b. 1852 d. 1891
Married Theresa Bauer
Louis Kuntz was the son of David Kuntz who began the Kuntz Spring Brewery at King and William Sts. In the 1880s, Louis took over management of the brewery, renaming it the Louis Kuntz Park Brewery. He had married Theresa Bauer, a sister of Aloyes and Frank Bauer and when Louis died unexpectedly in 1891, Frank Bauer became manager of the brewery, succeeded upon his death in 1896 by brother Aloyes. Louis’ sons David Jr., William, Herbert were too young when their father died to be involved in management. However when they came of age in 1910 David Jr. became President and William and Herbert became Vice-Presidents of Kuntz Brewery.
Sources:
1. Kitchener Mt. Hope Cemetery Records
2. Ellis Little, Upheaval in Uptown Waterloo, Waterloo Historical Society, Vol. 81, 1993
3. Marg Rowell et al, Welcome to Waterloo
4. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, March 30, 1984
5. Historical Atlas of Wat and Wellington Counties
6. The Art and Mystery of Brewing in Ontario, Ian Bowering
Louis Kuntz Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of Louis Kuntz from the Ellis Little Papers. This biography has been transcribed exactly as written. Ellis Little was a local historian, who was the principal of Elizabeth Ziegler Public School.On his retirement, he invested much of his time in researching and writing about Waterloo's history. The Ellis Little Papers consist of extensive notes, papers and historical works.
- Notes
- Please scroll to the bottom of the page to see the transcribed text. To see the original document, please visit the Ellis Little Local History Room at the Main Branch of the Waterloo Public Library
- Date Of Event
- 1852-1891
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Kuntz, David ; Kuntz, Louis ; Bauer, Aloyes ; Bauer, Frank ; Bauer, Theresa ; Kuntz, Theresa ; Kuntz, David Jr. ; Kuntz, William ; Kuntz, Herbert
- Corporate Name(s)
- Spring Brewery ; Kuntz Brewery
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.120
- Collection
- Ellis Little Papers: Men and Women of Our Past
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original
- Ellis Little Papers
- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
Website:
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