Terri: In Swiss Surnames is the following listings for the name KNOBEL - but note that none are in Canton Bern. Canton Glarus - Betschwanden (a) there before 1800 - Glarus (a) - Haslen ()a) - Leuggelbach (a) -Luchsingen (a) - Nidfurn (a) -Schwa(e)ndi (a) Canton Schwyz - Altendorf (a) - Lachen (a) - Wangen (a) FL (Liechtenstein) There are others but they came to the different cantons from mainly Glarus and Schwyz. and at a much later date. Hope this will be of help. Regards Joe Wolfe On Sun, 05 Mar 2000 01:09:31 -0800 Terri Hauk <thauk@home.com> writes: > I am researching the KNOBEL surname from Switzerland. I have > very limited information but here's what I know: > > My great grandmother was Isabelle S. KNOBEL, born 1880 in Bern, > Switzerland. Her father was John KNOBEL and she may have had a > brother, Benjamin KNOBEL. This family emigrated from Switzerland > in 1882 to Kentucky, probably Louisville, Jefferson County. John > later owned land in other parts of KY and in Ohio. Isabelle and my > g-grandfather, Thomas Alva MCDONALD, born 1875 in Meade Co., KY, > were > married in 1902 in Louisville. Thomas had returned as a disabled > veteran of the Spanish-American War in Cuba and was either still > in law school or just starting his law practice in Louisville when > they were married. They had 2 children, Benjamin C. McDonald and > Verena McDonald, both born in KY. They eventually moved to > Evansville, > Vanderburgh Co., IN and later retired to a farm in Elberfeld, > Vanderburgh Co., IN. Isabelle died in 1951 in Elberfeld and Thomas > died there in 1959. > > I don't have any information as to where in Switzerland this > KNOBEL family may have originated or how or why they emigrated > to the US. I don't have Isabelle's mother's given name or surname. > I believe Verena is/was a popular Swiss name but also wonder if it > could have been from Isabelle's mother's name? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > Regards, > Terri McDonald Hauk > thauk@home.com > > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb! Help provide FREE genealogical resources on the > Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >