It appears that a number of us are descendants of Christian Zug and
his
wife Anna. Anna's last name appears variously as Kanabel, Kannabel,
Kanabell, and Knoble. I suspect that "Kanabel" is an Anglicized spelling.
"Knobel" is plausible (I think it means "dice" in German), [snip] Do
any
of you have any
thoughts on the matter?
Aside from the likely Kneubühl possibility, I think the Knobel version
gives a clue to the original pronunciation, at least after arriving here.
Since the K is pronounced in German/Swiss/Austrian, Knobel would have been
pronounced like K'nobel or Kanobel, accent on the middle syllable. So
Kanabel, Kannabel, and Kanabell would have been pronounced also with the
accent on the middle syllable, and with a long A as in "father." Knobel
was originally pronounced with a long O, as in "show" and probably changed
to a short O, as in "lot." Thus they all end up sounding the same,
regardless of spelling.
1) Is it known when the 3 Zug brothers (Christian, Moritz, and John)
arrived in America? One reference indicates that Moritz, at least, arrived
aboard the "Francis & Elizabeth" on 21 Sep 1742. Did the 3 sail together or
arrive at different times? Is it possible that their father (believed to
have been John Zug) also sailed with them? Is the ship passenger list
available anywhere?
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, by P. William Filby, tells where all
passenger lists are located. The first vol. of this wonderful index was
published in 1981, and I think there have been yearly supplements ever
since, in small print, each about 2 inches thick. I've seen them through
1989 anyway. Each vol. costs quite a lot, so smaller libraries usually
can't afford them. Each book is an alphabetical list of immigrants' names
and the source in which the name was found. The list of the sources is in
the front of each vol. and you can match up your immigrant's name with the
source name, and request the source through Interlibrary Loan at your
public library. The LDS Family History Library no doubt has theseFilby
vols, and may have many of the sources, perhaps on microfilm. I know that
the Ohio State Historical Society in Columbus has Filby's, and I'm pretty
sure the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, IN, does. The
University of Idaho Library in Moscow, ID has at least the first 3 or 4. I
would guess that the Mid-Continent Public Library in Independence, MO has
it. Anyone on the list who lives in or near a city could check their
libraries, and those who find these vols. could look up the Zug/Zuck/Zook
names and report back. Whattaya say?
Cheryl Wray, jw90013(a)navix.net