Hello All,
Christiane Sophia Dorothea (NEUMANN) KOEHLER was my husband's
Great-grandmother. She was born in Mecklenburg, Prussia. Her grave
stone gives her DOB as 5 Feb 1842. Her marriage record would have
her born in 1840 or 1841. "Sophia's" maiden name might have actually
been NIEMANN, but her children evidentially believed it to be NEUMANN.
Sophia's marriage record (We are relatively certain we have the right
one.) states her as the 2nd daughter of Hans Heinrich NIEMANN and
___?___ Fredericke BAUSTIAN. Her parents' grave stones show her
parents as Elizabeth & Henry NEUMANN. And, Sophia had a sister
known as Ella, who is buried beside the parents.
Sophia married Christian F. KOEHLER (KÖHLER in Prussia) in 1868
in Wolcottsville, Niagara County, NY. Both of them had emigrated
from Germanic Europe to the US. They moved westward to settle on
the land that he had gained from his Civil War service. Before reaching
this land (in Macon County, Missouri), they had a picture made in a
German town in northeast Iowa. We don't yet know as to whether they
ever lived there, however. Both are buried in Macon, Missouri. He died
in 1906; and she, in 1918.
My sister-in-law has researched the family for about 30 years and
has information on all of the descendants of this couple. We are more
than willing to share. *And*, we are always looking for further information
about the family.
Leslie (Bridges) Kohler
Aug67(a)att.net --and-- Aug67(a)mchsi.com
mailing address: P.O. Box 276
Carrollton, MO
64633-0276