| ![Show Contents]() Junkers History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Germany
Etymology of JunkersWhat does the name Junkers mean? The distinguished name Junkers is derived from the Middle Dutch word "jonhheer", from "jong(h)" meaning "young" and "heer" meaning "master, lord". Thus the name can literally be translated as "young master", a term used of a member of the European nobility who had not yet assumed knighthood. More recently in South Africa, the name is frequently seen as a forename. The surname Junkers and its variants are generally believed to be of nickname origin Early Origins of the Junkers familyThe surname Junkers was first found in various regions of the Netherlands with the earliest record of this surname or a variant dating back to the thirteenth century when Berthold and Burchard dicti Junkerer were citizens of Uberlingen in 1295. In 1373, Niclaus Junkherr was a citizen of Fussen. Jonker Walk, located in the Chinatown area in Malacca City in the state of Malacca, Malaysia dates back to colonial times in the in the 17th century when Dutch influence in the are was at its zenith. The Jonker diamond was found at the Elandsfontein mine in South Africa by Johannes Jacobus Jonker on 17 January 1934. Early History of the Junkers familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Junkers research. Another 56 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1295, 1373, 1618, 1641, 1655 and 1797 are included under the topic Early Junkers History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Junkers Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Jonker, Jonkers, Yonkers, Younker, Younkers, Junker and many more. Early Notables of the Junkers familyKarl Ludwig Juncker (d. 1797), a well-known German writer.
Adriaen Cornelissen van der Donck (c.1618-1655) was a Dutch lawyer, born in the town of Breda in the southern Netherlands. He emigrated to New...
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| Junkers migration to the United States | + |
Junkers Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Georg Junkers, aged 29, who landed in New York, NY in 1889 1
- Magdalena Junkers, aged 23, who arrived in New York, NY in 1889 1
- Paulina Junkers, aged 25, who landed in New York, NY in 1889 1
- Peter Junkers, aged 24, who arrived in New York, NY in 1889 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Junkers (post 1700) | + |
- Hugo Junkers (1859-1935), German aircraft engineer, designed the first successful all metal airplane (1915)
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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