The following message came through the KOHLER list this morning. The sender may be reached at <Batwomanrg@aol.com>. Leslie ----- Original Message ----- From: <Batwomanrg@aol.com> To: <KOHLER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 6:17 PM Subject: Re: [Kohler] coat of arms > I see that we have several people who descended from the Kohlers of Austria. > I was told that the name was Bavarian in origin. I have gr-grandfather from > Austria and his name was Charles James Kohler (DOB: 11/00/1898- Died: > 6/00/1969). His parents were named Carl Anthony Kohler and Anna. I wish I > know Anna's maiden name. Little is said of them but they were antisocial and > the grandchildren saw less of them. They were very private people, which is > making my research very difficult. The brothers and sisters (my great aunts > and uncles) told me that their daddy, Charles, was German Jew. > > Charles came through Rochester, New York and stayed there for a while. THen > he went to Chicago and rumors said he worked for Al Capone as a newspaper boy > for Al. Then he went to Kentucky or Tennessee, and married and had two > children: Edward Kohler and Beatrice Kohler. He left that family and met my > gr-grandmother, Venora. They married in Arkansas and lived there until they > moved to California. They got divorced and Charles married to May. Charles > was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hawaiian Gardens, California. Charles > had two sisters that we know of: Rosie and Minnie. The sisters lived in > Harbor City, California. We last heard of them in 1969 during Charles's > funeral. > > Cinny and Sherry, I hope that we have a connection here, too. I'm at that > same point since 1987 and has a little hope of finding more information about > Carl and Anna. Let's see if it's in His will to unite all of us once more. :) > > Robin Gentry