The roots of the ancient and distinguished German surname Juntha lie in the province of Westphalia. The name is metronymic in origin, deriving from the female personal name "Judith," Hebrew for "of Judah." It is likely that the original bearer of the name was the child of a woman named Judith.
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Early Origins of the Juntha family
The surname Juntha was first found in Westphalia, where the name is thought to have first emerged. The earliest known bearer of the name was Volmarus filius Junta, who was a resident of Basel in 1290. The young Juntha family was instrumental in the development of medieval Westphalian society, and played a major role in the early history of the region.
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Early History of the Juntha family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Juntha research. Another 142 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1290, 1434, 1718, 1848 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Juntha History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Juntha Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Jundt, Judith, Junth, Junta, Juntlin, Jüntlin and many more.
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Early Notables of the Juntha family
Notables of the period with the name Juntha were
Charles Auguste Jundt (1848-1890), a religious historian from Alsace, and the Juntha family of Strassburg, who was ennobled during the Middle Ages
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Migration of the Juntha family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Hans Georg Jundt and his wife Anna Maria, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1731 with their four children; George Jundt, who was naturalized in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1761.
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