This one came in through the KOEHLER list. Since we all know about spelling variations, I am forwarding it (along with a cc to Cheryl). Leslie Kohler KOEHLER/KOHLER/KAHLER list 'owner' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Koehler" <rckoeh@evansville.net> Sent: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 > Koehlers... > > I am curious about a Koehler family that moved to California in the 1920's. > The mother, Katherine Keitz Koehler, and her grown children left southern > Indiana. > She was born in Germany. On her husband, Charles', naturalization papers, it > says > he arrived in the states December of 1881. I'm not sure if they married in > Germany or > the states. One of the children, born in Sept.1882, was born in Indiana > according to > his marriage application. > > Two of the children married in southern Indiana in 1906. William Ernest > Koehler and > his sister, Minnie. William married Carrie Helms. Minnie married John > Wilder. Some > years later, William, left his wife and children and joined his mother and > siblings to head > west. Harry Koehler, his son, heard somehow that a couple of William's > brothers had > formed a private investigative service out there. > > If this sounds familiar, let me know. We know where William died and is > buried, but little > else. > > Thanks. > C Koehler