Links to Web pages
Featured Link: Hundspergs in Switzerland Before the Emigration - A Document from 1452.Robert Hunsperger of Kent, England recently visited Switzerland and found a remarkable parchment dated 1452, with a seal bearing the name "Hundsperg". Is this an ancestor of our family in America? Robert also reports "I have a list of all 100+ bearers of the name Hunsperger who appear in the Swiss telephone directory but there is only one Hunsberger. My intention is to write to them asking if they have any information on the family tree." Click here to see this page and photos. |
Second Featured Link: P. Glenn Moyer's Page P. Glenn Moyer describes growing up in Souderton, PA, in the Hunsberger heartland, and offers pictures including the one at left of a 1977 trip to Switzerland, tracing family roots.Click here to see this page and photos. |
The Hunsberger Family Association:About the Association and especially the family genealogy project -- we have a 3-volume family book! Also visit the Annual Reunion Page. |
Personal Record FormUse this form to add to or update information in the Family Association's records. |
![]() The Hunsberger Family Crest conceived by Byron K. Hunsberger, first Family Historian. |
![]() The First Hunsberger Farms in America -- a map from the family book. |
![]() The Canadian Mennonite Encyclopedia Online describes the background of the Hunsberger name, and documents early Hunsbergers in the Mennonite Church. A footnote credits Byron K. Hunsberger's writings on our family's history. |
![]() A Web site called "PlacesNamed.Com" states that Hunsberger is the 17,297th most popular last name (surname) in the United States; Huntsberger is 40,417th, and Hunsperger is 71,803rd. |
![]() Genealogy.Com has a "Genforum" Web site with messages by family name. Here is the Hunsberger family section. On a recent visit to this site we found 96 messages! People use this site to post questions about ancestors and family history. |
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Painting in Oils for Over 50 Years. James R. Huntsberger of Greenville, Delaware, has painted in oils since 1946. His paintings have won many prizes, and can be found in private and corporate collections internationally. Have a look at his great Web site at www.art-hunt.com. Here is a listing of upcoming art shows that will be exhibiting his works. |
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In 2001 Evan Hunsberger, an Eagle scout in Orange, California, began a service project that captured national headlines. Dedicated to his late grandfather, who was a WWII chaplain, this project is helping put an updated Devotional into the hands of a million US servicemen. In February, 2002, Evan addressed the national convention for the Methodist Church in Nashville, Tennessee, and received the Church's Good Samaratan Award.
Here is a background piece by the General Commission on United Methodist Men (GCUMM). This organization has a special Web site called "strength for service", featuring Evan's project. Numerous press organizations have picked up this story. Here is an April, 2003 article about the devotionals reaching American Troops. |
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![]() Still active at 94! Ruth P. Hunsberger wrote her Master's thesis many years ago on the way Sigmund Freud's ideas were first received in the United States. She recently re-edited her thesis into a short paper, here, and is hoping to get it published in the near future. |
![]() Paul Hunsberger of Bridgeton, NJ, started broadcasting in 1937, and is still going strong. Paul, in his eighties, hosts several radio shows on WSNJ radio. |
![]() Mike Hunsberger lives in Madison, Wisconsin, and works as a computer systems administrator for the Wisconsin legislature. He grew up in Grand Rapids, MI, where some of his family went to Northview High on Hunsberger Avenue (see link at right). |
Northview High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan is located at
4451 Hunsberger Avenue, NE.
The Avenue was named after Cyrus Hunsberger, a farmer in the area and great-grandfather of Mike Hunsberger (link at left).
