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Kinzel Genealogy
Kinzel Name Trivia
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"On application to the German Government for a permit to go to America, and it being granted, John Christopher Kinzel, a native of Saxony, Germany, with his wife, Sophia Anna, and four children, Fredrica, Frederick [John], Gotlieb John, and Wilhelm John, left Bremen, with a large heavily laden cedar chest, other belongings, and a passport to rich relatives in Charleston, S. C."So begins the story of the Johan Cristoph and Sophia Anna Künzel family's immirgration to America in 1836. Settling first in the Columbia, SC, area and eventually in Knox county TN, five more children ( four boys and a girl) would be born. The youngest male, Edward John, would found a mountain retreat that still bears his name: Kinzel Springs, now just a wide spot in the road a few miles outside of Townsend, TN. If you go there, be sure to eat at the Kinzel House Restaurant (alas, closed by fire in 1999) &emdash; no relation to the Kinzels, but good food.
Edward John and his second wife, Catherine Helena Thomas, began writing a history of the Kinzel family, which she published after his death and called Seven Johns, Brothers, and which is the source for much of the Kinzel information presented here.
Kinzel/NormanThe oldest Kinzel child was Fredrica, who married Charles Norman. Charles had also immigrated from Germany, changing his name from Naumann to Norman when he became a US citizen. Their children were:
- Julia Sophia Norman m. William M. Lawhon
- Margaret Norman m. Charles Roth
- Joseph E. Norman
- Jacob Norman
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