GUNCKEL

The primary purpose of this site is to present information on the Gunckel, Gunckle, Gunkle, and Kunkel descendents and ancestors of a Johannes Gunckel who lived in Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania in the last half of the 1700’s. A secondary purpose is to collect information on descendents of other Gunckel, Gunckle, and Gunkle families. The documents shown here were updated on November 1, 2005. The updates were made to add a few more people, to add more reference detail, to add more information about the family of Jacob Gunkle of Pinegrove Township, to add the Houtz, Shuey, Emerick, Schaeffer, and Lorisch families as they lived near and intermarried with the Johannes Gunckel family, and to make other minor changes.

The most significant document relating to Johannes Gunckel is his will dated March 11, 1785 and proved on May 24, 1796 (Berks County Wills B.429 and 3.239). This will named his heirs as his wife, Margaret, and his children: John the eldest son, Jacob, Catherine wife of George Leonard Emmick, Michael, Anna Maria wife of Jacob Houtz, Daniel, Leonard, and Philip. As Leonard was deceased, his children, John and Catherine, were to receive his share.

Today, there are Gunckel and Gunckle descendents of his son Philip, his son Daniel, and his great-grandson Daniel who settled in the Germantown, Montgomery County, Ohio area. In addition, there are Gunkle descendents of his son Micheal who settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania, his grandson John (son of Leonard) who settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and his great-grandson Michael (grandson of Jacob) who settled in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. There are also Kunkel descendents of his great-grandsons Aaron and John (grandsons of Leonard). As estimated 30% to 40% of the Gunckel, Gunckle, and Gunkle families in the United States are descendents of Johannes Gunckel.

This site presents information about Johannes Gunckel and his descendents in two documents. One contains historical information on Johannes and his family. The other is a listing of the descendents of Johannes down to people born before 1900 to 1920. In many cases, information on later descendents is available and can be provided upon request. The two documents can be viewed in PDF or in WORD 2003 format by clicking on the words below (where the cursor changes into a hand). Viewing the documents in PDF format is quicker as one page at a time is downloaded. The WORD 2003 format could take 20 to 30 minutes to download with a modem, during which time the computer may appear to be not doing anything. The PDF files need the Acrobat Reader 5.0. A free copy of the Acrobat Reader 5.0 can be obtained at the download programs portion of the Adobe web site. A copy of the documents can be saved on your computer by using the FILE - SAVE AS menu option when viewing the document.

A copy of these documents can be obtained on a CD by e-mailing TomG@Gunckel.com with your name and address. If you include information on your ancestry, then a file with all of the descendants for your family can be included.

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Click here for: Information on Johannes Gunckel, PDF 5.0, 2.7Mbyte, 4/1/02

Click here for: Information on Johannes Gunckel, WORD 2000, 4.9 Mbyte 4/1/02

Click here for: Descendents of Johannes Gunckel, PDF 5.0, 3.7 Mbyte, 4/1/02

Click here for: Descendents of Johannes Gunckel, WORD 2000, 1.0 Mbyte, 4/1/02

Messages can be left at the E-mail address: TomG@Gunckel.com

Another source of information on Gunkel/Kunkel/Conkel etc. families is: James E. Kunkle, 2479 Chase Street, Edgewater, CO 80214-1228. Jim has a CD with 45,000 names on it. Write to Jim to obtain a copy.