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Kohler
EtymologyGerman: occupational name for a charcoal burner, from Middle High German kol ‘(char)coal’ + the agent suffix -er. The form Kohler is South German; elsewhere it is usually written Köhler
Place of originSchnepfau, Austria
Members
Estate(s)Kohler Estate

The Kohler family of Wisconsin is a family notable for its prominence in business, society, and politics in the U.S. state of Wisconsin during the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Its members include two Governors of Wisconsin, and the founder and executives of Kohler Co., a Wisconsin-based manufacturing and hospitality company.

Family tree

The following chart uses a modified d'Aboville numbering. The redundant leading 1 has been omitted. The generation is shown by the number of digits in the descendant's index number.

  1. Child
  2. Grandchild
  3. Great-grandchild
  4. Great-great-grandchild

In the chart, direct descendants of John M. Kohler II are indicated with a blue or yellow background. Persons with Misplaced Pages biographies are indicated with a heavy border with a blue border for a deceased person and a green border for a living person.

Family tree
John Michael Kohler II
1844–1900
m1. 1871
Elizabeth Lillie Vollrath
dau. of Jacob Vollrath
1848–1883
1 Evangelina Kohler
1872–1954
2 Robert John Kohler
1873–1905
3 Walter Jodok Kohler Sr
1875–1940
m.1900
Charlotte Schroeder
1869–1947
3.1 John Michael Kohler III
1902–1968
m.1933
Julilly House
1908–1976
3.1.1 John Michael Kohler IV
1934–
3.1.2 William Collin Kohler
1937–
3.1.3 Julilly Waller Kohler
1942–
m.1972
Charles Joseph Hausmann
1945–
3.1.3.1 Julilly Kohler-Hausmann
1975–
3.1.3.2 Issa Brooke Kohler-Hausmann
1978–
3.1.4 Marie House Kohler
1951–
3.2 Walter Jodok Kohler Jr
1904–1976
m1.1932–1946
Marie Celeste McVoy
1900–1974
3.2.1 Terry Jodok Kohler
1934–2016
3.2.2 Charlotte Nicolette Kohler
1936–2012
m2.1948
Charlotte McAleer
1912–1995
3.3 Carl James Kohler
1905–1960
m.1925
Dorothy L. Dings
1905–1989
3.3.1 Carl James Kohler Jr
1926–1981
3.3.2 Conrad D Kohler
1929–1980
3.3.3 Walter J Kohler III
1932–1998
m1.1954
Susan Nall
1934–1988
m2.1963
Mary Riddell
1937–
3.3.4 Peter Galt Kohler
1934–2007
m2.1954
Nancy B Bahler
1935–2014
3.4 Robert Eugene Kohler Sr
1908–1990
m1.1933
Margaret Brewster Taylor
1908–1987
m2.1989
Martha Seymour Thorkelson
1909–1992
4 Marie Christine Kohler
1876–1943
5 Lillie Babette Kohler
1877–1965
6 Carl Jakob Kohler
1880–1904
m2. 1887
Wilhelmina Minnie Vollrath
dau. of Jacob Vollrath
sister of Lillie Vollrath
1852–1929
7 Herbert Vollrath Kohler Sr
1891–1968
m. 1937
Ruth Miriam DeYoung
1906–1953
7.1 Herbert Vollrath Kohler Jr
1939–2022
m1.1961
Linda Karger
1939–2005
7.1.1 Laura Elizabeth Kohler
1962–
7.1.2 Rachel DeYoung Kohler
1963–
7.1.3 David Karger Kohler
1966–
m2.1988
Natalie Ann Black
1950–2024
7.2 Ruth DeYoung Kohler II
1941–2020
7.3 Frederick Cornell Kohler
1943–1998

List of notable members

Chronological by birth:

See also

References

  1. "The World's Billionaires". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2 April 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  2. "The 10 Most Generous Families". Town and Country Magazine. 7 April 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. Fossedal, Gregory A. (2003). Kohler: A Political Biography of Walter J. Kohler, Jr. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0-7658-0192-2.
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