Guy's father's name was Wilson A Junker, son of Isaiah and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Junker. Wilson was born in 1840 in Louisiana (first child) but his younger siblings were all born in Texas. Wilson was a 1st LT in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He later married Catherine, became an engineer, a saloon proprietor, and a steamship captain on the Sabine River. Catherine and Carlisle (Guy's younger brother) both died in a coastal storm in Sabine Pass, Texas in 1886.
Isaiah Junker was a famous landowner in Jefferson County, Texas area and was also a blacksmith, shop owner, and Chief Justice in that same area. More research is needed to discover when he and Elizabeth died; the latest information on them is an 1870 Census of Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas. His name is written as "Isaak Junker" and there is a transcription error on ancestry.com states that the surname is "Lurker" making him difficult to find online. At the time of this census, he Isaiah is living with wife Elizabeth and children Ophelia, Edward, Julia, Louanza. Interestingly, they are in the same town Wilson and his family.
Isaiah Junker was a famous landowner in Jefferson County, Texas area and was also a blacksmith, shop owner, and Chief Justice in that same area. More research is needed to discover when he and Elizabeth died; the latest information on them is an 1870 Census of Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas. His name is written as "Isaak Junker" and there is a transcription error on ancestry.com states that the surname is "Lurker" making him difficult to find online. At the time of this census, he Isaiah is living with wife Elizabeth and children Ophelia, Edward, Julia, Louanza. Interestingly, they are in the same town Wilson and his family.
Guy's father's name was Wilson A Junker, son of Isaiah and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Junker. Wilson was born in 1840 in Louisiana (first child) but his younger siblings were all born in Texas. Wilson was a 1st LT in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He later married Catherine, became an engineer, a saloon proprietor, and a steamship captain on the Sabine River. Catherine and Carlisle (Guy's younger brother) both died in a coastal storm in Sabine Pass, Texas in 1886.
Isaiah Junker was a famous landowner in Jefferson County, Texas area and was also a blacksmith, shop owner, and Chief Justice in that same area. More research is needed to discover when he and Elizabeth died; the latest information on them is an 1870 Census of Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas. His name is written as "Isaak Junker" and there is a transcription error on ancestry.com states that the surname is "Lurker" making him difficult to find online. At the time of this census, he Isaiah is living with wife Elizabeth and children Ophelia, Edward, Julia, Louanza. Interestingly, they are in the same town Wilson and his family.
Isaiah Junker was a famous landowner in Jefferson County, Texas area and was also a blacksmith, shop owner, and Chief Justice in that same area. More research is needed to discover when he and Elizabeth died; the latest information on them is an 1870 Census of Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas. His name is written as "Isaak Junker" and there is a transcription error on ancestry.com states that the surname is "Lurker" making him difficult to find online. At the time of this census, he Isaiah is living with wife Elizabeth and children Ophelia, Edward, Julia, Louanza. Interestingly, they are in the same town Wilson and his family.
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