Henry Edward Kohler

Brief Life History of Henry Edward

When Henry Edward Kohler was born on 26 July 1916, in Midway, Wasatch, Utah, United States, his father, August Carl Kohler, was 38 and his mother, Eliza Matilda Lehmann, was 33. He married Twila Fawn Jacobson on 11 September 1940, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Midway Election Precinct, Wasatch, Utah, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He registered for military service in 1945. He died on 8 December 1999, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Midway City Cemetery, Midway, Wasatch, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Edward Kohler
1916–1999
Twila Fawn Jacobson
1920–1995
Marriage: 11 September 1940
Joyce Jolynn Kohler
1941–2024
Edna Marie Kohler
1944–2015

Sources (28)

  • Henry E Kohler, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Henry Edward Kohler, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Henry Edward Kohler, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

World Events (8)

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

1921 · One of The Oldest Coasters in the World

Utah is home to one of the oldest coasters in the world that is still operational. The Roller Coaster, at Lagoon Amusement park, is listed number 5.

1938 · The DI is Opened To The Public

Deseret Industries is a non-profit organization and a division of Welfare Services of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It includes a chain of retail thrift stores and work projects. Many of the items sold are second hand or never used. Such items include furniture, appliances, computers, and clothing. The DI also sells new furniture, much of it received directly from its own manufacturing plant in Salt Lake City. The DI provides job skill training for the physically, emotionally and socially challenged and seeks to place them into private sector employment.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Erwin, Hans, Fritz, Gunter, Heinz, Arno, Georg, Gerhard, Irmgard, Konrad.

German (also Köhler): occupational name for a charcoal burner, from Middle High German kol ‘(char)coal’ + the agent suffix -er. The form Kohler is typically South German. Compare Koehler .

Germanized form of Czech Kolář, Slovak Kolár, Sorbian Kołaŕ, Kółaŕ, and Slovenian and Croatian Kolar ‘wheelwright, cartwright’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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