Looking for any help! My ancestor, Martha Kegel, b ca 1841 in Hesse Kassel, immigrated in 1856 with a Ludwig Eliel family. I am hoping that if I trace the Eliel family, I can find which village in Hesse, she came from. Very little info on any Eliel's from germany. Any clues or hints on how to trace the Eliel family?

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I just read your question, posted 5 years ago, about the Eliel family of Hesse. I am descended from that family. They were a Jewish family from Nentershausen and Iba, Hesse. There was a Leib Eliel, alias Ludwig (German name) or Louis (American name). He was born in Nentershausen, Hesse either 12-27-1807 or 1-06-1808, and I think he became a physician. He married Helena Hecht on August 8, 1840 in Nentershausen, and they had 7 children born there, the last in 1853. Sometime after that (1856?) they migrated to LaPorte, Indiana, where Louis was the coroner from 1860 - 1874. He died in LaPorte August 20, 1886. Does this sound like the Ludwig Eliel you are looking for?