Joannes KUNDT (1788-)

Anna SCHMIED

Josephus KUNDT (1822-1866)

Theresia KESSELBAUER (1821-1910)

Theodor Joseph KUNDT (1852-1937)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Agnes BALLASCH 2. Maria T. BALLASCH Joseph Peter KUNDTZ Theodor KUNDTZ Jr. Merie Cacelia KUNDTZ William Joseph KUNDTZ Ewald Edmund KUNDTZ+ Joseph Erno KUNDTZ Irene Mignon KUNDTZ Angela Theodora KUNDTZ Leopold Raymond KUNDTZ+ Dorothy Marguerite KUNDTZ Theodor Joseph KUNDT Born: 1 Jul 1852, Unter-Metzenseifen, Austria-Hungary 4 5 Baptized: 1 Jul 1852, Unter-Metzenseifen, Austria-Hungary 4 Marriage (1): Agnes BALLASCH on 8 Oct 1874 in Cuyahoga County, OH 1 2 Marriage (2): Maria T. BALLASCH about 1885 3 Died: 14 Sep 1937, Lakewood, Cuyahoga, OH 6 7 8 Buried: 17 Sep 1937, Lakewood Park Cemetery, Rocky River, OH 6 9 Theodor Kundt immigrated to America in 1872 at the age of twenty.  He settled in Cleveland, OH and created a manufacturing empire which, at it's peak, was Cleveland's largest employer. The Theodor Kundtz Company made cabinets for sewing machines and employed many people from his home town of Metzenseifen.  In 1904, over 92 percent of his workforce was "Hungarian".  Theodor often paid the moving expenses to bring his workers from Metzenseifen.  Cleveland had the largest concentration of Metzenseifeners in America. Anyone interested in learning more about this amazing man should find the book Tori in Amerika: The Story of Theodor Kundtz by Christopher Eiben.7 • Census: 1880, 11 Jun 1880, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH. 10 • Census: 1910, 19 Apr 1910, Rockport, Cuyahoga, OH. 11 • Census: 1920, 6 Jan 1920, Lakewood, Cuyahoga, OH. 12 • Census: 1930, 4 Apr 1930, Lakewood, Cuyahoga, OH. 13 Theodor married Agnes BALLASCH, daughter of George BALLASCH and Anna Maria MULLNER, on 8 Oct 1874 in Cuyahoga County, OH.1 2 (Agnes BALLASCH was born on 8 May 1854 in Unter-Metzenseifen, Austria-Hungary,2 4 died on 24 Mar 1917 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH 6 14 and was buried on 27 Mar 1917 in Monroe Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH 6.) Theodor next married Maria T. BALLASCH, daughter of Matthias BALLASCH and Anna STROEMPL, about 1885.3 (Maria T. BALLASCH was born on 21 Nov 1867 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH,3 6 15 died on 1 Sep 1947 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH 6 9 16 and was buried on 4 Sep 1947 in Lakewood Park Cemetery, Rocky River, OH 6.)

1 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958 (Salt Lake City, UT (via FamilySearch)).

2 Christopher J. Eiben, Tori in Amerika: The Story of Theodor Kundtz (Orange Blossom Press, Cleveland, OH, 1994), Page 11.

3 Christopher J. Eiben, Tori in Amerika: The Story of Theodor Kundtz (Orange Blossom Press, Cleveland, OH, 1994), Page 17.

4 St. Mary Queen of Angels Parish Register, Christening Records, 1850-1862 (Unter Metzenseifen, Slovakia (LDS Film 1923139)).

5 Christopher J. Eiben, Tori in Amerika: The Story of Theodor Kundtz (Orange Blossom Press, Cleveland, OH, 1994), Page 4.

6 Ohio, Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 (Columbus, OH (via FamilySearch)).

7 Christopher J. Eiben, Tori in Amerika: The Story of Theodor Kundtz (Orange Blossom Press, Cleveland, OH, 1994), Page 73.

8 Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland Necrology Database (Cleveland, OH, http://dxsrv4.cpl.org/), ID#: 0194868.

9 Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland Necrology Database (Cleveland, OH, http://dxsrv4.cpl.org/).

10 Ohio, Cuyahoga County, 1880 U.S. Census, Population Schedule (Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration), ED 30, Page 73, Line 16.

11 Ohio, Cuyahoga County, 1910 U.S. Census, Population Schedule (Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration), ED 36, Sheet 4, Line 6.

12 Ohio, Cuyahoga County, 1920 U.S. Census, Population Schedule (Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration), ED 582, Sheet 6, Line 5.

13 Ohio, Cuyahoga County, 1930 U.S. Census, Population Schedule (Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration), ED 18-647, Sheet 3, Line 99.

14 Christopher J. Eiben, Tori in Amerika: The Story of Theodor Kundtz (Orange Blossom Press, Cleveland, OH, 1994), Page 13.

15 Ohio, Cuyahoga County, 1880 U.S. Census, Population Schedule (Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration), ED 39, Page 2, Line 8.

16 Christopher J. Eiben, Tori in Amerika: The Story of Theodor Kundtz (Orange Blossom Press, Cleveland, OH, 1994), Page vi.