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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 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:

Johannes married Maria Anna Engert about 1833 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. Maria was born on 29 Sep 1813 in Baden; died on 26 Dec 1902 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; was buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: August Müller. August was born in 0Aug 1823 in Hessen; died on 17 Oct 1900 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Elizabeth Donner on 6 Jan 1859 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph Danner and Theresia Dornert) was born in 0Aug 1838 in New York, USA; died on 24 Aug 1927 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Heinrich Joseph Weiland in 1855. Heinrich was born on 2 Jun 1829 in Baden; died on 2 Mar 1908 in Greece, Monroe County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown Weis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Caroline married Gustav Griebel on 30 May 1861 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. Gustav was born on 27 Mar 1838 in Deutschland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Valentine married Elizabeth Ann Hollis on 31 Mar 1869 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. Elizabeth was born on 6 Jul 1844 in Canada; died on 17 Mar 1926 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ferdinand Griebel. Ferdinand was born in 0Mar 1844 in Deutschland; died on 27 Jul 1900 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sophia married John Burgard on 30 Mar 1869 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. John (son of Martin Burkhart and Barbara Meyer) was born in 0Feb 1848 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; died on 28 Oct 1902 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sophia married John G. Cook on 6 Dec 1903 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. John was born in 1849 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; died in in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Henry Thomas Coulman on 20 Jun 1893 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. Henry was born in 0Jun 1857 in England; died in 0Jan 1919 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anthony married Christina Heisel on 15 Oct 1878 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. Christina (daughter of Heinrich Heisel and Maria Elisabetha Ruf) was born on 14 Mar 1855 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; died on 24 Nov 1938 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Bertha Margaret Glaser on 16 Jul 1902 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. Bertha (daughter of Sebastian Joseph Glaser and Dorothea Meyer) was born in 0Jun 1871 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; died on 5 Aug 1956 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Louis Frank Hebing. Louis was born on 26 Mar 1873 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; died in 0Dec 1944 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Anthony married Agnes Catherine Brayer on 5 Jun 1906 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. Agnes (daughter of Frank Nicholas Brayer and Mary Agnes Weis) was born on 13 Apr 1881 in Gates, Monroe County, New York, USA; died on 14 Mar 1961 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Raymond married Hazel D. Weidmiller in 1922 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. Hazel was born on 27 Jun 1898 in New York, USA; died on 25 Jul 1996 in Florida, USA; was buried in Fred Hunter's Hollywood Memorial Gardens West, Hollywood, Broward County, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lawrence Edward McDonald. Lawrence was born on 13 May 1901 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; died in 0Nov 1989 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; was buried on 30 Nov 1989 in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]