Hi,
It may be interesting to have a closer look at your Jung ancestor's profession - especially in India, and before he went there. In his generation, many young men did not see any future in their traditional agricultural occupation- too many children in the families, not enough land - and turned to music-making, formed brass bands and travelled the world („Wandermusikanten“). Especially people from the Western Palatinate, hundreds of young men from Rothselberg, Jettenbach and Essweiler earned good money as travelling musicians; many went to England or Scotland for the season and returned home for the winter. Others made it to Australia, China, India, Russia, the US and South America. The finest homes in these villages at the end of the 19th century were those of musicians. A considerable number of them never returned home, but stayed in foreign countries, - not always as musicians, but also worked there in other kinds of trades. There is a musicians’ museum within the castle of Lichtenberg near Kusel which displays a collection of the names of all those Palatine musicians who asked for a seasonal passport to travel abroad.
Good luck in your further search
Friedrich Hüttenberger
