe, but I figure if it was like my family, we were scattered > throughout a number of towns that were in close proximity. > > Sorry this is taking so long, but I'm hopeful that Adam may remember > more - he would be about 12 years older (born about 1934) than your > Ludwig born in 1922. > > She also mentioned that they had been to the town in Alsace-Lorraine > where the Hetzels originated from - it's a very pretty town near the > Rhine and still has many German people in it, although they speak > French now. > > Darlene > > > > Manfred Roux wrote: >> Darlene, >> >> thanks very much for the wealth of information. If Jack Hetzel sends >> me his phone number, I can easily call him - long distance phone >> calls to North America are included in my rate. >> >> Thank you once again! >> Manfred >> >> Manfred Roux >> Hohenzollernstr 60 >> 71067 Sindelfingen >> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: Darlene Dimitrie [mailto:fon.ladee@cogeco.ca] >> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 16. Juli 2014 19:04 >> An: Manfred Roux >> Betreff: Re: AW: AW: AW: [DVHH] Schowe: Looking for ancestors of >> Ludwig Hetzel >> >> Here's some of the info in the booklet - I printed out a descendant >> chart wherever there was a LUDWIG HETZEL - however, as you can see, >> the original Peter had a lot of sons, so there could be a lot more >> LUDWIGs around. >> >> There is a Hetzel connection from both Jacob Hetzel's ancestry - and >> also from his wife Katharina Febel's ancestry - her mother was a >> Hetzel. >> >> Looks like your LUDWIG is not the brother of Jakob born in 1920, but >> after that there is no clear answer - >> 1) he could be the son of Adam Hetzel and the great-great-uncle of >> Jack here in Windsor thru his mother Katharina Febel(see Descendants >> of Adam Hetzel); >> 2) he could be the son of George Hetzel and the great-great-uncle of >> Jack thru his father Jakob (see Descendants of George Hetzel); >> 3) he could be another LUDWIG elsewhere in the family tree >> >> I've also included a file of the first Peter and all his sons >> (Descendants of Peter Hetzel). >> >> Probably you already have this information, if you have any of the >> reference books listed on the DVHH SCHOWE site. >> >> Our best bet is to be able to talk to Jack Hetzel, here in Windsor - >> I called, but they are really busy this week, but they promised to >> talk to me about this next week - I'm sure they would like to contact >> you - I hope that they recognize your wife's name and her father's; >> or have other relatives in Germany that might know something. >> >> Jack and his mother were reunited with his father in Walchshofen, >> Germany in 1947, after travelling around to several refugee camps and >> went to Canada in 1949. >> >> Darlene >> >> p.s. the source for the info in the booklet was Jack's Aunt Anna >> Hetzel and a book, published in 1961 by C. Brückner on Schowe - I >> suspect Jack's parents contributed info too - the booklet was written >> in 1981 as a school project >> >> >> >> >> > -- Darlene http://www.dvhh.org/membership/associates.htm#D http://home.cogeco.ca/~lindarlene/Index.html