The Göbels were cabinet makers by trade and had owned their own business in Germany.  In the mid-19th century, curious about business opportunities elsewhere, Johann Henrich, the head of the familym decided to try his luck in America.  He and his younger brother travelled via London and the younger brother journeyed alone across the Atlantic, but unfortunately died in the first railroad accident in the United States.  The elder brother remained in London, in Islington, and sent for his family in Germany to join him.  They lived many years in London, often travelling back to Germany to visit friends and relatives, but in the late 1870s had to return to Germany for health reasons as the head of the family had a weak chest which was exacerbated by the London fogs.  At least three of his four children remained in London, but kept close contact with the German family.

1 Johann Magnus GÖBEL
+Elisabeth BECKER
.....2 Johann Henrich GÖBEL, b. 30 December 1818 at Treis an der Lumda, Giessen, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, d. at Germany
.....+Anna Margretha SCHÖN, b. circa 1820 at Germany, m. 27 December 1844 at Treis an der Lumda, d. at Germany
..........3 daughter GÖBEL, b. at Treis an der Lumda
..........+unknown LENZ
..........3 Johann Philipp GÖBEL, b. 18 September 1845 at Treis an der Lumda
..........+Katharina BECKER, b. circa 1851 at Germany, m. at Germany
...............4 Hermann GÖBEL, b. 02 March 1875 at 46 Foley Street, St Marylebone, London, England
...............+Katharina SCHWINDT, daughter of Philipp Heinrich SCHWINDT, b. circa 1881, m. 25 February 1906 at St Mary's German Lutheran
...............Church, Pancras, London
....................5 Hermann Philipp GÖBEL, b. 10 January 1907 at 53 York Street, St Marylebone
.........................6 living
....................5 Helena Catharina GÖBEL, b. 05 March 1909 at 53 York Street, St Marylebone
...............4 Philipp GÖBEL, b. 1877 at St Marylebone
...............+Elizabeth Emily JANAWAY, b. circa 1878
...............4 Elizabeth GÖBEL, b. circa February 1881 at Pancras
...............+Ferdinand Ernst SASSE, son of Ferdinand & Anna SASSE, b. 1878 at Islington, London, m. 1903 at Pancras
..........3 Elisabethe GÖBEL, b. 25 November 1848 at Treis an der Lumda, d. 26 March 1893 at National Hospital Queens Square, Holborn, London
..........+(1st) Edmond DUHAMEL, b. at France, m. circa 1871 at Paris, France, d. circa 1879 at England or France
...............4 child DUHAMEL, b. at Paris, d. at Paris
...............4 child DUHAMEL, b. at Paris, d. at Paris
...............4 Adèle Christine Desirée DUHAMEL, b. 18 September 1875 at Paris, France
...............+Henry DEAR, son of William DEAR & Sarah HITCHINER, b. 12 October 1877 at 37 Northam Street, Portsea Island, Hampshire, England,
...............m. 10 August 1909 at St John the Evangelist, Hornsey, London, d. 15 November 1923 at Memorial Hospital, North
...............Finchley, Barnet District, Middlesex
....................5 Marguerite Christine DEAR, b. 07 July 1910 at Muswell Hill, Hornsey, Middlesex, d. 10 October 2005 at Kendal, Cumbria
..........+(2nd) Emile Louis GAROT, son of Louis GAROT, b. between 1850 and 1854 at Belgium, m. 30 July 1881 at All Souls' Church,
..........St Marylebone, d. 19 September 1913 at City of Westminster Infirmary, Chelsea, London
..........3 Christine GÖBEL, b. 17 May 1851 at Treis an der Lumda
..........+Henrich WEIMER, son of John WEIMER, b. circa 1849 at Germany, m. 29 March 1874 at German Lutheran Church, Strand, London,
..........d. 1909 at Pancras, London
...............4 Elizabeth Christine WEIMER, b. 1874 at St Pancras, London
...............+Charles Henry Roy ST JOHN, son of John ST JOHN, b. circa 1878, m. 10 December 1904 at Register Office, Pancras
...............4 Emily Rebecca WEIMER, b. 1875 at Shoreditch, London
...............+Robert Edward WEBB, son of John WEBB, b. circa 1883, m. 12 December 1904 at Register Office, Islington
...............4 Heinrich Ernest WEIMER, b. 1877 at St Pancras
...............+Ellen Sarah HOLLAND, b. circa 1880 at St Pancras, m. 1898 at Fulham, London
....................5 Edward Henry WEIMER, b. 1898 at Fulham
....................5 Carl WEIMER, b. circa January 1901 at Fulham
....................5 Ellen Adèle WEIMER, b. 28 January 1903 at 56 Charrington Street, Somers Town, Pancras
...............4 Charles Edward WEIMER, b. circa February 1881 at Marylebone, London
...............+Ada Eliza HOWARD, daughter of George HOWARD, b. circa 1881, m. 06 October 1902 at Register Office, St Marylebone
...............4 Matilda Margaret WEIMER, b. 1889 at St Pancras
...............+John T. COOK, m. 1914 at St Pancras

Elisabethe GÖBEL was very close to her stepdaughter, Amelia, who believed Elisabethe to be her own mother.  Upon Elisabethe's death, Amelia discovered the truth and broke off relations with her family.  Her father, Elisabethe's second husband, Emile Louis GAROT, appears to have been a very colourful character from stories recalled by Elisabethe's daughter and granddaughter.

Emile Louis GAROT or GAROD, waiter and sometime restaurant owner, b. between 1850 and 1854 Belgium, son of Louis GAROT, a cook, d. 19 September 1913 at City of Westminster Infirmary, Chelsea, London
.....2 (?) Emile GAROT, b. 1875 Westminster, d. 18 August 1875 French Hospital 40a Lisle Street, Westminster "son of Emile GAROT
.....Coffeehouse Keeper" (no birth registered under the surname GAROT or GAROD)
+(1st) Justine Julie GILBERTAT, daughter of Ambroise GILBERTAT, b. circa 1860, m. 20 October 1879 Parish Church of St Anne Westminster,
d. 3 September 1880 29 Rathbone Place, St Marylebone, London
.....2 Julia Amelia GAROT*, known as Amelia, b. 18 August 1880 18 Golders Square, Westminster
.....+Edwin John SUMMERS, cabwasher, son of William SUMMERS, taxi-cab driver, b. circa 1887, m. 29 June 1912 Register Office, Fulham, London
+(2nd) Elisabeth GÖBEL, b. 25 November 1848 at Treis an der Lumda, d. 26 March 1893 National Hospital Queens Square, Holborn, London
+(3rd) Jessie Rose GILL, daughter of Archibald GILL, engineer, b. circa 1873 Scotland, m. 8 October 1893 St Luke, New Kentish Town, Pancras, London
.....2 Edith Jessie Rose GAROT, b. 19 August 1894 73 St Augustine's Road, Kentish Town, Pancras, London

*On 4 June 1905 a domestic servant named Minnie GAROT gave birth to a daughter, Mildred, at 4 King's Road, St Pancras.  Minnie GAROT was employed at 9 Bennett Street at the time.  Mildred died aged only three months on 26 September 1905 at 31 Eversholt Street, St Pancras, by which time her mother was living at 193 Albany Street, St Pancras. Could Minnie be a nickname for Amelia?  No one by this name appears on the 1901 census or in the Birth, Marriage and Death registration index for the time, and I have been unable to locate Amelia on the 1901 census.

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