MIGRATIONS

Sometime between the years 1838 and 1842 Michael Wolljung (1795-1877) made the trip over the Atlantic Ocean from Alsace France as his sister Catherine Anna (1795-1863) had done ten years earlier. Michael made the journey with his second wife Maria Miller and his twin daughters Catherine and Mary, His fours sons John, George, Jacob and Michael from his first wife Maria Woolf, also arrived at about that time. There is no evidence at this time to determine if they all came together or at different times. One thing we do know is that all changed their name to Willyoung. In 1842 Michael and Maria had a fifth son, Christian.

George 1815- and Katherine Willyoung had a son named Charles Paul Willyoung 1845-1901, born in Buffalo, N.Y. At some point Charles Paul moved to Venago County. He married Jennie A Manross in 1887 and moved to Bully Hill where he became a farmer. Most Willyoung families living in Pennsylvania descend from this line. A branch of descendants migrated to Florida. One of the (L)'s was dropped and their surname is spelled Wilyoung.

Michael 11/10/1817-7/19/1900 and Margaret Miller Willyoung had four children, two girls and sons Michael Willyoung and George Willyoung. George had no male heirs. Michael's descendants still on the original farm, a historical landmark, in the Buffalo area of New York.

John 04/10/1820-03/26/1890 and Eva Fink Willyoung also had four children, John, Samuel, Michael and Margaret. Samuel and Michael's descendants remained in the Bowmansville, N.Y. area John Willyoung's 1843-1883 descendants migrated to New Jersey. From there future offspring migrated to California and Florida.

Jacob married Elizabeth Hobler and so far there is no record of any male heirs.

Christian Willyoung 05/24/1842-1920 and Adeline Diller Willyoung 06/01/1842-12/25/1928 had eight children. The family left the Buffalo area in 1892 and settled in Fowler, Michigan. Descendants are currently located in Michigan, Tennessee and Texas.

Catherine and Mary Willyoung married and moved to Nebraska.