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![]() Ellen Hume's Web Site -- Ellen writes and teaches about journalism and the media. She is now living in the Boston area after spending three years in Prague, the Czech Republic, where her husband served as US Ambassador. |
![]() Mary Hunsberger of Traverse City, Michigan, maintains a very attractive Web page describing her services as proofreader and copyeditor. |
![]() Alice Hunsberger is an expert on Nasir Khusraw, who for nearly a thousand years has been regarded as one of the highest ranking poets in the Persian-speaking world. Alice herself speaks fluent Persian, and lectures internationally. |
David Peter Hunsberger is another gifted Hunsberger artist from the Waterloo area of Ontario, Canada. He specializes in serigraphs (color silk screen prints). His work is widely exhibited. |
![]() Our own Ivy League College Varsity Quarterback! Steve Hunsberger was the starting quarterback for the Columbia University Lions in 2002. His exploits were recounted in numerous Ivy League news reports, such as this Princeton article about their game against Columbia in 2002, and this Ivy League Sports piece that elevated Steve to its "Ivy Honor Roll" for the week ending October 14, 2002. |
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![]() Dr. Margaret Hunsberger is an associate professor at the University of Calgary. Her research interests include literacy development and understanding the experience of reading and writing. |
![]() Did you know there is a Hunsberger Elementary School -- in Reno Nevada?! |
![]() ![]() Luke Hunsberger -- teaches computer science at Vassar College. Previously he taught math and computer science at Harvard College, where he still maintains a Web page. At Harvard Luke organized and led a music group called "Not the Beatles", described in this entertaining interview in the Harvard Crimson. His Harvard PhD thesis, entitled Group Decision Making and Temporal Reasoning, can be read (if you have a viewer that reads Postscript) at this link. |
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![]() Robert Hunsberger is one of at least two Hunsbergers who work as realtors in the Kitchener-Waterloo area of Ontario, Canada. Robert is a sales represesntative for Peter Benninger Realty, affiliated with Coldwell Banker. |
![]() Merrill Hunsberger is also a realtor in the Kitchener-Waterloo area of Ontario. Merrill has formed his own firm, Hunsberger Realty Ltd., and Merrill's Web site features his ability to speak Mandarin Chinese! |
Sally Hunsberger holds a PhD in Astronomy from Penn State, and was recently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Her photos of celestial objects appear on many Web sites, such as this one maintained by Penn State's astronomy department. Sally obtained the image at left using the 60-inch telescope at Palomar Observatory. |
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![]() A Swiss athlete, Remo Hunsberger , shows up in Swiss news reports from time to time. The sport is schwingen, a kind of wrestling. He finished third in a competition on April 1, 2001. Searching the Swiss schwingen pages one finds Remo's name is sometimes spelled as Hunsperger. |
![]() David H. Hunsberger's Microsoft Project Page. David, who serves as Webmaster for this Hunsberger.org site, offers consulting services and instruction in all recent versions of Microsoft Project. Here is a link to his resume. |
![]() Phill Hunsberger's Trip to Nepal |
Peter H. Hunsberger is a Licensed Psychologist in Seattle. His specialties are grief and loss, and couple and family therapy. He holds the highest level of certification awarded by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. |
![]() Scott Hunsberger's Page -- Nice biplane |
Laura's Hope is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping cancer patients who face extended hospital stays. It was set up by Keith Meeker and Scott Hunsberger on behalf of Scott's wife Laura. |
According to the University of Rochester Web site, "Donald Hunsberger is one of the world’s foremost authorities on conducting, orchestration, and music literature." Donald appears in more Web searches than any other Hunsberger! Some of the many Web sites that feature him and his work include these: A,
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Another musical Hunsberger is Jay Hunsberger, who teaches tuba at the University of South Florida and is a member of the Florida West Coast Symphony and the Florida Brass Quintet. His bio can be seen here. |
![]() Vickie Hunsberger, in Nappanee, Indiana, is the innkeeper at The Victorian Guest House. |
Brent Hunsberger is an environmental reporter for The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.) He wrote an article in March, 2001, about fuel, utilities, and air pollution. The picture at left probably isn't Brent, but it did accompany his article on the Web, as you'll see. |
