The message below reminded me of a question. Does anyone know for sure the correct spelling? Clerks and census takers have spelled one person's given name as: Baltzer, Balser, Balter, Bolzer, Balthasar. Charles A. Itle -----Original Message----- >From: marilyn <[email protected]> >Sent: Sep 9, 2011 2:53 PM >To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] >Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] Zettl, Knorr family genealogy > > > > I don't know where the Zettl family originated, only that they spoke German and that Mr. Zettl was a weaver. My aunt said he wove rugs in the USA. > They came to St. Boniface, Elder Township, Cambria County because some other villagers from Leimen came there, and purchased farms near his farm. His farm is now Seldom Seen Valley Tourist Mine. > Part of the family stayed in Cambria County, but the girls and their husbands, including the the Zettl family lived in South Side, Pittsburgh. > > The Kline/Klein family came from Leimen, Rhineland. There were about 11 children. > The oldest married a cousin named Francis Kline and did not emigrate. Her siblings never mentioned her, and research found out she has sons in WW I as did the American family. > The four sons came to Cambria County and settled on adjacent farms--Baltzer, John, Louis and Anthony. > A son name Peter supposedly died and a daughter, Margaret, died on the ship. > The other daughters married: Mary m Knorr, [Mary's oldest daughter married Zettl], Josephine married Lieb and /Barbara married Zippfel. Elizabeth became Sister Richardia of the Sisters of St. Francis at Glenn Riddle. [Two nieces also jointed that order.] > > Although all of them visited our farms [Josephine's husband was a train worker and provided train tickets, and the farm had a station] but I do not remember any of them, but I do have pictures and knew their children. Mostly they lived in Pittsburgh and were brewers. > > The father had remarried a Catherine Reber and his children hated her. She had a son Francoise [Frank] and moved with him to Ohio, we think. He, Frank, worked at Jeanette, PA in the glass works, married a woman named Sophia, and had two children. > >Thank you. > > > >Marilyn Kline Washington > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: lapc <[email protected]> >To: marilynkwash <[email protected]> >Sent: Fri, Sep 9, 2011 7:28 am >Subject: Zettl, Knorr family genealogy > > > > >Dear Marilyn: > >I was doing some internet searching last evening and pulled up your posts about the Zettl and Knorr families. They are old posts, so you may have the information you need already. > >My cousins are Zettl's and her grandfather was Franz Zettl. I have done some limited family tree lookups for her (I am a member of Ancestry.com). My oldest cousin has been putting together a family tree. > >Franz Zettl was a beer brewer and came to the US from Unter Adling, Hungary and arrives March 27, 1905. One of his sons, Hilarion (Hal), was my uncle. Hal married my mother's sister (Theresa). My Aunt Theresa passed away this week and my husband, middle son and I are headed up to the funeral. I have printed 2 of your posts and will give them to my cousin Terry and ask her to get in touch with you. She knows more about Franz. > >I saw your requests on Find a Grave for the Knorr tombstone photos. We will be at St Michael's Cemetery and, weather permitting, I will asks my cousins where those tombstones are and try to take photos. I will also photos of my Aunt/Uncles's tombstone and post them. > >Gott go. Long drive ahead of us. I will check email this evening at the hotel if I can just in case you email that you already have all the info you need). > >Lois > > > > >- - - - - - - - - - > >Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: >http://www.camgenpa.com/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com