I have a great grandfather, Charles Frederick Apel, born 1863 in Germany. Could they have been brothers? Or, could they be related? My great, grandfather immigrated in 1884 to the U.S.A. and lived in Kearney, Hudson County, New Jersey. Please respond if you have any of this information in common. Thank you, Kathy Apel Sorenson
P.S. My mother and brothers and sisters live in Texas, mostly in the Austin area.