Although the Finzel family isn't in my genealogy database, my cousin in Germany advises a Finzel family left her village in 1853, heading to somewhere in the U.S. I did find in "Germans to America", the family which I think she refers to, as they appeared to be traveling with distant relatives of mine. The Finzel family mentioned, arrived in the U.S. on June 1, 1853. They were:
Joh. G. Finzel, age 37, mason
Anna Finzel, 33, wife
Margaretha Finzel, age 9
Joh. Finzel, age 4
Anna Finzel, age 2
I'm not sure where in the U.S. this family settled although my relatives ended up in MI. Do the above names sound familiar to anyone?