Kountz Family History
The Genealogy of the Kountz Family
Kuntz, John Christian
1824 - 1905 (80 years)
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Name Kuntz, John Christian [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17] Birth 24 Nov 1824 Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany 
[1, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15] Gender Male Arrival 1852 [18] His name does not appear in the Auswanderer Baden Emigration Index. Does not appear in Wuerttemberg, Germany Emigration Index. Declaration of Intent 29 Mar 1852 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Declaration of Intent was filed in Louisville Police Court. Archived records have been lost. 
John Kuntz's naturalization proceedings 
John Kuntz's Police Court Naturalization Proceedings
Location: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United StatesResidence 1855 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Worked as a cabinet maker for John Simms at 388 Corner of Main and 7th streets. Lived on Main, between Hancock and Jackson. 
1855 Directory 
1855-2 Naturalization 31 Jul 1858 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Police Court records state his declaration of intent was filed in Police Court in 29th day of March 1852. H.J. Basker testified on his behalf. Renounced allegiance of Fidelity to Grand Duke of Baden. Citizenship was granted. John Kuntz's naturalization proceedings John Kuntz's Police Court Naturalization Proceedings
Location: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United StatesResidence 1859 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Lived at 410 Market. Worked at Miller and Kuntz (Unknown business with father in law). Task: Get ahold of directory and check business section for description. 
1859 Louisville Directory Residence 20 Sep 1860 Louisville Ward 5, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States [1] Worked at a coffee house. Possibly his father-in-law's coffee house. Possibly where he met his bride to be. Value of his estate is 300 dollars. Did not own real estate. Lived with 5 other boarders. 
1860 Census Residence 1861 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [16] Worked as a cabinet maker and lived at 1014 West Madison. Went by Christian Kuntz in this listing. 
1861 Directory Drafted 01 Jul 1863 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [19] Still working as a coffee house keeper. 
John Kuntz's draft record for the civil war. Arrest 03 Aug 1863 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Arrested as a Confederate when attempting to vote in violation of State law disenfranchising all who have aided the rebellion. 
John Kuntz's arrest Discharge 04 Aug 1863 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA John Kuntz's arrest Residence 1864 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Worked as cabinetmaker for Hinzen & Rosen. Lived at ns. Madison, between West & 11th. There is another John Kuntz listed here as a saloon keeper who lived and worked at es. 5th between Market and Jefferson. 
1864 Louisville Directory Residence 1865 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [16] Lived at ES. 3rd, between Breckinridge & Kentucky. 
1865 Directory Residence 1866 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [16] Worked as a cabinet maker for L.F.M. Co. Lived at 378 Green, between 10th & 11th. Name still spelled Kuntz. 
1866 Directory Arrest August 20th 1867 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [20] John was arrested on the charge of being drunk and disorderly. He was arrested with a name Edward Englebaugh. and both were fined $5. Name John Kuntz Residence 1867 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [16] Worked as a cabinetmaker for L.F.M. Co. Lived at 378 Green, between 10th & 11th. Still spelled Kuntz. 
1867 Directory Residence 1869 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [16] Worked as a frame maker for Shreve & Bennett. 
1869 Directory Residence 13 Jul 1870 Louisville Ward 6, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States [12, 16] Worked as a cabinet maker for Walter & Struck. Value of his estate was 800 dollars. Naturalized prior to 1870. Lived at 3d, near Shipp. 
1870 Census 
1870 Directory Residence 1871 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [16] Worked as a cabinet maker. Spelled Kuntz. Lived at ES 3d, between Magnolia Ave & Shipp. 
1871 Directory Residence 1872 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [16] Worked as a Cabinet Maker. Name spelled Kuntz. Lived ES 3d, bet Magnolia and Shipp ave. 
1872 Directory Residence 1873 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [16] Worked as a cabinet maker. ES 3rd, near Magnolia. Lived with Lena, who worked as a grocer. Between Breckinridge and Kentucky. Name still spelled Kuntz. 
1873 City Directory Residence 1875 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [16] Worked as a grocer. LIved at E 3rd, between Magnolia and Shipp. 
1875 Directory Residence 1878 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [16] Worked as a cabinet maker. Boarded at 656 Preston, near Oak. Name spelled Kountz. 
1878 Directory Residence 1879 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [16] Worked as a feather renovator. 1st year this is mentioned. Boarded at 656 Preston, near Oak. Name spelled Kountz. 
1879 Directory Residence June 10th 1880 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [9, 21] Worked as a feather renovator, meaning he restored down pillows. Lived at 770 1st, corner of Magnolia. Residence 1881 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [2, 16] Worked as a feather renovator. R 20 Myrtle, Near 6th. Lived with sons John F. and Nicholas M. 
Louisville Directory Residence 1883 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [22] Worked as a renovator, lived at r 7th, SW corner of Ormsby ave Residence 1885 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [3] Feather renovating business on 657 3rd street. (Owned by John Kountz & CoJohn & John Kountz Jr.) John Lived at R WS 1st, near Shipp Ave. John sr and jr both absent from 1884 directory. UofL Bingham Humanities building now sits there. Pg 1037, too. 
1984-85 Louisville City Directory Residence 1886 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [5] Worked as a feather renovator. Page 257. R E of 1st, S of E. 
1886 Directory Residence 1887 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [23] Worked as a feather renovator, lived at 655 3rd, r D, SW corner of 4th. Pg 1197 (640). Residence 1888 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Lived with family at B 4th, Cor D. Worked as a cabinet maker for B. Herm. 
