My great-grandfather was William August Julius HEWEL. He came to America via New York City abt 1880. His parents were August Hewel and Caroline Grote. William also had a brother named Gustav and a sister named Caroline. William married Annie Meta Brummer, also from Germany, in 1885 and they had four children...William, Harry, John and Anne. John is my grandfather. Caroline married Johann Luhrs, also from Germany. My great-grandfather lived first in Manhattan and then in Albertson, LI, NY. I am searching for any descendents in the US or ancestors in Germany.