The Hunsberger name is well known in Holstein breeding circles. Web pages throughout the US, Canada, and Europe reference the name. This site says "Hunsberger... will set the world on fire!" |
![]() The Goshen College Art Department has a Web page featuring a painting, "Mandy in Haiti", done in acrylic by Susan Graber Hunsberger, class of 1986. |
![]() Peter David Hunsberger of Ontario, Canada, is now living in Tennessee. He has put together a Web page about his family. |
![]() Gerald Hunsberger, is a missionary serving as a teacher in Espanola, New Mexico. |
![]() Fred Hunsberger maintains a photography studio in Blair, Ontario, using the name Hot House Productions. His portfolio is quite compelling. |
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Jessica Hunsberger teaches 7th grade at Sleepy Hollow Middle School, in New York State. The School's "then-and-now" Web pages show Jessica today (at left) and as a 7th grader (at right). |
![]() William W. Hunsberger was president and publisher of The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss. up to his death in June, 2004. Here is a memory of him written by a colleague. |
![]() Japan's Quest: The Search for International Role, Recognition, and Respect -- a book edited by Warren S. Hunsberger |
Megan Hunsberger was a champion high school bowler in Rockford, Illinois. Records show that she was among the top 5 medalists statewide from 1997 to 1999. |
Matthew Hunsberger sings bass in Harrisonburg, Va. He and his three brothers and two sisters grew up on a dairy farm in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where his parents currently own a bed and breakfast. |
The image at left joined this links page in early 1999, at which time we called Travis Hunsberger a "Digital artist and skilled skateboarder". Well, time marches on, and now he has his own graphics design company, The Profile Image!
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![]() George R. Hunsberger - Author; Professor of Missiology at Western Theological Seminary |
John and Pam Hunsberger live in Wake Forest, NC, which is the Raleigh area. Their Web page was down for a while but is back up and operational here. |
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![]() Robert Hunsperger -- - Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Delaware. See also the next link at right ------ |
![]() Robert and Elizabeth Hunsperger's Home Page - Elizabeth sculpts in clay and creates computer art |
Paul and Peggy Hunsbergerhave a great Web site called "astro-ranch.com" with super astronomical photos. He is a software consultant, and she is Principal at a Catholic elementary school in Ohio. |
Bruce Hunsberger was a Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He died of leukemia in October, 2003. Many of his articles and publications can be found on the Web, especially those dealing with religion. Here is a eulogy that talks about Bruce's life and work. |
![]() Lorne Hunsberger, CPA -- "The Number Doctor" in Tampa, Florida |
![]() Mike "Goose" Hunsberger -- commissioned into the Air Force as a second lieutenant. |
![]() Jonathan Roy Hunsberger -- Poetry. (This Web page is pretty hard to view. Try his brother's, at right...) |
![]() J. Marcus Hunsberger, younger brother of Jonathan, whose Web site appears at left. |
Chad Hunsberger is a "steel metalwork artist" whose very artful creations were featured on PurplePickle.Com's Web site. That site has been discontinued, and we are hoping Chad's work will appear on a new site soon. |
Charles W. Rockett, of San Marcos, California, is a Hunsberger descendent, interested in genealogy. He helped compile the "35 line" in our Hunsberger book, and is recognized for his assistance on page 888 of the book. (The image at left is copyrighted by FamilyTreeMaker.)
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Ivan Histand is a Hunsberger descendant -- his grandparents were Earl Jr and Ruth Hunsberger. Ivan works for AOL as a software engineer. He is building a Web site for the Histand family. The link is currently broken, but we will put it back when it is fixed!
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![]() Derek Hunsberger was the Democratic candidate in New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District elections in 1998. He got 31% of the vote. Here is his Web page, listing his "top 100 films" and describing his work to ban artificial turf. |
James D. Hunsberger, of Berlin, Germany, is concerned with the effects of radiation on humans, and filed papers with the US Department of Energy on this subject in 1995 and 1996. |
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