THE MUNK & AVERY FAMILIES
of Watertown, New York

SURNAMES

Anderson//Andrews//Armstrong//Arthur//Avery
Bailey//Barnard//Black//Brundage//Brush
Carpenter//Clark//Cole//Corwin
Davis//Dennis//Donohoe
Fitsgerald
Goulding
Hall//Hannahs//Hawkins//Hensen//Higby
Keyes//Knapp
Lawrence//Lodwich//Loveridge
McClement//MacAteer//Marshall//McBride//Miller//Moore//Morse//Munk
Noble
Palmer//Perry//Platt
Rundel
Skidmore//Skillen//Skydore//Smith//St. John//Stanton//Sweitzer//
Tooker//Tucker
Varnell
Weeks//Werner//Whitehead//Whitewood//Whitman//Wilson//Wood//Woolsey

Family Links and Resources

1. Munk Genealogy
2. McAteer Genealogy
3. McClement Genealogy
4. Skidmore Genealogy
5. Brush Genealogy
6. The Gardners of Cleveland County NC
7. Clan Histories: Lamont
8. Avery Family Tree DNA Project

Watertown 1902

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Adam Munk or Munch

• Born: 20 Jun 1822, Stuttgard, Neckar, Wurttemberg, Germany
• Married: 3 Nov 1847, Susan AVERY, Watertown, Jefferson, New York, USA
• Born: 18 Feb 1822, Pinckney, Lewis, New York, USA
• Died: 17 Jun 1905, Watertown, New York, USA
• Buried: N. Watertown Cemetery, Jefferson, New York, USA
• Parents of Susan Avery: Jasper Avery and Sarah Scidmore
• Died: Aft Dec 1852
• Buried: ????
• Parents of Adam Munk/Munch: Unknown

Susan Avery Munk with great granddaughter Catherine

Children of Adam Munk and Susan Avery:

1. Emma Catherine MUNK
   • Born: Abt 1849, Oswego, Oswego, New York, USA
   • Married: Charles WERNER
   • Died: 1929, Watertown, Jefferson, New York, USA
   • Buried: Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, New York, USA
2. Andrew Woodworth MUNK
   • Born:28 Mar 1850, Oswego, Oswego, New York, USA
   • Married 1st: 20 Nov 1873, Harriet McBRIDE, Watertown, New York, USA
   • Married 2nd: Abt 1915, Adeline SWEITZER, Oswego, Oswego, New York, USA
   • Married 3rd: 3 Sep 1921, Katherine M. CAMERON,Watertown, Jefferson, New York, USA
   • Died: 30 Jun 1944, Watertown,Jefferson,New York, USA
   • Buried: Watertown, Jefferson, New York,USA
3. Henry Jasper MUNK
   • Born: Abt 1851, Oswego, Oswego, New York, USA
4. Adam Henry MUNK
   • Born: 28 Dec 1852, Oswego, Oswego, New York, USA
   • Married: 3 Nov 1870, Mary McCLEMENT, Picton, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada
5. Died: 17 Mar 1941, Watertown, Jefferson, New York, USA

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   The Unsolved Munk Mystery

   Munk, Munch, Meunch, Muench --no one's quite sure. But Adam Munk first appeared in Watertown as a traveling music teacher and according to family legend, met Susan Avery at the Presbyterian church where they eventually married.

   Susan and Adam relocated to Oswego, New York, and after the birth of their fourth child, Adam began traveling to Albany, New York to serve as a translator for the state legislature.

   One not so fine day late in December of 1852, Adam was seen talking to a German peddler. One hundred and fifty years later, his descendants still ponder the implications of that meeting.

   Adam Munk was never seen again. His hat was found floating in the canal; his clothes were discovered along the banks of the Hudson River.

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   The R.W. & O.N.R. Bridge

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   Pedigree Charts
   
   

   1. Brundage
   2. Brush
   3. Ketcham
   4. Richardson
   5. Skydmore/Skidmore
   6. Whitman
   7. Wickes
   
   

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