Magdalena Kunz

Birth: Mar. 8, 1837, Bern, Switzerland

Death: May 22, 1874, Ovid, Bear Lake County, Idaho, USA

Magdalena Straubhaar Kunz as born March 8, 1837 at Niederstocken, Canton Bern, Switzerland to Peter Straubhaar and Johanna Eggen. Her father died and was buried in Switzerland. Magdalena was married to John Kunz III on Nov. 11, 1864 in Switzerland.

Children of John Kunz III and Magdalena Straubhaar included;

William J. Kunz b. March 14, 1865, m. Anna Schmid

Johann Jacob Kunz b. April 17, 1866

Rosina Katharina Kunz b. May 16, 1867, m. Gottfried Eschler

John William Kunz b. July 14, 1869, m. Mary Schmid

Magdalena Matilda b. Oct. 11, 1871 d. Nov., 1871

Magdalena Straubhaar was baptized on Nov. 15, 1868 along with her husband John Kunz III by Karl G. Maeser in the cold waters of the Stream called Grundbach, at Zwischenfluh, Diemtigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland. He emigrated to the United States on the SS Nevada from Liverpool, England in July of 1873 with his family and arrived in Utah on July 2, 1873.

Magdalena suffered from illness throughout her life. She endured the early death of her son Jacob and a daughter Matilda at one month. On May 22, 1874 Magdalena Straubhaar Kunz died of dropsy. She was buried in Ovid Cemetery, Ovid, Bear Lake County, Idaho.

Parents:

Johanna Eggen Straubhaar 1809 - 1875

Spouse:

John Kunz 1844 - 1918

Children:

William John Kunz 1865 - 1952

John William Kunz 1869 - 1945

Created by: Bruce J. Black

Record added: Dec 22, 2005

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Added by: Penny G. Douglass

Kathleen Fleury Bilbrey