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- 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 5 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 Endland 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 older boys were helping make cheese. They were advised by the Bishop to move to what is now Bern, Idaho. Just as they got read to move, father took very sick with Scarlet Fever. Brother Joh Johnson, a man of great faith administered to him and in a short time he was well. After his recovery they moved to Bern, Idaho. Father was given the job of riding the rangealong with helping with milking the cos. Father was then a young man. Now in the spring of 1882 Father married Eliza Eshler in the Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Utah. Father took up 160 acres of land in Wardboro, Idaho. He ran the farm along with working in the mines East of Windy Flat for a few years. In the spring of 1884 Eliza Eshler 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 June 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.
William Kunz was a hard working man, a kind father, and a generous neighbor. Always ready to help someone in need. He had a very pleasing personality and when he wanted something done, he went after it until the job was done, large or small.
While we were still living in Bern, Idaho, father had to have some teeth pulled. He had the teeth extracted and still he did not get better. He called the Doctor and he said we would hve to take him to Salt Lake City to a specialist. So his younger brother, Robert Kunz, put him on the train here in Montpelier, Idaho. They got as far as Pocatello, Idaho and father passed away November 12, 1905, in the passenger depot at Pocatello, Idaho, at the age of 45 years.
In the spring of 1883 on May 2, William Kunz married Eliza Eshler in the Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Utah. In the spring of 1884 Eliza Eshler Kunz and her infant died.
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1860 - 1905 (44 years)
