Kohler family of Wisconsin

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Kohler

John Michael Kohler

Walter Jodok Kohler Sr.

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Walter Jodok Kohler Jr.

Etymology| German: 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 origin| Schnepfau, Austria
Members|

* Herbert Kohler Jr.
* John Michael Kohler
* Terry Kohler
* Walter J. Kohler Jr.
* Walter J. Kohler Sr.

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.[1][2][3] Its members include two Governors of Wisconsin, and the founder and executives of Kohler Co., a Wisconsin-based manufacturing and hospitality company.

## Contents

* 1 Background
* 2 Family tree
* 3 List of notable members
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## Background

The Kohler family traces their origin to the village of Schnepfau in Vorarlberg, Austria. The American branch is descended from Johann Michael Kohler Sr. (1805–1874), a dairy farmer, who emigrated to Minnesota in 1864 with his second wife and eight children.[4] John Michael Kohler formed the industrial branch of the family as he moved to Sheboygan, Wisconsin in 1871.[5]

## 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 Wikipedia 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:

* John Michael Kohler II (1844–1900), patriarch
* Walter Jodok Kohler Sr. (1875–1940), son
* Marie Christine Kohler (1876–1943), daughter
* Walter Jodok Kohler Jr. (1904–1976), grandson
* Julilly House (1908–1976), granddaughter-in-law
* Terry Jodok Kohler (1934–2016), great-grandson
* Herbert Vollrath Kohler Jr. (1939–2022), grandson
* Marie House Kohler (born 1951), great-granddaughter
* David Karger Kohler (born 1966), great-grandson

## See also

* List of United States political families - The Kohlers

## References

1. ↑ "The World's Billionaires". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/profile/herbert-kohler-jr/.
2. ↑ "The 10 Most Generous Families". Town and Country Magazine. April 7, 2013. http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/most-generous-families#slide-1.
3. ↑ Fossedal, Gregory A. (2003). Kohler: A Political Biography of Walter J. Kohler, Jr. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0-7658-0192-2. https://archive.org/details/kohlerpoliticalb0000foss.
4. ↑ "Johann Michael Kohler" (in en-US). https://www.austriainusa.org/johann-michael-kohler.
5. ↑ "Kohler, John Michael 1844 - 1900" (in en). 2017-08-08. https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS9455.

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