ID: 55922
Last Name: Kunz
First Name: William
Age:
Gender: M
Cemetery: Bern, Idaho
Birth Date: 5 Dec 1860
Birth Place: Diemtigen, Bern,Switzerland
Date Died: 12 Nov 1905
Death Place: Pocatello, Idaho
Father: John Kunz II
Mother: Rosina Knutti
Spouse: Eliza Eschler, Mary Ann Roberts.
Sources: Cemetary Records.
Remarks: The History of William Kunz by his son, Reuel V. Kunz.

"William Kunz, son of John Kunz II and Rosina Knutti. William Kunz was born 05 December 1860 in Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland. He was the ninth child of John and Rosina Kunz. He was ten years old when he left his native home in Bern, Switzerland and came to America. On July 13, 1870, along with his Father, Mother, brothers, and sisters, he left Liverpool England and sailed for America. On July 26, 1870 they landed in Castle Gardens, New York. They landed in Karl G. Maeser's Company. The whole co. consisted of 245 souls. After nearly a month of travel they arrived in Salt Lake City, Aug. 5, 1870. William Kunz's father was called by Brigham Young to come to Bear Lake County, Idaho to begin the dairy industry. William along with his brothers helped glean wheat in the fields. The following spring they moved to Bear Lake County, Idaho and settled in Ovid, Idaho. They were assisted from Logan to Ovid, Idaho by President William Budge with his team. William Kunz and his younger brothers were given the job of herding the calves while the oder boys were helping make cheese. They were advised by the bishop to move to what is now Bern, Idaho. Just as they got ready to move, father took very sick with Scarlet Fever. Brother John Johnson, a man of great faith administered to him in a short time he was well. After his recovery they moved to Bern, Idaho. Father was given the job of riding the range along with helping with milking the cows. Father was then a young man. Now in the spring of 1882 Father married Eliza Eschler in the Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Utah. Father took up 160 acres of land in Wardboro, Idaho. he rean the farm along with working in the mines East of Windy Flat for a few years. In the spring of 1884 Eliza Eschler died. On December 18, 1885 William Kunz married Mary Ann Roberts in the Logan Temple. while father was still living in Wardboro, Idaho. I, Reuel Victor Kunz was born Jun 23, 1892. Eleven children were born to this union, I being the eldest child that lived. Many of the Geneva people stopped at our place in Wardboro going to and from Montpelier. Father left Wardboro, Idaho and moved to Nounan, Idaho. Here he worked for John Mixxeg Sr. in the logging industry. He worked there for a number of years and then moved back to Bern, Idaho and lived in the Old Peter Alleman place and here he helped in the cheese industry."

Biographical History Courtesy of Reuel V. Kunz at http://www.thefamilyplot.com/kunz/williamkunz.php
∼He was born in Moos, Riedern, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland-Buried 14 Nov 1905 in Bern, Bear Lake, Idaho. He married Eliza Eschler 4 May 1882 in the Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. She passed in child birth on 7 May 1884. He then Married Mary Ann Roberts. born 15 Oct 1866 in Smithfield, Cache, Utah. They were married 18 Dec 1885 in the Logan Temple in Logan, Cache, Utah. She died 12 Jan 1944 in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho and was buried in the Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho Cemetery on 15 Jan 1944. They had 11 children together.