Lutz,
Thaks for your comments. Oddly enough, I've only come across the JAEGLE
spelling of the name once. As it turned out, 3 of the sons of John and
Barbara JEKEL moved from NY to Milwaukee, WI, which had/has a large German
presence. The name of Francis (Franz) JAEGLE was found in just one census.
However, before and after, he continued to spell the name
JAEKEL/JAECKEL/JECKEL. As it turned out, the three Wisconsin sons
maintained a surname spelling closer to our German roots than the other
siblings who remained here in New York. As late as 1978, the Wisconsin
family still spelled the name JAEKEL/JAECKEL. Our surname here in New York
went through many variations between 1847-1870, and then about that time, it
settled on the YAKEL spelling, and has emained that way ever since.
And, to my continued frustration, there was only one reference - EVER - to
any place other than Germany or Prussia, as the home of origin - and that
came from the census of a son, who listed Wuertemburg (spelled that way) as
the home of origin.
And the family, definitely arrive on Nove 2, 1847, via Antwerp, BE.
So, yes, very, very puzzling!
Thanks to you
Joe
Lutz Szemkus wrote:
In the 1880 census one of the Jekell sons stated that he was from
Wuerttemberg. There is a variant spelling of the Jekell name on your
website: JAEGLE, this is the exact rendering of how
Swabians/Wuerttembergers
would pronounce the name JAECKLE which is very common in the south of
Germany - more than a thousand hits in the telephone directory. (The
JAEGGLE
name can also be found in the south).
But no JAECKLEs in 1847.
Schwenningen in 1847/1852 was either ( I couldn't find out) in or in the
close proximity of the Duchy of Hohenzollern which became part of Prussia
in
1850!! (The Sigmaringen line of the Hohenzollern are Catholics, so would
their subjects be in 1847).
Puzzling, isn't it?
Then, Adalbert Goertz wrote:
There was no central archives where individual emigration records
were/are kept in Prussia. The passport applications were kept at
the Landratsamt (Kreis). If Schlesien was the province he came from,
it was probably a Kreis in the Oppeln district where most of the
Catholics lived in Schlesien.My father grew up in Neisse, also in Upper Silesia. He said it was
predominantly Catholic.Your Wu:rttemberg connection makes me think that your Jeckels
may have been Schwenkfelders who migrated to Penna. The Schwenkfelder
library (at Pennsburg??) has info on Yeakels etc.They all came
from Schlesien.
Adalbert, thank you also for your comments. Sorry to hear that there's no
central location for emigration files, but I didn't think it would be that
easy! I have no relation to the Schwenkfelder line. I've researched that
possibility fairly closely and there is no link that I can see. To date,
I've found no linkage with my JEKEL line and any other folks
researching...but I'm still optimistic.
Thanks again for all of the help and comments. Feel free to continue. I
learn something new each time I read a message here.
Regards,
Joe