Junker

Associated Colonies
Place of origin
Lieblos, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
Description

Johann Conrad Junker (son of Johannes Junker from Rothenbergen) and Wilhelmina Henrietta Schleucher (daughter of Johann Michael and Anna Catharina Schleucher) married in Lieblos on 16 June 1746. Among their childrena, all born in Lieblos, were: Eleonora Friedrica, born 7 June, baptized 11 June 1747; Elisabeth, born 7 October, baptized 10 October 1749; and Johann Heinrich, born 11 March, baptized 14 March 1751.  
  
The Junker family arrived in Russia on 9 August 1766, on the same ship as the Heil and Engel families who also settled in Balzer. After their arrival in Russia, Eleonora Junker married Conrad Heil. Conrad Junker died at some point during the journey to the villages, and Wilhelmina married Heinrich Becker. 

Johann Conrad Heil and Eleonora Junker are reported on the Balzer First Settler's List in Household #92. Heinrich Becker, Wilhelmina, and the two younger Junker siblings are reported in Household #103.  

Sources

- Parish records of Gründau (including Mittelgründau, Niedergründau, Rothenbergen, Lieblos, Roth, and Gettenbach) on Archion.de
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010) p. 261 
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 1 (Göttingen: Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 1999): p. 103

Researchers
Wayne H. Bonner
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