I would suggest that this may be a misspelling of Duke of Hesse Cassel Kassel was often spelled with a C in latin or english and the "p" is probably a misreading of the ß or "scharfes ess" used in German instead of "ss" David Rorer ----- Original Message ----- From: <NancyL916@aol.com> To: <HESSE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 7:42 AM Subject: [HESSE] Re: Hope Capel? > Just got immigratiojn papers and it states my ancestor denounced the > "Duke of Hope Capel" > > Does anyone know of him and where exactly in 1859 this would have been? > > Thanks > Nancy > > > ==== HESSE Mailing List ==== > Looking for old messages? > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/HESSE.html > Search or Browse > >