August Carl Kohler

Brief Life History of August Carl

When August Carl Kohler was born on 23 November 1877, in Niederscherli, Köniz, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Gottlieb Kohler, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Müller, was 30. He married Eliza Matilda Lehmann on 28 December 1904, in Midway, Wasatch, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to New York City, New York County, New York, United States in 1886 and lived in Midway Election Precinct, Wasatch, Utah, United States in 1940 and Midway, Wasatch, Utah, United States in 1943. He died on 24 March 1943, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Midway City Cemetery, Midway, Wasatch, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

August Carl Kohler
1877–1943
Eliza Matilda Lehmann
1882–1936
Marriage: 28 December 1904
Reed Karl Kohler
1906–1969
Ruth Elizabeth Kohler
1908–1912
Elmer Leroy Kohler
1912–1995
Alvin William Kohler
1914–2002
Henry Edward Kohler
1916–1999
Ida Fern Kohler
1919–2005
Eva Matilda Kohler
1921–2001
David Jay Kohler
1924–1924

Sources (57)

  • August Karl Kohler, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • August C Kohler, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • August Carl Kohler, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1890

Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

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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