Hi Lisa, I don't know if there is a connection since I have little info about the Kirchner line. I have a Fred Kirchner (no info other than name) who had a daughter Dorothy Kirchner (b. 1924) (m. Oscar Meyer 1961). They are in the Kankakee area. The Meyer's are my husband's relatives. Carole Soenke Carlson ALLEN ANDERSON BOERMEL CARLSON FALTER MEYER