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Paternal Merkel Families
My Paternal Merkel line is nearly complete and the lineage traced back to the late 1600's with Joseph Merkel from Iffezheim, Germany.  Jacob Merkel was my great Grand father who left Iffezheim and came to Rochester in 1867.  Jacob had 11 children in Rochester to continue the Merkel ancestry.

Jacob's brother, Anton, arrived in Rochester in 1882. His wife was Magdalena Weber. The Weber's are also from Iffezheim, Germany. I've followed the Weber's back to the 1700's in Iffezheim, Germany and continue to look for any Weber families in Rochester who may be related to them.
For information about other related families, go to the following pages:
Barrett Fam. Ruf Fam. Peter Fam.
Pfetzer  Fam. Weber Fam. Anton Merkel
The Iffezheim Page:
My Paternal Merkel family originated from Iffezheim, Baden, Germany. Here you will find maps and history of Iffezheim including links to other Iffezheim sites.

 

Merkels of Rochester
JACOB MERKEL  &  ELIZABETH RUF
 and their children

Jacob Merkel is my Great Grandfather who came to Rochester in 1867 and kept the Merkel line going. He had 11 children. Only 3 of his children had descendants. Select Gustave Joseph, Anna Mary or Edwin Albert in the table below to see charts, photos and any notes that I have on these families.
Jacob Gustave Unnamed Lillian Eliz. Adelaide Gustave
Joseph		 Edward George Frances Theresa Florentine Magd. Anna
Mary		 Francis Barabara Edwin Albert
8 Nov.
1872
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29 July
1873		 18 May
1874
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18 May
1874		 1 Oct.
1875
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1936		 1 Mar.
1879
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21 Oct.
1887		 23 July
1880
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25 Nov.
1951		 22 Oct.
1881
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17 June
1883		 6 May
1883
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9 Feb.
1884		 6 Aug.
1884
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26 Nov.
1884		 2 Dec.
1886
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????
????		 2 Dec.
1886
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9 Apr.
1897		 13 Feb.
1897
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April
1984
Anton Merkel - brother of Jacob Merkel arrived in Rochester in 1882. On Anton's page you will also find information on the Weber and Fetzner families in Rochester.
 

Merkel Ancestors

Select a name below for charts, histories and photos
 8th Generation  Joseph Merkel  Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather
 7th Generation  Joes Michael Merkel  Great Great Great Great Grandfather
 6th Generation  Joes George Merkel  Great Great Great Grandfather
 5th Generation  Caspar Merkel - had 4 wives  Great Great Grandfather
 4th Generation  Jacob Merkel immigrated to Rochester,  NY in 1867  Great Grandfather
 3rd Generation  Gustave Merkel   Grandfather
 2nd Generation William Merkel   My father
 1st Generation  John Merkel (me)  Me  25 July 1948 - to the present

 

Pedigree and Descendant charts:
You can find a Pedigree and Descendant chart for anyone in the database ( currently over 13,000). First go to the SEARCH NAMES page and find the person you are looking for. Once you find the person, look at the top of the page under the person's name. You will see links to create a Pedigree and Descendant chart.


History

How did the my Merkel families evolve?

Sometime between 700 - 800 AD the Merkel families came from South Tirol (today, northern Italy) and settled in a sparsely populated area called Murgtal in the North Black Forest. They were wood cutters in what today would be the cities of Forbach, Gausbach, and Langenbrand. Around 1200 AD, my paternal Merkel branch left this area and moved northwest eventually settling in the high lands of the Rhein River as landlords of Iffezheim. (Map showing closeness of Iffezheim and Langenbrand).  

The earliest records that I have found show that my GGGGG grandfather was Joseph Merkel . He was married to Katharina Krietenweis and they had 6 children. His direct descendants continued with his son Joes Michael followed by Joes George who lead to Caspar.  Caspar was a key figure in the evolution of the Merkel line. He was married 4 times. His first three wives died so for his fourth wife, he married someone from the family. Her name was Barbara Pfetzer (his second cousin, 1 generation removed) and together they had 11 children.

One of those 11 children was Jacob Merkel, my Great Grandfather. In 1867, apparently via the Atlantic harbor Le Harve, Jacob emigrated to America and eventually Rochester, NY.

Jacob had 11 children in Rochester including Gustave, my grandfather. Two of his other children, Edwin and Anna Mary also married.

 
 

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