Marshall, By chance have you done DNA testing? That might help you to figure out your question! It would also be interesting to see if your NYC Stehles might be related to my NYC Stehles! My immigrant STEHLE was: Wilhelm Stehle 12 Feb 1862 Bittelbronn, Freudenstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany married Maria Barbara Kress 1888 USA Buried Abt. 31 May 1943 Saint John's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, New York, USA Section 11, Range N, Plot 1: The plot includes Henry Zenker, his first wife Maria Zenker & her mother Agnes Schuster; his second wife Barbara Zenker, her father William Stehle, mother Barbara Stehle & brother Edward. > Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2018 12:30:49 -0400 > From: Debbie <debidub@gmail.com> > Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] Re: STEHLE (was: DECKELMANN, SHITTIG, STEHLE, > BAYER) > To: Marshall Lake <mlake@mlake.net> > Cc: NYC-ROOTS Rootsweb <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <CALUxgCVHa-6TQJxOkOqg3hSXZWgUcczS9-RzAp3F1ffj=ym_KA@mail.gmail. > com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > We have STEHLEs from Germany who settled in NYC. But, in regard to your > situation, you might begin with her death record, to see if it might name > her parents. > > I will say that if you identify a parent and a location in Germany, the > German church records are incredible sources for information! > > > On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 11:27 AM, Marshall Lake <mlake@mlake.net> wrote: > >