U.S. City Directories 1888 Possessions 1900 Middletown, Fall Creek, Indiana Census shows John owned a house via mortgage. Property located on West Locust Street. He lived there with his wife, widowed daughter and her children(Madeline, Theodore, and William Jameson), and seven boarders. 
1900 Census Residence June 4th 1900 Fall Creek, Henry, Indiana, USA [8] Lived on West Locust Street. States 1852 as year of immigration. 1900 Census Death 22 Jun 1905 Middletown, Henry, Indiana, USA [15] Address:
http://www.hcgs.net/hcdeathrec-k.html undertaker, W.N. Showalte
Death Certificate of John Christian Kountz Burial 24 Jun 1905 St Louis Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky Address:
Buried in lot #55 s 1/4 as a Non-Catholic. It appears in the 4t
John C. Kuntz's Mortuary Record pt1 
John C. Kuntz's Mortuary Record pt3 
John C. Kuntz's Mortuary Record pt4 
John C. Kuntz's Mortuary Record pt5 Map of John Kuntz's Burial Plot
Location: St Louis Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
John Kuntz's Mortuary record part 1 Person ID I7 Kountz | Descendants of the earliest known bearer of the Kountz surname, Descendants of the earliest known bearer of the Miller surname Last Modified 20 Apr 2014
Father Kuntz, Philip, b. Bef 1805, Baden, Germany Relationship Birth Mother Deuringer, b. Bef 1808, Baden, Germany d. Germany Relationship Birth Family ID F132 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Miller, Magdalena, b. 08 Nov 1837, Bavaria, Germany d. 23 Sep 1921, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA (Age 83 years) Marriage March 2nd 1854 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA 
John Kuntz's Marriage Register Page 1
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
John Kuntz's Marriage Register Page 2
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
John and Lena Kuntz's Marriage Certificate
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
John and Lena Kuntz's Marriage License
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Note on back of John Christian's Marriage Certificate
Location: Louisville, KentuckyMarriage License 01 Mar 1854 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA John and Lena Kuntz's Marriage License
Location: Louisville, KentuckyChildren + 1. Kuntz, Nicholas Miller, b. 05 Dec 1854, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA d. 27 Dec 1932, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA (Age 78 years) [Father: Natural]+ 2. Kountz, John Fredrich, b. 22 Jun 1857, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA d. 04 Jun 1943, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA (Age 85 years) [Father: Natural]3. Kuntz, Harriet, b. Jan 1860, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA d. Bef 1870, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA (Age ~ 9 years) [Father: Natural]+ 4. Kountz, Magdalena Margaret, b. Feb 1861, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA d. 23 Mar 1949, Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, USA (Age ~ 88 years) [Father: Natural]+ 5. Kountz, Annabelle Maria, b. 26 Aug 1865, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA d. 04 Dec 1947, Madera, California, USA (Age 82 years) [Father: Natural]6. Kountz, Theodore V., b. 21 Apr 1867, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA d. 1931, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA (Age 63 years) [Father: Birth]+ 7. Kountz, William Christian, b. 28 Oct 1869, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA d. Sep 1963, Tennessee, USA (Age 93 years) [Father: Natural]8. Kountz, Joseph, b. 1872, Louisville, Kentucky, Jefferson County USA [Father: Natural]+ 9. Kountz, Harry Welling, b. 06 Apr 1874, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA d. 21 Jul 1966, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA (Age 92 years) [Father: Birth]+ 10. Kountz, George Bennett, b. 08 Dec 1878, Louisville, Kentucky, Jefferson County USA d. 09 May 1913, Chattanooga, Hamilton (Age 34 years) [Father: Natural]Family ID F19 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2014
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Photos John Christian, wife Mary, Daughter Annabelle and two of her children, and two unidentified Kountz children at the boarding house in Fall Creek.
Headstones 
John Christian Kuntz & Lena's resting place.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GSvcid=393575&GRid=79830531&
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=79830641
Plot: lot #55 s 1/4
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Notes - Need to visit Louisville Metro Archives to go through their records for John's feather renovating business:
"In the 19th Century, businesses were required to get licenses. Based on volume or other criteria, a business was designated "First Class, Second Class, etc." The Metro Louisville Archives has some of that paperwork in a barely organized "Legislative Attachments" series. The breakdown at best is chronological so a visit to Louisville would be the only way you could find that "needle in a haystack.
In regards to John's birth place, we can eliminate Nimburg and Eichstetten as possible birth locations in Baden of John Christian Kuntz or his parents. I did not locate one born between 1780 - 1835 with a first name of John, Christian or Philip. In addition, the surname of Deuringer, or other possible spellings of it, were not located in either town.
In regards to ship records: [MICROFILMED] Hamburg departures did not begin until march 1 1852. The only listing for a john kunz was heading to Santos, Brazil. His name does not appear in the Auswanderer Baden Emigration Index. Does not appear in Württemberg, Germany Emigration Index, either.
Not in: http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24357480M/Index_to_passenger_lists_of_vessels_arriving_at_Baltimore_1820-97sent an email to owner of kentuckiana digital archive because the courier journal issues from John's and wife's deaths are not digitized yet. We know Lena had an obit in the Journal, so John may have as well. He also could have an obit in the anzeiger german newspaper of the time.
Have read back through to page 515 in the following:
http://www.archive.org/stream/passengerlis18200008unit#page/n514/mode/1up
The priest who married John and Lena (Rec. Charles Joseph Boeswald) served the church of St Andrews at the time. One of the first Catholic churches in Louisville. The church was later absorbed by St. Paul, and all the records were sent there. Get this, St. Paul has a gap in their records of about five years, and right in the middle is the date that John and Lena got married.
- Need to visit Louisville Metro Archives to go through their records for John's feather renovating business:
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