b. 1888 d. 1945
Married: ______
Herbert Kuntz was another son of Louis Kuntz, owner of Kuntz Park Brewery. When Louis died in 1890, Herbert was not of age and his Bauer uncles assumed the management role in the brewery. In 1910 Herbert along with brother William became a vice-president of the brewery. After Aloyes Bauer’s death in 1925, Herbert became manager until 1929 when the brewery was sold to E.P. Taylor, head of Canadian Breweries Ltd. Herbert retired at this time but in 1936 when E.P. Taylor amalgamated Kuntz and Carling breweries under the name Carling-Kuntz, Herbert was invited to return as manager of the Waterloo plant. He remained local manager and vice-president until his death in 1945.
Sources:
1. The Twin City, Berlin and Waterloo
2. Obituary, Waterloo Chronicle, August 24, 1945
3. Marg Rowell et al, Welcome to Waterloo
4. Ellis Little, Upheaval in Uptown Waterloo, Waterloo Historical Society, Vo. 81, 1993.
5. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, October 2, 1953.
Herbert Kuntz Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of Herbert 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
- 1888-1945
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Kuntz, Herbert ; Kuntz, Louis ; Bauer, Aloyes ; Taylor, E.P. ; Kuntz, William
- Corporate Name(s)
- Kuntz Brewery ; Kuntz Park Brewery ; Carling-Kuntz Brewery ; Carling Brewery
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.123
- 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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