Welcome!

This is our family website concerning our clan - the Appell`s. We are Swedes,  and proud of it! We observed our family`s Sesquicentennial in America in 2002  at our annual reunion that year! There are other `Appell` families - from  England, France and Germany - but they are not related to us. If you, our  guest, are of one of these lineages, I am sorry, but you will find nothing  here to help you in your genealogy search. (But you are welcome to stay and  read about our line, if you wish!)

Our family name was first taken by Peter Magnus Andersson, in Sweden, when the  movement began to stablise surnames. As the family legend is told, Peter,  whose father`s first name was `Anders`, was a drummer in the Swedish  regimental army. He picked the name `Appell` from the musical term  `appellieri` - a name for the army drum cadence used for `assembly`. ... And  what an assembly of people our Appell family has become! We have family  members not only in the United States, but in Canada and Mexico as well!

All this from one family who undertook the difficult journey from Sweden,  across the Atlantic ocean by sailing ship, to help pioneer and settle upon the  Illinois prairie of America in 1852! They had their heartbreaks - and their  triumphs!

I have suggested to the Tribal Pages support people that they enable an option  for a separate History text section. Until that is accepted and put into use,  pieces of the family history must be relegated to lie within the individual  members profiles. Check them out - and you can see how our family has grown  and interacted with history!

Most of all - Enjoy! I recommend starting your visit by going to the top of  the page and clicking on 'Tree' and then 'Family View'. Before leaving, please  visit the 'Guestbook' and leave a comment! And please continue to send more  information my way to 
 help share the news of our clan - the Swedish Appell`s in America!