JUCH FAMILY

Coat of Arms provided by Filippus (Flip) Jacob Wolfgang Juch

Please visit Flip's Home Page at <http://home.planet.nl/~fjwjuch>

Onomatology is the study of names.

The word is derived from Greek ονομα (onoma) which means "name"

Possible Onomatology of the surname JUCH

Provided by Dr. Dr. Wilfried Hartmann

The explanation referring to "Joch" = pass , notch , saddle formed lower part of the ridge of a mountain seems possible to denote people who live(d) there. Another explanation takes it for possible that there is a relation to an old word for "judge", especially for names like "Juchter". Here a Frisian origin is supposed. Another explanation claims that Juch in the medieval and earlier times meant "water". I couldn't prove this up to now. But there is some evidence that it refers to a sort of liquid. The "Deutsches Wörterbuch" written by the Grimm brothers, knows Juche, Juch as a word for Soup, like jus., with a later turn to a more unpleasant meaning "Jauche" = liquid manure.

The most often cited professor of Onomastics in germany, prof. Udolph from the University of Leipzig sees a strong relation to the southern German word for yoke, the wooden structure with which two oxen are connected and sees in the name an indication to a man, who owned a piece of land, two oxen could plough in a day.

Another view provided by Huilbert Visser;

The origin of the name Juch or Joch is for sure coming from the south of Germany. Bergjoch and the place name Joch at the Kochelsee (Lake Kochel) in Bayern/south Germany. For reasons of hearing(Phoneticaly) the "o" changed in "ou" and "au" and so came out of Joch also "Jouch" and " Jauch", but not everywhere. A lot of books on names except however "Joachim". (this is more or less the same as in France with "Yeurch"). Dr. Barlow(German Lexicon for names) based himself on the asumption that the name "Juch" or "Joch" is related with a surface name "juch" or "joch".

EARLY JUCH MIGRATION IN GERMANY

The following is written with very limited knowledge but with some family records mostly provided by Dixie Gremlich, Janny & Huibert Visser-Juch, Filippus Jacob Wolfgang Juch (Flip) and by Fredy & Gerhardt Richter. My thanks to each for their help for without this help this introduction would not be possible. These are assumptions based upon these records and are certainly not 100% accurate!

In an attempt to place some perspective on the JUCH FAMILY surname during the 17^th through 19^th centurys in Germany, I’ve analyzed the data presently available to me and have come to the following conclusions:

There was a pocket of Juch families living within a radius of 80 km (about 60 miles) in what is now central Germany. Again, from my records, the oldest presently known by me was in Arnstadt. This was Simon JUCH, born about 1625 whose grandson Johann Christov JUCH, born 13 Dec 1700, moved to Ilmenau about 1727. Ilmenau is about 20 km south of Arnstadt. Dixie Gremlich’s mother-in-law, Marie JUCH was born in Ilmenau on 9 Jul 1890. Marie JUCH’s 3^rd Great Grandfather, Johann Heinrich JUCH was born in Ilmenau about 1730 but has not been connected to the above descendant of Simon JUCH (from Arnstadt). However, from the Ilmenau church record Johann Heinrich JUCH was listed as "from Wintzingerode" in the entry for his sons (Carl Wilhelm JUCH, AKA Carl Ludwig) marriage to Dorothea Margaretha Lauterbach in Ilmenau, Germany.

For more information and lineage on the Juch families of Arnstadt & Ilmenau visit <http://www.juch.net/arnstadt.htm>.

Just 30-km southwest of Ilmenau is Exdorf. Flip JUCH’s ancestry is proven to Johann Georg JUCH (Flip’s 5^th Great Grandfather), born 5 Nov 1679 in Exdorf. Around 1770 Flip’s 3^rd Great Grandfather, Johann Casper JUCH moved to Gotha, about 50 km north of Exdorf and about 15 km northwest of Arnstadt. About 1810-1813 Flip’s 2^nd Great Grandfather, Johann Wolfgang JUCH moved to Enkhuizen, Holland.

These villages/towns of Arnstadt, Ilmenau, Exdorf and Juchsen are located on the map below and circled in blue ink. These locations are just east (and southeast) of the birthplace of my great grandfather in Gerstungen.

We also have Juch Families that presently live in Ferlach, Austria and have done so for many generations. Please see the link to the Austrian connection below.

We are also very fortunate to have French Juch Family connections. Please see the link to the French connection below.

Another Juch family that migrated to America was that of Robert E. Juch (Bob).

Bob's Juch Family migrated from the Leipzig, Germany area to America

Bob Juch has a web page and you are encouraged to visit

Visit Bob Juch's web page

With the help of everyone above a superjuch.ged file is maintained and updated as required. This file can be downloaded from this web page. Any additional information, corrections & deletions ARE appreciated. Please email your documentation to me and I will update the superjuch.ged file. Your participation is welcome and appreciated! There are now 3230 individuals in the SuperJuch file!

THE SUPERJUCH GEDCOM WAS LAST UPDATED 7 July 2007 and is in the FTW v5.5 format

The SuperJuch gedcom is also available in PAF v.4.0 format is available also by clicking here.

MY ANERICAN/GERMAN CONNECTIONS

My JUCH family is known to my 7^th Great Grandfather who lived in Kirchohmfeld. Other great grandparents lived in Wintzingerode & Tastungen. Read more about my family, where they were born and lived and the migration to America by visiting my web page at http://www.juch.net/royjuch.htm.

Special thanks for providing much of my Juch family history goes to:

Fredy Richter, Huibert Visser, Ilsa Juch and Professor Dr. Wilfried Hartmann,

and many others.

Web page is in English only

Presented by Roy Juch

Roy may be contacted at royjuch at juch dot net

THE NETHERLANDS

THE DUTCH CONNECTION WITH THE SURNAME JUCH

<http://home.planet.nl/~fjwjuch>

Web page is in Dutch & English

Presented by Filippus (Flip) Jacob Wolfgang Juch

Flip may be contacted at < fjwjuch@wxs.nl>