Johann Michael* Jung (May 13, 1802 – December 9, 1879) was born in Rumbach, Germany. Johann would be the great great grandfather of Edna Carol Young.
Johann was the second oldest child and the oldest son in a family of 5 children. His older sister, Philippina Jung was born December 23, 1800. Johann Michael* Jung and his family were the immigrants who transplanted our Jung/Young family from Germany to America. Like many immigrants, the Jung family name was Americanized to “Young” after getting settled in their new home.
The Jung family in Germany had been a family of weavers. Michael was born at a time when the Kingdom of Prussia (‘Germany’ was founded in 1871) was divided into over 300 small states and principalities. But Napoleon had also risen to power and was in the process of conquering most of Europe. Life was hard. By the time Michael was 4 years old, Prussia was overrun and allied with the Austrian Hapsburg Empire against the French in the Napoleonic Wars. In 1812, Napolean was defeated. The Kingdom of Prussia was consolidated into a few larger states and a police-state government was established that repressed the population. The Congress of Vienna convened in 1814 and founded the German Confederation (Deutscher Bund), a loose league of 39 sovereign states.
- Before Germany became one nation in 1871.
According to the German Church records translated by Dr. Shirley Harmon, the date of birth for Michael Young was May 23, 1802. Also, the date of marriage in this reference is given as November 2, 1827 in Rumbach, Germany. Michael married Catharina Barbara* Brubach (March 10, 1801 – March 12, 1890)
In 1854 (his mother Maria Elisabeth* Rucklos (1779 – 1852) had recently died), Michael converted all of the family’s assets into cash and emigrated to America. Over the preceding 2 or 3 decades many Prussian families from his community had already emigrated. Michael immigrated to a new German colony of his peers in Ohio.
Mr. Harrington found a document titled “Passenger and Immigration Lists Index” in the Carnegie Library at the University of Pittsburgh, PA, the following entry: aboard the ship REGULATOR from Havre to New York on 04 August 1854: Michel Jung age 50, Barba age 50, Salome age 18, Caroline age 20.
From the 1860 Federal Census for Summit Twp., Monroe Co.; enumerated 10 July 1860 by Michael Shaeffer [all born in Bavaria, Germany]: Michael Joung (sic), age 54, farmer, Bavaria; Marget Joung, age 53, Bavaria; Sarah Joung, age 22, Bavaria. The Kingdom of Bavaria is one state in Kingdom of Prussia.
Enumerated after Michael Joung: Frederick Joung, age 30, Laborer, Bavaria AND Eva Pfeiffer Joung, age 22
Note: Frederick Joung (above) is the son of Michael Young and Catharina Barbara Brubach . Frederick married Ephraim (Eva) Pfeiffer, their the parents of Heinrich (Henry) Young and grandparents of Edward Henry Young.
The records of the Johann Michael* Jung lie on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. The family records before 1854 being in Germany and after 1854 largely in Monroe County, Ohio.
Dick Harrington wrote, “Through leads provided by what became known to me as the “Brubach” book, I discovered the major key to our European Jung line. Ironically, at the time, I was searching for Carolina Brubach (May 4, 1830 – February 27, 1912), the wife of Oscar Frank, my grandfather William Young’s father. It was there that I found the Jung – Brubach link. Johann Michael* Jung (May 13, 1802 – December 9, 1879) had married Catharina Barbara* Brubach (March 10, 1801 – March 12, 1890). The author of the “Brubach” book which is actually titled, “Brubach Beginnings — William Edward Brubach, His Ancestors, and …. Me!” written by Susan (Brubach) (Mulherin) Ferguson put me in contact with Rev. Dennis A. Kastens, Pastor of the Peace Lutheran Church at 5101 Kings Park Dr., St. Louis, MO 63129. Rev. Kastens has researched most of the families from the Rumbach and surrounding areas as well as much of the Switzerland records from which our Swiss family derives.”
“On October 25, 1997 I received a telephone and telefax from Rev. Dennis A. Kastens in response to my letter to him of only about 3 days earlier. In his letter, that he faxed, he stated the following, “Michael Jung, June 13, 1802, who married Nov. 1, 1827 Catharina Barbara Brubach, Immigrated 1854 to America. His mother was a Rucklos whose maternal lines stem from Annweiler (surname Kammacher), however, the Kammachers originally were from Lenk, Switzerland.”
The 1870 U.S. Federal Census lists Michael Young, 68 years old, from Bavaria as a weaver. The death record of Michael Young lists his date of death as Dec 9, 1879. His age on this date was 77 years, 5 months and 26 days. Back calculating his date of birth from the death record data does not agree with the German record of his birth date by one month. It would appear that his age should have been given as 77 years, 6 months and 26 days. This might have been a simple mistake made at the time his age was calculated. I use the date of birth which came from information that was supplied on his family page by Rev. Kastens.
The purchase of the Michael Jung/Young 80 acre farm was found in the Index of the Deed Books #2, page 467 in the Monroe County Recorders Office the Courthouse in Woodsfield, Ohio. In this Index it is stated that Michael Jung/Young bought 80 acres of land (R6 T5 S28 — parts of E half of SW qtr. and SW qtr. of SE qtr.) from Herman Hahn on Oct 11, 1855. The full deed for this transaction can be found in Deed Book # 15, page 286.
As a side note, Dick wrote, “A 39 acre property bought and sold by Nicholas Young is in Wayne Township, Monroe County. And, here is an interesting coincidence which I doubt is really a coincidence. In 1854 Michael Young, his son, Frederick Young and 3 female members of that family, immigrated to Monroe County. In 1855, Michael Young bought 80 acres in the same area where Nicholas Young’s 40 acre farm was located. In fact, Michael’s and Nicholas’ farms touched at the corners. I find this too much of a coincidence to be a coincidence. I suspect that Nicholas and Michael may have even been related. This is wild speculation on my part but it was common for immigrants to move into areas where they already had kin. This probably needs to be further researched since it could add to our understanding of the movements of our Jung/Young ancestors.”