Forward from the KOEHLER list: > >As promised, here is what my brother and my sister-in-law had to say about >the meaning of 'koehler/kohler: > >Jean: I asked what the name Kohler meant >> and this was the reply: Köhler means....charcoal burner ---cut--- Jean > >Art: Ha, well Koehler is not a BBQ grill and the word is out of useage. >Koehlers >also did not tend the fires at the manor house. > >According to Tess, Koehlers cut sod or dug peat that kept the fires burning in >the early middle ages. It was a lowly occupation, but with out them the fires >would have gone out. > >I thought that since charcoal was used in the early blast furnances to make >steel, Koehlers might have has something to do with that, but Tess said >definitely not, and that when coal became common, the trade died off. > > > ( Tess, Art's wife was born in Germany and has a master's degree in German >history. That does not mean that her answer is any better or more accurate. >I do appreciate all the answers sent to me. I kind of like this one, though >so I thought I would offer it.) > >Jean > > >==== KOEHLER Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb ((GIVES)) us so much. Please consider becoming a supporter. > Mary Ann Kaylor makaylor@npwt.net