I tried to send you a reply earlier, but I think it did not go through. My great-grandmother was Frances Knobel, of Swiss descent. I believe that she was born in Raleigh, NJ. She married Theodore H. Brown, in Scranton, PA, shortly after the Civil War. I have been told that her father was John or Thomas. I just came across, in some family papers, an Afzug (Certificate) from the Family Register of Haslen, Canton of Glarus, Switzerland, showing a Thomas Knobel, born December 27, 1818, who married a Regula Kundert. They are shown as having three children: Melchior, Matthias and Anna. There is more detail if you ae interested.
Any connections?
Franklin Holland