I am looking for descendants of Joseph Erpelding (b 1808 in Holzem, d 1869 Holzem) and Marguerite Musel (b abt 1810, d 1891 in Holzem) of Luxembourg. Their children who lived to adulthood were:
Pierre (b 1835 Holzem, md Marguerite Komes, d 1906 Lux); Marie (b 1838 Holzem, md Jean Frantz, d 1917 Lux);
Jean (b 1840 Holzem, md 1 Marie Reichling, md 2 Antoinette Schafs, d 1905 Lux);
Jean Pierre Joseph (b 1842 Holzem, md Marguerite Kirpach, d 1919 Lux);
Anne Marie (b 1845 Holzem, md 1 Pierre Bohler, md 2 Theodore Wezland, d 1906 Lux); and
Nicolas (b 1850, md Hanorah Prindable, d 1938).
Nicholas Erpelding, b 1850 and emigrated from Luxembourg in 1871, and eventually settled in Adrian, Nobles, MN. He married Hanorah Prindable in 1890, and they had 3 children: John Kenneth, Donald Horace, and Margaret Gladys (died 16 yrs).
My grandfather was John Kenneth. There were 2 families named Erpelding in Adrian, MN when my mother was growing up. Both were from Luxembourg emigrants, but they did not know of any connection between them. There may have been a 3rd unrelated family of Erpeldings in Adrian at one time.