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Hi there!

Thomas Göppel (View posts)
Posted: 2 Dec 2000 1:01PM GMT
Greatings to those reading this page!
As you typed an "ö" instead of "oe", you may
either be german or you have a, at least small, knowledge of the german language.

If you are german, it´s most unlikely, I can tell you something, you don't allready know ;-). If you live in some foreign (hic!) county, you're invited to mail me!


Most of those waering the name Göppel will
spell their me Goeppel now - they may
not even know

Re: Hi there!

Posted: 28 Dec 2001 7:26PM GMT
Classification: Query
Do you have information on the Goeppels here in the United States and Germany. My great grandfather is a Goeppel. Would love to share information.

Family name Göppel

Thomas Göppel (View posts)
Posted: 30 Dec 2001 12:27PM GMT
Classification: Query
Dear Deborah,

> Do you have information on the Goeppels here in the United States
> and Germany. My great grandfather is a Goeppel. Would love to
> share information.

I hope , it won't disappoint you, that I'm not a 'serious'
genealogist. I'm just curious of where in the world people with
my family name live and I love to have some pleasant
correspondence. Of course, this does include giving such help as
translating a letter or calling some, who has no English.

After opening the message board twelve months ago, your reply
was the first response I got. I guess, this is because this
family name is not very common. On the other hand, you may be
one of the few who are conscious of the fact, that you not only
need to look for the spelling you are used to, but for different
possible English spellings for the German "Umlaut" ö. Trying "eo"
instead of the "oe" a German would use, was in my opinion a good
choice, considered how strange the English pronunciation of "oe"
sound in a Germans ears. The Mormons don't seem to consider
this...

More than 650 entries with the family name "Göppel" are listed
in the German telephone subscribers directory. There is none with
the name "Geoppel" and none spelled "Goeppel", as "oe" is
considered equivalent to "ö" in German (please send me an
email, if you want me to send the list).

Tracking down the origin of your ancestry in Germany can be very
difficult due to the high mobility of people from beginning of
the 19th century and to the loss of many church registers in
WW II.

The family name Göppel is more often found in Bavaria. In the
area of the Bavarian town Anspach (Anspach-Heriden), the
name is even more common than "Muller" or "Schulze".
Investigating there may be more rewarding than in other areas
(my great grandfather moved, accompanied by some relatives,
from Anspach-Heriden to my home town around 1900, I managed to
get contact to a remote relative, age 85, five yours ago).

I guess your great grandfather Maximillian Peter Goeppel
was a first generation American (if not, it sure is more difficult
to track down his parents). If his father came to America in the
second half of the 19th century, there is a fair chance to find
some information on those who emigrated in municipal documents.
Otherwise the only source of information are the church registers.

However, as there is little chance to find the name of the
offsprings of an emigrant in the church register of some
German village, you'll have to know the name and the origin
of your great great grandfather. With very much luck, you may
find someone. who still has a old family bible. In many cases,
there was correspondence between those who emigrated and the
family in the homeland.

I already looked up several German genealogy web sites.
Unfortunately no query was successful. It looks like today, still
most hobby genealogists in Germany don't use the internet to trade
information (explaining the reasons would sure be beyond our
scope).

I hope, this rather lengthy discussion is of some use to you.

I sent a copy of this posting via email (if you didnt receive it,
and you'd like to get my ICQ or Yahoo-messenger id's or my phone
number, please feel free to contact time using my email address:
tgoeppel@123.45 (please replace "123" by "gmx" and "45" by "de").

With Kind Regards

Thomas Göppel

Re: Hi there!

Posted: 8 Aug 2002 6:33PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 28 Jun 2005 6:31PM GMT
Thomas,

My Gopel (mit umlaut) family lived in Oberlungwitz near Chemnitz and are traceable in that area back to the late 1700's. All church and civil records show the spelling with one P. Was it common in Germany for there to be multiple spellings of the same name such as there is in the US?

Richard Fischer

Re: Hi there!

Posted: 5 Jun 2003 2:40PM GMT
Classification: Query
What information do you have on the Goeppel family. My one Goeppel that came to the US was Michael Goeppel in 1884 to Milwaukee WI. Married Wilhemena Granz in 1885, they had my great grandfather in 1886. I looking to connect michael to a family in germany. I have very little information.

Deborah

Re: Family name Göppel

Posted: 1 Sep 2003 7:45AM GMT
Classification: Query
Goodmorning,

My name is Alexandra Pijl and my mothers name is Goppel (with dots on the o, but i don't know how to do that on the computer). I live in The Netherlands but can't find any living relatives with the same surname. Does anyone know if there are more G"oppels in Holland?
Some dates and names:
Henricus Gerardus Goppel (with") Born 9 okt 1857 in Eindhoven, died 25 june 1934 in Eindhoven\
Georgius Hubertus Cornelis Goppel (with" on the o) born 23 april 1898 in Eindhoven, died 12-03-1989 in Valkenswaard (this is my grandfather)
My mothers name: Maria Frederika Antonia Goppel (with the " on the o), born 1-08-1926 in Eindhoven.

Thanks for any info,
Sandra
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