Victor Kunz Boss

Brief Life History of Victor Kunz

When Victor Kunz Boss was born on 9 May 1913, in Garland, Box Elder, Utah, United States, his father, Peter Boss, was 34 and his mother, Ida Caroline Kunz, was 29. He married Margaret Bell on 17 January 1940, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Garland Election Precinct, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 21 November 1942, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 29, and was buried in Garland, Box Elder, Utah, United States.

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Victor Kunz Boss
1913–1942
Margaret Bell
1916–2009
Marriage: 17 January 1940

Sources (34)

  • Victor Kunz Boss, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Victor Kunz Boss, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
  • Victor Kunz Bass, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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World Events (8)

1914 · The American Can Company of Utah Building Complex

The American Can Company of Utah Building Complex was built downtown Ogden on 20th and Lincoln Ave. It employed over 450 people and produced millions of cans of food from crops of local farmers. It was closed in 1979 but was added as a Historic Place in 2005 to the National Register. It has also become a headquarters for Amer Sports.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Bos, from ancient Germanic Boso, based on the element bōs ‘bad, evil, wild, angry’.

English: nickname for a hunchback, from Middle English, Old French boce, bos ‘protuberance, swelling’ (compare Bossard 2).

German (also Böss): from a short form of the personal name Borkhart, a variant of Burkhart . This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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