Other
researched origins and roots...
Graubünden
county (Switzerland)
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Riein |
One
branch acquired the citizenship of Riein, county Graubünden, in the
Alps near Chur. I conducted some research to determine their previous
origin - either from county Vaud or Neuchâtel. These were not successful
yet as all records from Riein burned down in the mid 1800's.
Living
descendants of Simon Junod et Susanna Gollman (ca 1806 - 1892) reside
today mainly in or around Naples (Italy), France and the USA.
Select
this link (site of the Commune of Riein)
Eternoz
(France)
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Eternoz |
Survey
conducted in France, in the USA and other countries all lead to a Swiss
origin of the JUNOD families established in those countries. For some
of the USA residents, the fact that their ancestors may have emigrated
to the USA after a short stay in France - or simply using France as
a transit country to embark in Le Havre - sometimes started the "legend" of
a french origin.
For
the spelling JUNOT, found mainly in France, while the origin of this
Surname is not known to me for the time being, we
can establish that there are far less families with this spelling
than the ones with "D" and that we did find at one occasion a transcription
error (XVIIIth Century) in official documents, transforming a JUNOD
into a JUNOT.
However,
we do find one branch in France where the Swiss origins have not (yet
?) been established, which originates from the village of Eternoz (Doubs)
back until 1600 to Claude "Junoz" and where numerous descendants
are alive today.
This
work was made available thanks to long and difficult
research
by Marie
Thérèse Junod and Michel Junod.
Select
this link (Wikipédia - French)
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