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Kunz, John, 1844-1918

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1844 - 1918

biographical statement

Citation:
MSS 8002. "Journal of my mission : Swiss Italian German Mission / by John Kunz Jr." L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. (born Feb. 7, 1844, baptized November 11, 1868, immigrated to States in 1878, settled Bear Lake, served a mission to Italy, Switzerland, Germany in 1884, called to work in Logan temple after mission. Served as bishop of the Bern, Idaho ward; died 1918).

FindAGrave.com, John Kunz III (b. 1844). http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12764558 (accessed January 17, 2013). (parents John Kunz II and Rosina Knutti; married Magdalena in 1864; had five kids; Magdalena died, and John married Sophia in 1874; She died in 1893; married Magdalena Linder in 1874 and had 4 children, Louisa Weibel in 1883, Margaret Lauener in 1888 and they had 10 children, and Elizabeth Boss, and they had six children; Swiss cheese assignment).

MSS 8025. Philip R. Kunz papers. L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. (served a mission with his brother, David.)

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Journal of my mission : Swiss Italian German Mission / by John Kunz Jr.

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233598660]
Identifier: MSS 8002
Scope and Contents

Contains the transcripts of journals of John Kunz, jr., as he served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Switzerland, Germany, and Italy in the late 1800s.

Dates: 1976

John Kunz diaries

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 746
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten diaries. Volume one is not with the collection. The materials consist of volumes two through four and an account book. Kunz describes his daily activities while serving on a mission to Switzerland for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He spent most of his time in Bern, Switzerland.

Dates: 1885-1886

Phillip R. Kunz papers on family history, approximately 1884-1981

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8025 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains materials related to Kunz's family history, including "Highlights from Histories of Kunz and Schmid Ancestors," which include accounts of the early history of the Kunz family, and tales of their lives, the mission journal of John Kunz, Jr. from 1884-1886 and the diary of Ezra L. Kunz from 1906-1909, kept on their missions to Germany and Switzerland, and biographies of individuals, including Rosetta Lena Boss Olsen and Emil Welhelm Stoor. Dated from approximately 1884 to 1981.

Dates: approximately 1884-1981

Additional filters:

Type
Collection 2
Archival Object 1
 
Subject
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 2
Missions and Missionaries 2
Bern (Switzerland) -- History -- Sources 1
Books 1
Colleges and Universities 1