Re: Johannas Younger Family Tree Book
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In reply to:
Johannas Younger Family Tree Book
Scott Haberkorn 7/05/02
This is a record mostly of the descendants of Peter Younger and Margaret Mermis. The Youngers came to this country in 1876 from Herzog, Russia to better themselves religiously, politically, and economically. Many other Germans from the Volga River area near Saratov, Russia, did the same.
This work is not complete. It is an abridged form because the authors put together just what they could find in the church censuses of the several parishes that were available to them, and what they learned from the interviews with Rose and Clara Younger of Munjor, Kansas, and from family charts.
Most of the families have five and six generations. Only one family that of Alois Younger and Mathilda Hertel has all the descendants--seven generations.
Concerning the spelling of the name Younger, there are four variations: Junker, Yunker, Younker, and Younger. The various church records have one or the other spelling, yet all these people are related in a few instances even the sibling’s use different spellings.
The Younger's
Younger. ? M?
BORN
DIED Russia DIED Russia
P: P:
(John) Peter--1805? m Margaret Mermis
Mathias--stayed in Russia
Michael--DIED in Brazil MARRIED Margaretha Meier
Fr. Raphael Engel, O.F.MARRIED Cap. In his "The JoSEPTEMBERh Engel Family"
writes:
Turning to the village of Herzog, Russia we meet a few families by the name of Younger or Junker, one of whom was Peter and his wife Margaret nee Mermis. His father was known to mother as mentioned above, our great great grandfather. Unfortunately his name is not known. The children of Peter Younger were: Martin, our grandfather, born AUGUST. 10, 1834, Andrew, John Peter, Margaret, Francis and Agnes. The last mentioned did come to this country with the family. Peter Younger had several brothers, one of whom was Mathias who remained in Russia. Only one of his descendants later came to America. Another brother, Michael, migrated tot Brazil with his family. He died there are his descendants came to Ellis County settling for the most part in Hays, Kansas.