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JUNOD
(known as coming from from "Jeunot" -
youngish*): This surname finds its origin
(XIVth
century) in a few villages of Neuchâtel
and Vaud counties. A 14th century document
found notes "Junod" as a first
name (Marin-Epagnier, Neuchâtel county).
Junod
ethymology
Germain
Hausmann, genealogist proposes the following ethymology:
Junod
is a first name which comes from Jeannod, little Jean.
In a text (in French) from Matile, there is first the mention
of a Johannier which is called some lines further
Juxnier (Matile, Georges Auguste, Monuments
of the History of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel 1844,
T.I, p. 178 and 181, act n° 210 dating about 1280).
Junier thus seems to be a slang form of Jeannier (via
Juxnier). If one proceeds
in the
same way with Johannod, that would give Junod (via Juxnod).
The
"Armorial valaisan, Zürich, 1846" confirms
the above, stating :
"GENOUD,
Genod, Genoz, Genau, Genaud, Ginoud, Ginod, Ginot, Ginodus,
Ginodi,
Junod, Jenod, from the ancient first name Jennod, derived from Johannodus [Jeannod],
short for Jean ...."
Auvernier
Auvernier & Junod*
*(Armorial
Tripet & Colin - 1707. Variation : silver instead of gold)
We
find in this village the roots of different
branches : Junod, Junod-dit-Banderet,
Junod-dit-Chauvillier and Junod-dit-Lauxerrois.
For those last two surnames, it seems that one of them at least does not find
its roots in the surname Junod.
A
little under 1300 people have been
transcribed, first from the first known:
Jaquet Droge alias Junod - towards
the end of the 15th century
until the middle of the 17th century,
then from the end of the 18th until
2000.
I
am in touch with the descendants of one branch which emigrated to
the USA: Jean Louis & his wife Cécile Jutzeler and had
the pleasure to welcome Louis, Forrest, Tom & his parents during
their visit to Auvernier. Read
more on the history of this lineage following this link.
This
extinct branch of Junod that originated
before from the village of Boudevilliers,
in the same county (before the 15th
century).
Short
of 100 people were transcribed since
its roots : Jehan Junod, who came from
Boudevilliers gave the branch later
known as Junod-dit-Jeanneret,
extinguished since the 19th century
- and Junod d'Estochet whose ancestor
Perroud Estochet recognizes properties
in Cornaux in 1375.
*(Armorial
neuchâtelois: Notary I. Huguenin - 1660)
Roots
and commune of origin of my branch
with information on over 16'000 individuals,
descendants or allies of Gérard
and Pernette (his wife), born Guerrier
- who lived at the very beginning of
the 16th century.
The
following Junod appear at the same
generation level as Pernette's father:
Neighbor
of Lignières but in bernese
territory, research this spring of
1998 allowed us to go back to the 16th
century, with some difficulty however
: the documents available did not always
allow us to link the individuals with
a very high level of confidence.
Extinct
in Nods, a descendant line is the base
of the roots found in Wavre, NE. For
those two villages, we have on records
over 250 individuals.
Branch
which originates from NODS, neighbor
village of Lignières but located
in county Bern. Simon Pierre Junod,
from Nods, naturalized in this country
(Wavre). Lives in Vilars for 5 years
where he held a cabaret (bar) during
2 years.
