RESPONSE TO SWISS IMMIGRANT LOOKUP ON SWISS GENEALOGY FORUM
HI BOB,
I DON'T KNOW THE RANGE OF DATES COVERED BY YOUR BOOK OR ITS TITLE, BUT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ANY ROPPEL FAMILY MEMBERS WHO EMIGRATED FROM SWITZERLAND TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE 18TH OR 19TH CENTURIES, ESPECIALLY FROM THE CANTONS OF BASEL AND BASELLAND.
ALSO A PORTRAIT PAINTER NAMED FREDERICK RUPLE MAY HAVE EMIGRATED IN THE LATE 1800S IF YOU HAVE INFO ON HIM.HE PAINTED A FAMOUS SOUTHERN GENERAL OF THE US CIVIL WAR AND LIVED IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS WHERE I LIVED APPEARING IN A FEW CENSUS RECORDS IN THE MID 1900S.
THANKS FOR THIS SERVICE!!
JACK RUPLE, SR
[email protected]
CONWAY, ARKANSAS
P.S.
IMMIGRANT: MARTIN ROPPEL OF FUELLINSDORF, EMIGRATED 1772 FROM BASEL TO SOUTH CAROLINA, USA ARRIVING IN DECEMBER OF THAT YEAR WITH WIFE, MARGRETH TSCHUDY AND CHILDREN JOHN J. ROPPEL AND ELSBETH. MARTIN'S OLDER BROTHER, JACOB ROPPEL EMIGRATED FROM BASEL IN 1767 TO PHILADELPHIA, PA ANY INFORMATION ON THESE IMMIGRANTS IS ALSO APPRECIATED THOUGH I HAVE THE INFORMATION IN THE FAUST BOOK ON 18TH CENTURY SWISS EMIGRANTS