Kunstman Family History and Photographs


- William Kunstman - - Photography -		Kunstman Family History
William Kunstman was the son of John and Catharine. He married Sabina Beck and resided in Nazareth where he was a painter and photographer. During the Civil War William was a photographer with the Union troops. His work includes tintypes (melainotypes or ferrotypes), ambrotypes (pictures on glass) from various time periods and a large collection of carte-de-viste photographs.		August Heinrich Kunstman arrived in Philadelphia in 1734 on the ship Hope. They settled in Southeastern Pennsylvania and eventually one branch of the Kunstman family migrated to Northampton County and settled in the region of Lower Saucon Township where Philip Kunstman can be found. Later some Kunstman’s moved to Nazareth where William Kunstman lived and operated his photography business.

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Updated: 1/1/2008 - See Family Profiles