Gerhard Amandus Junk (1859 - 1919)

Born 21 Feb 1859 in Wustweiler, Illingen, Neunkirchen, Saarland, Deutschland

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Died 1 Sep 1919 at age 60 in Setauket, Suffolk, New York

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Biography

Gerhard was born 1859 in Wustweiler, the son of royal forester Gerhard Junk and Louise Roeder. His 1882 emigration record from the Saar says that he was a miner, and that he left Germany with 500 Marks, a huge amount of money for a 23 year old. Somehow he learned the trade of a gilder, a person who covers things to look like gold, between the time he left the Saar in December 1882 and arrived in New York in March 1883.

Gerhard married Frieda Seeger early 1889 in Manhattan and they had 7 children together between 1891 and 1912:

Louise, born 1891 in Brooklyn

Theodore, born 1893 in Manhattan

Bertha, born 1898 in Manhattan

Emily, born 1902 in Queens

Leonore, born 1906 in Queens

Arthur, born 1908 in Setauket

Gertrude, born 1911 in Setauket

By 1900 Gerhard and family had moved to Queens where he became a United States citizen in 1904. In 1907 they moved 45 miles east to Setauket where Gerhard died in 1919 at the age of 60 years old.

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Sources

• WikiTree profile Junk-17 created on 5 Nov 2012 by Mark Swanson.

• Familienbuch der Pfarrei und Burgermeisterei Illingen von 1689 bis 1904 von Hugo Gerber, Merchweiler, 1998, acquired by Mark Swanson 1 May 2008.
• Ancestry.com, New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1897, acquired by Mark Swanson 12 May 2008.
• New York Municipal Archives, New York, NY 10007-1210, Marriage Licenses, acquired by Mark Swanson 31 Mar 1997.
• Ancestry.com, US Census, 1900 & 1910, US Naturalization, acquired by Mark Swanson 12 May 2008.
• Ancestry.com, NY Census, 1915, acquired by Mark Swanson 26 Dec 2015.
• Town Clerk, Brookhaven, One Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738, death certificate, acquired by Mark Swanson 25 Apr 1997.
• Mergen, Josef. Die Auswanderungen aus den ehemals preussischen Teilen des Saarlandes im 19. Jahrhundert (II) - Emigrations from the former Prussian part of Saarland in the 19th century: Die Auswanderer. Saarbrücken: Institut für Landeskunde im Saarland, 1987. 646p. (Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Landeskunde im Saarland, Band 28); page 38, entry 226, acquired 18 May 2017.