64. Hans JUNCKER
On the Younker name: According to Herr Professor Doktor PaulCascorbi, in "Die deutschen Familiennamen geschichtlich, geographisch,sprachlich," Halle, Buchhandlung des Waisenshauses, copyright 1925, page234, the etymology of the word and name comes from an occupation and hasroots to at least 1350--to what is known as Middle High German in thelatter part of the Dark Ages. The name derives from anoccupation--squire--which in German is "der Junker." It comes from "JungHerr"--the young man apprenticed to serve a knight. The name is spelledstarting with a "J." It is Junker, sometimes Juncker closer to northeastFrance (sometimes referred to as aligned with Nassau-Saarwerden). Closerto Alsace and Lorraine the German-French mix was "Juncherre" accountingfor the "c" in the middle for families near there.