When Adam Kohl was born on 26 July 1895, in Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, his father, Emil, gen. Jakob Kohl, was 33 and his mother, Elisabetha Braun, was 26. He had at least 2 sons. He died on 2 September 1976, at the age of 81.
German (also Köhl):
from Middle High German kōl, köl ‘cabbage, cabbage head’ (ultimately from Latin caulis ‘stalk’), hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of cabbages. Cabbage was an important winter staple food until recent times.
from the ancient Germanic personal name Kolo. See also Koehl , compare Cole , Coll , Kail , and Kale .
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