****From: <Captbwt@aol.com> > Source: GERMAN-TEXAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GERMAN-TEXAN-L] Search for Koehler > > > I have been trying for several years now to find some record of the fate or > latter days of my grandmother's sister, my great aunt. She was born Auguste > Gronle in 1857 in Fihlene, Posen, Germany. She came to the United States and > Texas in 1888. On 3 May 1890, she married Carl (Karl) Koehler in Hortontown, > Texas (near New Braunfels), in the First Protestant Church in a ceremony > conducted by the Rev. Albert Kyper, a Lutheran minister. Her husband, > Heinrich August Karl Koehler, was born in December 1852, to August Koehler > and Karoline Wesch. > > I have done research in Comal, Guadalupe and Bexar Counties. August Koehler > owned land and rendered the same for taxes in Guadalupe County. After his > death, Karl (Carl)did the same. Carl had a brother named Julius, married to > Emma Weidner, who for several years owned property near to that of Carl. > This went on from 1884 to 1895. Then Carl and Julius both show up in Bexar > County owning land in the St.Hedwig area. In 1900 Carl, Auguste and son Otto > are in the Bexar County census in the St. Hedwig area. That same year they > go from being diligent returners of property for tax purposes to appearing on > the unrendered roll. After that, in January 1902, there is a tax sale of > Carl's property in Bexar County. And after that the proverbial brick wall. > No trace of Carl and Auguste. There has been a hint of sorts that they may > have moved on to Atascosa County. Someone has stated that Julius showed up > there--but no supporting evidence. > > So, what happened to Carl and Auguste Koehler, late of Bexar and Guadalupe > Counties in the early 1900's. Can someone help me? > > Elladean Rupert Chambers Captbwt@aol.com