SWITZERLAND Lommel

[kathlom]

I'd never heard of Bamberg but obviously you're in a better position to do this.  If you ever get there again you should do some digging and take some photos.  By the way Bill is a generation before you - you're the same age as our daughters.  One was born in 1973 and the other in 1975.

[Peonie]

Here are some more.

http://connect.dpreview.com/challenges/Entry.aspx?ID=725090  (a photo of the Rathaus in Bamberg taken by a Lommel, living in Japan)

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0tv4/  (Bamberg Hofcalender 1796)

http://books.google.de/books?id=ntxAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA72-IA21&lpg=PA72-IA21&dq=Lommel+Bamberg&source=bl&ots=DXBHeShVyg&sig=1z6AX
        Hofkalender 1774  Fürstlichen Hochstifts Bamberg Hof-, Stands- und Staats-Calender
If you have time read some of the book, very interesting.

http://www.archivdatenbank.bamberg.de/lstan.FAU?sid=F8DEF01D12&dm=1&apos=1&erg=H&listex=1&inv=1&ipos=Lommel
   Lehrzeugnis der geschworenen bürgerlichen Chirurgen in der Stadt Bamberg
        Datum:   25.07.1755

Did you see in the Biography for Grandaur where it states Gg Lommel 1748-1827 and married to Barbara Mohr.

Looks like Johann Christoph could be the next generation.

Regards Peonie

[kathlom]

Hi Peonie
I can't believe how much you have found.  Where did you get all this.  I've googled the names dozens of times and never found any of these references.  I couldn't find Biography of Grandaur but I knew that George Aloys married Barbara Mohr although I didn't know his birthdate.  I really appreciate all the effort you are making for me.

Kathleen

[Peonie]

Hi Kathleen,

you have to go to google.de and change the words around until you find something. Also http://forum.ahnenforschung.net/ and pick the states. There a tips from other posters like, Address books, etc. Also the libraries of the towns and local universities are good places to look. As the Lommels are people of "caliber" there should be more found in the libraries, but not necessarily on the net.

Found some  more. 

https://opac.uni-bayreuth.de/InfoGuideClient/singleHit.do?methodToCall=showHit&curPos=1&identifier=-1_FT_1002768300  (has timed out, just click neu starten and then type Lommel on the first line)

http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/ortsblaetter
(click on the blue word Ortsblätter after 2400, suche nach Orten and type in the places you like to see)

http://www.autohaus-lommel.de/index.php/merkmale
(Grettstadt is ca. 34 km from Würzburg, worth a try if they are yours as well)

Regards Peonie

[wilcolomel]

Hi Kathleen, 

Regarding the USA Lommel "branch"... We are trying to research family prior to Charles Phillip Lomel (born Armand Philipp Lommel or Armand Robert Lommel) near Colmar, France in 1849.  He appears to be related to this group but his middle name is different and perhaps Armand Robert died in childhood.  He came to Savannah, Georgia, USA in the 1860's and changed his name to Charles Phillip Lomel.  His son, Arnold, (my grandfather), had limited recall of the details of his family but there were definitely one or more George's in the family. 

Bill

[kathlom]

Hi Just received your message re Armand Lommel.  I have Armand Robert Lommel in my husband's tree - born 17 May 1849 in Beblenheim, Haut Rhine, France.  Parents Georges Aloys Lommel and Barbara Guttenhoffer.  The family were originally German and fled to France because Georges Aloys was mixed up with Karl Marx and had a death sentence passed on him - they wound up in Switzerland.  I have never been able to find any reference to Armand other than his birth and always assumed that he died in infancy.  There were seven other children in the family.  I do have information on earlier generations - the family came from Wurzburg and before that Bamberg in Bavaria.

Not sure if this is helpful but if you want any further information on the family feel free to contact me.

Kathleen Lommel

[wilcolomel]

Thanks for the clarification.  It looks like Armand Robert is the right guy... same birthday and location.  He changed his name in the US.  He had a brother named George and his father was Georges. Looks like a match to me. 

Now that I'm on the right track I would love to have more on the earlier family history!  (But I'm not sure how to email on this site.)

Bill

[Svenja]

Hi

There is more information about the Lommels in Switzerland in the newspapers.

Intelligenzblatt für die Stadt Bern 1834-1922 (German)
http://intelligenzblatt.unibe.ch/Default/Skins/BernA/Client.asp?Skin=BernA&AppName=2&AW=1505163712407

Newspapers of different Cantons of West Switzerland (French)
http://www.bcu-lausanne.ch/livres-articles-video-audio/archives_presse/

George Lommel, ingenieur (Simplon), died at Spiez (Canton Bern)
Gazette de Lausanne, Friday 6 December 1895

Periodicals of Historical Societies and other Periodicals of Switzerland
https://www.e-periodica.ch/

Regards
Svenja

[wilcolomel]

Thank you!