Am just starting to search for the father of my husband's grandmother, she was the youngest child of Joseph and Catherine Gimbel, her name was Minnie Catherine Gimbel.
On Joseph's gravestone it says he was born 3 August 1831 and died 17 December 1889. On the 1880 United States Census for Meramec twp,St.Louis Missouri he is listed as Jas. Gimpel age 47 born in Germany, Catherine was also listed as born in Germany.
Joseph had service in the Civil War.
I do have a little information on the children of Joseph and Catherine.
If anyone can find a connection I would love to hear about it.
Vera