Here are my Köhler ancestors: ----------------------------------------------- Generation 1: Johann Georg KÖHLER married to Maria Elisabeth HEDLER Generation 2: Johann Heinrich Christian Ehrhardt KÖHLER born: 18 December 1791 in Remptendorf/Thüringen married: 10 October 1809 in Remptendorf/Thüringen died: 6 February 1852 in Remptendorf/Thüringen married to Marie Magdalene GUNDERMANN (Father: Johann Christian GUNTERMANN; Mother: Christiane Renate SENF) born: 14 August 1786 in Remptendorf/Thüringen died: 9 November 1858 in Remptendorf/Thüringen Generation 3: Heinrich Gottfried Johann KÖHLER born: 4 October 1817 in Friesau/Thüringen married: 28 January 1838 in Röppisch/Thüringen died: Unknown in ? married to Hanne Christiane Marie ACKERMANN (Father: Johann Christian Karl ACKERMANN; Mother: Susanne Sophie Katharine HOFFMANN) born: 2 February 1814 in Remptendorf/Thüringen died: Unknown in ? Generation 4: Heinrich Christian Wilhelm KÖHLER born: 2 September 1838 in Rauschengesees/Thüringen married: 23 June 1863 in Lausnitz/Thüringen died: 12 February 1929 in Gera/Thüringen married to "Friedericke" Karoline Friedericke Sophie RIEDEL (Father: Michael August RIEDEL; Mother: Elisabetha Catharina STERNKOPF) born 12 October 1834 in Birkigt/Thüringen died: 13 May 1905 in Ranis/Thüringen Generation 5: Ida Auguste KÖHLER born: 1 March 1868 in Ranis/Thüringen married: 11 October 1891 in Ranis/Thüringen died: 12 September 1961 in Krölpa/Thüringen married to Karl Ferdinand Erdmann LUDWIG (Father: "Carl" Johann Carl LUDWIG; Mother: "Caroline" Louise Caroline PETZOLD) born 23 September 1869 in Krölpa/Thüringen died: 18 June 1955 in Krölpa/Thüringen Generation 6: Karl Erich LUDWIG born: 19 December 1905 in Krölpa/Thüringen married: 4 January 1928 in Manhattan, New York City, NY died: 15 May 1968 in Ringwood, NJ married to Gertrud Charlotte Elisabeth SCHULZ (Father: Johann August Hermann SCHULZ; Mother: "Maria" Marie Karoline Charlotte SCHWUCHOW) born: 8 March 1909 in Schlawe/Pommern died: 27 December 1979 in Lower Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., PA Generation 7: Dr. Charles Max Frido LUDWIG born: 12 April 1929 in Jersey City, NJ living in Lititz, PA married to Betty Olene GOURLEY (Father: James Elliott GOURLEY, Sr.; Mother: Ethel Elizabeth CURRY) born: 6 May 1929 in Windber, PA married: 31 August 1957 in Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh), PA divorced: 15 June 1977 in Dauphin Co., PA living in Harrisburg, PA Generation 8: Donald Charles LUDWIG born: 12 May 1959 in Paterson, NJ living in Frankfurt, Germany ----------------------------------------------- Note: Thüringen is the German spelling of Thuringia, a state in central Germany (formerly in East Germany). To the best of my knowledge, none of my Köhler ancestors/relatives came to the USA. Additional research is possible in Remptendorf/Thüringen, but after having written to the parish priest several times, I have yet to receive an answer... All of this Köhler research was done by a cousin of my father's in the late 1930s/early 1940s. Köhler is a relatively common name in Germany, so most all of the various lines are unrelated. If any of you have Köhler ancestors from Remptendorf, though, we're probably related and I would love to hear from you. don ludwig