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This presentation traces the Christian and Joachim Hünerjäger families from Pomerania in the 18th century to Wisconsin and Indiana into the 1930s.
In Germany, the family name spelled their name Hünerjäger or Huhnerjaeger.
It combines the words: Hüner = partridge, and Jäger = hunter.
In the United States, the spelling of the name changed to:
Honeyager (Wisconsin), Hunerjager (Wisconsin), and Huneryager (Indiana).
Barbara and Dale Burnell have an excellent Honeyager/Huhnerjaeger genealogy on www.rootsweb.com . (Go to the Family Tree section.) They have supplied most of the old family photos used here.
Corrections and additions may be sent to:
Charles L. Thiesenhusen, M.D.
108 NW 44th Street, Kansas City, MO 64116
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Descendents of Johann Frederick Ludwig Hünerjäger
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Highlights: yellow = Immigrants to America; blue =Born in America.
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By the 10th cent. A.D., when its recorded history began, Pomerania was inhabited by Slavic tribes. It was conquered by Boleslaus I (992–1025) of Poland but became an independent duchy early in the 11th cent. Poland regained control in the 12th cent. and introduced Christianity.
The country was split into two principalities. Pomerelia, as E
Pomerania came to be known, became independent in 1227, was annexed to
Poland in 1294, and was taken in 1308–9 by the Teutonic Knights, who
incorporated it into their domain in East Prussia.
Pomerania was a vast
state in Prussian Empire in the 19th century. After World War II,
Pomerania was split in two areas separated by the Oder River.
The Eastern area (Hinterpomern) became part of modern Poland and Kaliningrad (Russia).
The Western area (Vorpomern) remained under German rule. The northwestern region became part the modern state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. - This is where the Hünerjäger family lived before they came to America.
Read more about Pomerania:
Its History
A map from 1897
More History
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1897 Pomerania-Mecklenburg Map
The former boundary between Mecklenburg and Pomerania ran thru the middle of Kummerower See (Kummerow Lake).
The Hünerjäger family villages were in Kreis Demmin (Demmin County), immediately northeast of the lake. (Circled)
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 The Johann Frederick Ludwig Hünerjäger family lived in Lindenhof, formerly known as Käsecke (or Käseke). The church they attended was in Schönfeld, in Verchen Parish, west of their home in Lindenhof.
Previous generations of the Hünerjäger family lived in Grammentin, about seven miles south of Lindenhof. There are still Hünerjäger families there today, mostly on the south end Kummerow Lake.
The family of Sophia Timm, Christian Hünerjäger’s wife, was from Trittelwitz, about two miles north of Schönfeld.
The Ernest Hünerjäger family, a distant relation that lived in Cleveland, Ohio in 1900, immigrated in 1891 from Alt Kenzlin just east of Grammentin.
See today's Google map of:
Grammentin
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 Jabel, 1797
Most church records from Pomerania are not available on microfilm. They are only available to researchers at local German parishes with the consent of the minister.
This is an example of a church record for a distant cousin from nearby Jabel, Mecklenburg. It states that:
Christian Carl Frederick, son of Christian Hünerjäger and Catharina Dorothia Springenfeld, was born
27 January and baptized 29 February 1797, followed by the sponsor’s names.
(Note: “Huenerjäger” is highlighted in yellow.)
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1849 Demmin, Germany - Baptism Record |
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This is an example of a parish record of another distant Honeyager cousin 50 years later.
It is from the same county in Pomerania where our family originated.
The baptism record is from Demmin County in 1849: Column 1: (entry number) 249.
Column 2: (father) Karl Gustav Frederick Virgils; Tagelöhner (day laborer); A.L. Nr.64 (family number) Column 3: (mother) Hanna Catharina Hünerjäger
Column 4: (daughter) Johanna Maria Caroline
Column 5: born 17 October (1849) at 10 o’clock.
Note: Another member of the Virgils family lived in the same village as our ancestors,
and sailed to America on the same ship with the Martin Christian Hünerjäger family.
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1871 German Census, Kasecke Village |
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Christian and Joachim Hünerjäger,
our ancestors, were from Käsecke,
Demmin County. Pomerania.
(Today, the village is known as Lindenhof.)
The census shows that in 1871,
the village had 24 households with
140 residents. Four years earlier, the
village had 149 residents.
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This is a contemporary photo of Kummerow Lake (» Kummerower See «)
near Lindenhof (Käsecke) and Grammentin.
Other links about the area:
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Church Grammentin, Germany |
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 Johann Friederick Hünerjäger, Christian and Joachim’s father was from Grammentin, which is a few miles south of Lindenhof (Käsecke).
This is a photo of Grammetin Church where earlier Hünerjäger families worshiped.
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