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 1 Collection or Record:
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
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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John Kunz diaries
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- Subject: Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- Switzerland -- History X