Person:Johan Gunkel (1)

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  1. Johan Georg Gunkel1769 - 1854
  1. Elizabeth Kunkel1793 - 1866
  2. Peter George Kunkel1804 - 1858
  3. John Kunkle1815 - 1896
Facts and Events
Name Johan Georg Gunkel
Alt Name George Kunkel
Gender Male
Birth? 9 Nov 1769 Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage to Anna Catharina Dotterer
Death? 1 Aug 1854 Polk, Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States
Burial? Salem Church Cemetery, Gilbert, Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States
References
  1.   Johan Georg Gunkel, in Find A Grave.

    Gunkel is a variation of Kunkel. Known as Georg or George but not as Johan or John.

    Father: John George Kunkle 1741-1811 Mother: Esther Kunkle 1745-1774 ?

    History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Its Families; Charles Rhoads Roberts, John Baer Stoudt, Thomas H. Krick, William Joseph Dietrich, Lehigh valley publishing Company, Limited, 1914, Volume II, Page 757:

    "George Kunkel lived for a time in Lower Saucon township, in Lehigh county, and while there married Sarah Dotterer. They moved to Polk township, in Monroe county, Pa., settling on a wild tract of land about half a mile from Kresgeville and on this land they built the first log house. He cleared the land and they lived there until their death. They assisted in building the Pleasant Valley Church. He died in the year 1855, at the age of eighty-two years, and she died in her ninety-ninth year. Their children were: Abraham, George, Elizabeth (m. Joseph Serfass, who had twenty-one children), Joseph, Barbara (m. Aaron Schaffer), Kate (m. Abraham Christian), Dinah (m. Adam Beer), Mrs. Winter, Susanna (burned to death when she was eighteen years old), Mrs. Smith, Peter, Adam, John, and Sallie (m. George Kresge)."

    Family Members
    Spouse
    Anna Catharina Dotterer Kunkle
    1773–1870

    Children
    George Kunkel
    1796–1876
    Peter George Kunkel
    1804–1858
    Adam Kunkel
    1812–1888
    John Kunkle
    1815–1896

  2.   1840 United States Federal Census.

    Name: George Kuncle
    Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Chestnuthill, Monroe, Pennsylvania
    Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
    Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
    No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
    Total Free White Persons: 2
    Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 2

  3.   Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    Polk.

    George Runkle 80
    Catharine Runkle 78

  4.   Pennsylvania, U.S., Deaths, 1852-1854.

    Name: George Kunkel
    Gender: Male
    Age: 84
    Birth Date: abt 1770
    Birth Place: Chestnuthill, Pennsylvania
    Death Date: 1 Aug 1854
    Death Place: Polk Township, Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA
    Father: George Kunkel
    Spouse: Catharine Runkel

  5.   Johann Georg Kunkel, in Geneanet Community Trees Index.

    Name: Johann Georg Kunkel
    Gender: M (Male)
    Birth Date: 9 nov. 1769 (9 Nov 1769)
    Birth Place: Hamilton Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Death Date: 31 août 1854 (31 Aug 1854)
    Death Place: Gilbert, Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Father: Johann Georg Kunkel
    Mother: Ester Kunkel
    Spouse: Anna Catharina Dotterer
    Child:
    Abraham Konkle
    Adam Kunkel
    Barbara Kunkel
    Catharine Kunkel
    Christiana Kunkel
    Elizabeth Kunkel
    George Kunkel
    Johann 'John' Kunkel
    Joseph Kunkel
    Margaret Kunkel
    Maria Kunkel
    Peter George Kunkel
    Sarah Kunkel
    Susanna Kunkel

    [Married in August 1792, Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, to Anna Catharina Dotterer 1773-1870
    ...
    Individual Note
    In 1812, George purchased a tract of 265 acres and 20 perches of his deceased father's land in Chestnuthill Twp, for $1190. He also received an inheritance of about $390 from his fathers estate.

    Family story found in GENEALOGICAL and BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY of LEHIGH COUNTY, PA - by: Charles Rhoads Roberts, - Volume II, (1914), page 755 - 758.]

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