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- BIOGRAPHY: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wallner/koehler.htm
JACOB1 KÖHLER was born Abt. 1710 in Prob. Busenberg, Pfalz, Bavaria, and died Unknown in Prob. Busenberg, Pfalz, Bavaria. He married MARGARETHE Abt. 1730 in Busenberg, Pfalz, Bavaria. She was born Abt. 1710 in Prob. Busenberg, Pfalz, Bavaria, and died in Prob. Busenberg, Pfalz, Bavaria.
The KOEHLER name appears as KÖHLER in the earliest Busenberg Roemisch Katholische (Roman Catholic) church records. The umlaut over the letter O in the name Köhler was replaced with the addition of the letter E following the O, for the current spelling of the name in the US: KOEHLER. Various other spellings of the name can be found in transcriptions and translations of these church records copied by the Church of the Latter Day Saints, including Kochler, Kocher, Koler, Koller, etc. These Busenberg church records were in Latin, sometimes written in German script. These two factors may account for the different spelling of the name. An examination of the original church records indicate that the name was actually spelled Köhler consistently through the generations living in Busenberg.
The name Köhler means "Charcoal Burner" from the German world "Kohl". It also means "Cabbage".
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