Couts, Kautz, Koutz, & Kouts




KOUTS, KAUTZ, KOUTZ COUTS:
 Reunion 
President and Author:
  John and June Kautz
110 Drawbridge Place
Fairfield Bay Arkansas 72088


The Kautz-Koutz-Kouts-Couts 2000 Family International Reunion
THANK YOU, KAUTZ FAMILY 
AND THE IRONSTONE KAUTZ WINERY!!!
KAUTZ REUNION 2000
5490 Bear Creek Rd.
Lodi,  CA  95240
Jeri Dryden, niece of John and Gail Kautz,  
planned and completed the details 
for the marvelous reunion activities.
Thank you, Jeri!

 ACTIVITIES & EVENTS:
The Kautz Winery and surrounding country.
FRIDAY, JULY 7 - Adventerous
souls got together  and Explored the mother 
lode country side,  toured the winery, visited 
tasting room and Gift shop.  Upstairs a 44 lb gold 
Nugget was on display in the
Winery's heritage museum.  Along side of 
The winery was a park along the lake. Others
Visited the historic gold rush towns of murphys 
And angels camp, on "welcome home" week.

SATURDAY, JULY 8 - German music was 
played in the park Saturday and Sunday.  In the 
Winery enterance, a  set up that display Family 
Tree, Photos, Favorite German/Russian Recipes, 
Memorabilia, and Family Crests. 

Tents were set up for you with a variety 
of foods from the Kautz Winery deli.



Lawrence Kautz spoke about Johann George Kautz.
He was a Carpenter and Wine makers.  Johann George 
was the father of Major General August Kautz and Rear
Admiral Albert Kautz, American heroes. 

Movies about the German/Russian History were 
shown.  The Children of the Stepp, Schmeckfest, 
and Traveling to the Volga, gave an overview
of the German/Russian area.

Arthur Flegel lectured on the history of 
Germans-Russian settlements of Kautz:  Why they
followed Katherine the Great to Russia, why 
they immigrated, where they settled, how they 
got there, and why they left to journey 
to the United States of America.

 John Kautz thanks Mr. 
Flegel on his Kautz presentation/lecture about the Kautz of 
Germany and Russia in the United States will 
under.   In the winery entry, some of us met cousins, 
uncles, aunts and new relatives. 

John Kautz, Dennis Bixler
(presenter and exhabitioner of the Agricultural Art
and Science Foundation.  He presented the photo
collection of the German Immigrant and their contributions
to the American culture and society),  and Arthur Flegel 
greet the crowds of Kautzes 

A German chorus, conducted by Mister Miller, sang
German songs eloquently.

 A German choir, Heimat Choir, serenaded
us before dinner.  Herr Miller, conductor.

We enjoyed the entertainment a fabulous dinner-
German/Russian Buffet banquet, wine, a raffle, 
introductions, camaraderie,  dancing 
into the evening.
John Kautz and "Uncle Hans" 
toast the festivities. 

Barbara Couts Evans declares,
"A fun time for all, thanks to the Kautz Family."

Randy Evans dancing 
with Lucy Leon, fellow Couts researcher 
from San Diego

Randy Evans dancing 
with wife, Barbara Couts Evans (tired)

SUNDAY, JULY 9- 
OPEN TO ALL KAUTZ FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO
ENJOY THE FESTIVITIES- We sang 
German songs, attended services, and 
listened to a German band saying 
good-byes and vowing to return, 
at least in five years, before going home.

KAUTZ PUBLICATIONS:
Couts Family Newsletter: Publisher, Ollen Kay, San Diego.
Kautz Family History: Author, John W. Kautz
Katuz Family History Supplemental: Author, John W. Kautz
The Seeds of Daniel Kautz 1750-1992: Author, Alvin Kouts (Austin Texas) 
Kautz-Kouts (1750-1994) History: Author Kenneth Kouts 
(San Lorenzo California)
The Descendants of John Jacob Koutz 
and Sarah E. Christlieb: Author Cindy Bryant and Alicia Walker

 IN THE SHADOW OF A BELL TOWER: A 
Social History of the Volga Germans From 
the Former Colony of 
Merkel, Russia. Available from the author, 
Darrell W. Kautz, 5048 N. Forest, Kansas City, 
Missouri 64118. Priced at $29.95 plus $2.95 shipping 
and handling. 316 pages of village history, including 
many Kautz family members. Many photographs.  Darrell Kautz
 


GREAT PLACE TO VISIT:
The John H. Kautz Winery, in Murphy's California

Other KAUTZ Family Organizations
Famlienverband Kautz, Chairman and Family Researcher: Herbert Kautz,
Established in 1912, by Walter Kautz.  (Kautz Family Days, Germany)