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29696. Johannes
Jurg KUNKEL was born in 1565 in Glasshouse, Neuhutten, Germany.
He died in 1640 in Glasshouse, Neuhutten, Germany. The Kunkel
family, up to today, are still primarily concentrated in the area of the Spessart
Mountain range, a largely wooded area in the heart of Germany. Existence of an
early Glass house in the Spessart area was mentioned in a document dated 22 August
1349. The area was under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Mainz.
The Union Letter (Bundesbrief) of 1537 lists two KUNKEL's, namely Jurge (George)
and Hentze Kunkel, and in a later revision dated 24 February 1559, again two
KUNKEL's - George and Friedrich Kunkel.
It is evident that there are links, as the Glass making was only carried
down in the same families. This earliest known generation has only one mentioning
of this earliest known family that was put together from the Parish register
records received from a researcher in Germany, and combined with the data on
the I.G.I. Index at the LDS Library in SLC, Utah, and the earliest records on
file at the LDS Library on this Germany family.
Much research is still need to fill out all the missing information, however
I have been told that Genealogy Records beyond this point is next to impossible
to find, due to all the Wars that took place in this country. The "Thirty
Years War (1618-1648) destroyed many Church records throughout Germany. So many
records have been destroyed, and to find a cemetery with head stones that can
be read, after 500 years has gone by, I'd feel that it would be impossible to
find anything.
The first two generations of this book, I have recorded these Kunkel family
members, because the records out of Germany said they were family, and the records
out of the LDS Library said they were family, and they all lived and died in
the same place, so I feel that these families should also be listed in this book
of KUNKEL records, along with their descendants that are much better recorded
with dates and locations. (JEK - 2000)
The KUNKEL surname means distaff. A staff on which fibers such as flax
or wool are wound before being spun into thread.
As you study the descendants of of these families, you will find that there
were many intermarriages, which were rather common. Men had limited ways to meet
eligible mates, and usually could not go farther than they could walk or ride
horseback to court. When there were family get-togethers they met women who just
happened to be related in one way or another. 29697. Elisabeth
Christina HOUSER was born in 1573 in Glasshouse, Neuhutten, Germany.
She died in 1633 in Glasshouse, Neuhutten, Germany. Children were:
| i. | Johann Nicolaus KUNKEL was born in 1593
in Glasshouse, Neuhutten, Germany. | 14848 | ii. | Johann
Georg KUNKEL. | | iii. | Johann
Michael KUNKEL was born in 1600 in Glasshouse, Neuhutten, Germany.
He died on 15 May 1676 in Glasshouse, Neuhutten, Germany. | | iv. | Franz KUNKEL
was born in 1605 in Glasshouse, Neuhutten, Germany. All the descendants
of this KUNKEL family were glassblowers. Records came from Herbert Kunkel of
Germany. E-Mail: [email protected] (As of July 2000). He has no documentation,
only records from his family notes passed down and written topics of the early
glass-making people. | | v. | Jonas
GUNKEL was born in 1610 in Glasshouse, Neuhutten, Germany. He
died in 1682 in Wickenrode, Germany. | | vi. | Lorenz KUNKEL was born in 1615 in Glasshouse, Neuhutten,
Germany. He died in Biebergau, Unterfranken, Bav. Germany. |
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