My relatives came from Baden-Baden, Germany. They arrived in New York aboard the ship Connecticut on May 23, 1855. Michael, wife Frances, sons Florian/Lorenz, Alexander, and Johann (my Great-grandfather). They settled in New York, New Jersey, Ohio, and Arkansas. I have information I would be happy to share. I have no specific information going back to Germany and would love to have some help in this area. Thanks!

are we related??? all I have ever heard is that the name used to be spelled junker, but was changed to yunker and that they came from germany, and that the name was an airplane engine or something??? would love to hear from you.
my daddy is albert yunker, and his daddy was charles yunker and was a fireman....

I have not come across an Albert Yunker but there is a Charles in our family tree. As far as I know he did not have children. I have attached a picture. Does it look familiar?
Keep in touch.

no none of them look familiar,,,,,,I should have said he was one of 5 brothers,,, and I think they were all from here in nashville tennessee or a close county,,, thanks so much for the picture, it was nice to look at it........

have a great new year...

Did find another Charles. He would have been a son of my great-grandfather's brother. They went from Ohio to Arkansas. Charles then moved to California and had a son, Charles. I have not confirmed but I think my great-great grandfather Michael had brothers who came to America. Maybe somewhere along the line I will find a connection. Good to hear from you. Happy New Year!

thanks for the information, you would think with a last name like that , we would all be related......

have a great new year

Yes you would think we are all related, but we spell our name thus: Yuncker. There are a bunch in Ohio and Michigan and I think Wisconsin, all with the C" in their name, I think. At least the Mich and Ohio ones do. My family is f rom Alsace, France.

thanks for the information I did not know there was a name spelled like that. you must have trouble with that spelling, you wouldnt believe the way mine is spelled now, usually with an extra letter of o or an s at the end..... yours is german also??

Marcia, One of the men in the picture that you posted looked a lot like my father. My Junkers were from Berlin and emigrated to Canada in the 1940's during ww2. Could we be related? My grandfather's name was Fritz Junker or Fred Junker. His wife was Charlotte Junker (nee: Keller). I don't know a lot about the family and would love to know more.

Charli.

Do you have anymore pictures of the Yunker family? You can email me at charlijunker@hotmail.com

Thanks, Charli.