Not sure if your Ziebells are related in any way to mine, but here is what I have. Perhaps something will click. My grgrgrandmother Carolina Ziebell m. Christlieb Heinrich Wilhelm Boeck (b. 1815) of Falkenburg, Dramburg Co, Prussia. They stayed in Prussia. Her parents were somebody "Siebel" and Charlotte Froemming. Carolina had two siblings that I know something about, and both emigrated. One was Wilhelmina Sophia Ziebell b. 10 sep 1840 married Carl Herman Lichtfuss in Mar 1865. They came over in 1884 and settled in Union, Waupaca Co, WI. Another sister is Johanne Albertine Henriette Ziebell married Julius Johann August Dettman. My Carolina Ziebell who married the Boeck had a daughter named Bertha Johanne Albertine Carolina Boeck, my Great Grandmother. She was b.26 Oct 1862 in Leckow, Belgard, Prussia and married Emil Theodor Franz Schellin in 1887. They emigrated in 1893. They settled in Eland, Shawano Co, WI. They had 8 children. Their names were: Otto Carl Albert Schellin Anna Johanne Matilde Schellin Elisabeth Bertha Martha Schellin Dora Clare Marie Schellin Marie Ella Sophia Schellin Ruth Elfrieda Schellin Bertha Augusta Schellin (my Grandma) Esther Frieda Rachel Schellin Ruth died in Fall Creek, and at least two of the sisters lived in the Milwaukee area. Elisabeth died in Los Angeles, CA in 1933. Let me know if you find a connection. Jayne Overgard 101heath wrote: > 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. >