Johannes Theobald Wattel

1809 - 1857  (48 years)

• Name	Johannes Theobald Wattel
  Born	3 Jan 1809	Ammertzwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Oct 1857	Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA
  Person ID	I64941	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2014

  
  

  Family	Maria Anna Engert,   b. 29 Sep 1813, Baden ,   d. 26 Dec 1902, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Married	Abt 1833	Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA
  Children	1. Catherine Wattel,   b. 11 Nov 1834, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA ,   d. 2 Jan 1914, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA  (Age 79 years)   2. William J. Wattel,   b. 1837, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA ,   d. 8 Feb 1877, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA  (Age 40 years)   3. Mary Ann Wattel,   b. 0Oct 1838, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA ,   d. 9 Nov 1910, Greece, Monroe County, New York, USA  (Age ~ 72 years)   4. Mary Magdaline Wattel,   b. 25 Aug 1840, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA   5. Caroline Wattel,   b. 4 Sep 1842, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA   6. Valentine A. Wattel,   b. 26 Apr 1845, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA ,   d. 1 Aug 1908, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA  (Age 63 years)   7. Theresa Barbara Wattel,   b. 27 May 1847, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA ,   d. 12 Feb 1923, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA  (Age 75 years)   8. Sophia Wattel,   b. 0Mar 1850, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA ,   d. 0Jan 1906, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA  (Age ~ 55 years)   9. Mary Elizabeth Wattel,   b. 10 Jun 1851, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA ,   d. 19 Jun 1953, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA  (Age 102 years)   10. Rose Wattel,   b. 1 Jan 1856, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA ,   d. 18 Dec 1925, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F29735	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: John Theobold WATTEL made his journey across the Atlantic about 1832-1833. Presumably he arrived in the Port of New York and then continued his journey until he reached Rochester, Monroe County, New York, where he made his home in the US no later than 1833, according to the 1855 New York State census in which it was stated that he had resided there for 22 years. He most likely traveled to Rochester by water, arriving there in a canal boat. At this point no immigration record has been found for him, but it is possible that John changed ships and continued traveling until he reached Rochester. In those years, many who arrived in New York continued their travels inland without being officially immigrated into the country. There is, however, a listing for a JOHN WEDDELL for the year 1832, age 25 years who immigrated to New York. This information was extracted from the National Archives Microfilm #237, rolls 13-18, page 1048, source publication code 503.12. The original data can be found in William P. FILBY?S Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500?s-1900?s. Elizabeth P. BENTLEY then published Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York, 1830-1832, from Customs Passenger Lists and using Filby?s Index, compiled these passenger listings. Both the year and the age of JOHN WEDDELL seem to fit exactly with John Theobold WADEL and the spelling of the surname is close enough to consider this as a possibility. John was born 3 January 1809, the son of Joseph WADEL and Anne Marie JENN, in Ammertzwiller, a small farming community in the area that was known as southern Alsace, France. Today, this area is called Haut-Rhin. At the time of John's birth, the town's population was about 300 and it remains about the same today. John was baptized as Jean Thiébaud WADEL. Research suggests that when John first lived in Rochester he Americanized his given names to John Theobold. Baptismal documents of his children and his death record all support this. In these documents, his surname was spelled various ways, WADEL, WADDEL, WADDELL. In census records for his wife, after his death, directory listings, and even a city plat map, the surname was listed with some of the variations listed above and also WADLE and WADDLE. Sometime prior to 1900, the surname was changed to WATTEL and remained that way with the exception of one family branch (mine!) who changed it to WATTELL! The Centre Départmental & Histoire des Familles or CDHF <http://www.cdhf.net/fr/index.php?t=bases&d=bases/notices&c=notices&f=selection&p=&groupe=Haut-Rhin&nom1=Wadel>located in Haut-Rhin has in its online offerings a biographical sketch about a large number of WADEL family members all of whom lived in neighboring villages mere kilometers away from Ammertzwiller. The biography states that one branch of the WADEL family moved from the Village of Gildwiller to Ammertzwiller towards the end of the 18th century. This particular branch is the one JOHN THEOBOLD WADEL was born into. Also mentioned in the biographical sketch is a family tree that is housed in the Altkirch Museum in Haut-Rhin. The chart, WHICH WAS PREPARED IN 1799, was written in order to determine the line of descent for the distribution of a stipend. The stipend was created from a large sum of money that THIEBAUD HAENNIG had bequeathed to the University of Freiburg in Brisgau for the purpose of educating his heirs which included the descendants of his sisters Barbara and Marie. ANNA MARIA SCHNOEBELEN, the first family member shown in the section of the family tree below, was the great granddaughter of MARIE HAENNIG, sister of THIEBAUD HAENNIG. Despite the obvious care and attention taken in preparing the tree, not all of the children of ELISABETH SCHAFFER and JEAN THIEBAUD WADEL are represented in this tree. It is not known what sources were used in the preparation of this tree. If it was prepared from memory, it could explain why our branch is not represented. Our particular branch descends from their son JEAN JACQUES WADEL and his wife ANNE MARIE WIOLAND. The tree is hand written and is 16 meters in length. This is the part that includes the WADEL family: