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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 1 Collection or Record:

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Journal of my mission : Swiss Italian German Mission / by John Kunz Jr.

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