Lingel, Lingle, Lengel, Lengle Heritage
Most Ancestry.com family trees have Paulus Lingel's last name spelled Lengel. There is no evidence he ever spelled his name Lengel. All records support the spellings of Paul's last name as LINGEL. His name is spelled LINGEL on the Saint Andrew ships log, even his will reads, "I Paul Lingel...".
There have been many derivations of the “Lingel” name over the past 300 years. Names are rarely the same from generation to generation. Paul and Catherine Lingel had eleven (11) children, however, their children appear with the following last names in the records; Lingel, Lingle, Lengel, Lengle and Lingal. Census reports are notorious for misspellings. Church, and legal documents are for the most part fairly accurate, and headstones the best!
This issue of last names lasted well into the early 1900's. A good example is Harry and Cora Lengle, my grandparents. Their headstone reads, Harry and Cora "Lengle", their Marriage Certificate from the State of PA reads, Harry and Cora "Lengel", and on the back of their 1911 wedding picture is handwritten, Harry and Cora "Lingle".
Lingel s' and Lengels' moving to Ohio became Langells’. Others became, Lengyel, Langel, Lingal, and Lungal, depending on where they migrated.
Ida Catherine Lengel Vincent wrote a book entitled, Lengel Heritage, after many years if research in Berks County, PA. She is the major contributor to the history of the family. Copies of her work are in the Library of Congress and the Mormon Family History Library. Recently I received a hard copy of her book and tracked down her daughter Viola, who has given me permission to make a PDF file of Ida's book available online. If you would like a copy please provide your email address.
There have been many derivations of the “Lingel” name over the past 300 years. Names are rarely the same from generation to generation. Paul and Catherine Lingel had eleven (11) children, however, their children appear with the following last names in the records; Lingel, Lingle, Lengel, Lengle and Lingal. Census reports are notorious for misspellings. Church, and legal documents are for the most part fairly accurate, and headstones the best!
This issue of last names lasted well into the early 1900's. A good example is Harry and Cora Lengle, my grandparents. Their headstone reads, Harry and Cora "Lengle", their Marriage Certificate from the State of PA reads, Harry and Cora "Lengel", and on the back of their 1911 wedding picture is handwritten, Harry and Cora "Lingle".
Lingel s' and Lengels' moving to Ohio became Langells’. Others became, Lengyel, Langel, Lingal, and Lungal, depending on where they migrated.
Ida Catherine Lengel Vincent wrote a book entitled, Lengel Heritage, after many years if research in Berks County, PA. She is the major contributor to the history of the family. Copies of her work are in the Library of Congress and the Mormon Family History Library. Recently I received a hard copy of her book and tracked down her daughter Viola, who has given me permission to make a PDF file of Ida's book available online. If you would like a copy please provide your email address.