Although I now live in California, I was born and raised in Minnesota where there are still lots of Ettel descendants. I am descended from Margaretha Ettel [who married Theodore Schmidt] on my mother's side [her paternal grandmother]. Margaretha was born in Dorrenbach in 1862 to Heinrich and Anna Maria [Ohle] Ettel. Margaretha left for the US in 1881 with her brother, Jacob. She and Theodore had 7 sons.
Cal Ettel has been a great help to me.