Hello, Can you tell me where your great grandmother settled in the US? I also have a Carolina Zeibell, but she married a Boeck and my Boecks settled along with other Ziebells in Marathon Co and Waupaca Co WI. My Ziebells were originally from "Schivelbein". More specifically, near Falkenburg, Leckow, Tarnow, Ruetzenhagen, Petershagen. Jayne Overgard 101heath wrote: > Please, can anyone tell me where 'Schiffelbein' was in 1892 Prussia? > My great grandmother Caroline Ziebell, age 68 and a widow came over > on the steamship Greg and listed her 'nativity' as "Schiffelbein." I > know later that one of her sons was living in Kiel, Schleswig- > Holstein but I have not been able to determine where "Schiffelbein" > was. I didn't see it on any old map. HELP! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >
My great grandmother settled in Milwaukee, WI with her daughter Bertha M. Ziebell b. Oct 1866 Prussia--who had married in the U.S. a Jacob J. Kunz b. Jan 1867 Wisconsin. My great-grandmother Caroline Ziebell, b.ca. 1822/24 from 'Schiffelbein' in a census said she had had 5 children, 5 living (1910 census) and had been married 50 yrs, now widowed by 1892. I think I have accounted for 3 children of the 5: 1. Albert Carl Wilhelm Ziebell b.unknown m. Auguste Wilhelminie Sophie Friedericke DAHN and lived in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia. Did not emigrate. 2. Bertha M. Ziebell b. Oct 1866 Prussia married Jacob J. Kunz b. Jan 1867 Wisconsin. Lived 1900, 1910 in Milwaukee. I can't find them in 1920 or 1930 but at least one of the people from their household ended up in Chicago, Illinois so family may have relocated. 3. David J. Ziebell b.ca. 1864 (living in U.S. 1910 census in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 4. Unknown ziebell 5. Unknown Ziebell I do believe the the Bertha M. Ziebell, daughter of Caroline Ziebell would not have been allowed to take ship passage alone as a single woman. I believe the #4,#5 above are as yet two unknown Ziebell men who I have not yet found in the U.S. but were most likely in Wisconsin also. In every census they have 'Americanized' their surname to Siebel.