First Generation

1. Heinrich "Henry" KOEHLER Sr. was born in April 1846 in Griessenberg, Bayern (Bavaria) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^1,2 He emigrated in 1864 from Griessenberg, Bayern (Bavaria) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^1,2 He appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.² Henry died in 1921 at the age of 75 in Clifton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹ He was a farmer in Clifton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹ He was buried in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.³ in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Heinrich "Henry" KOEHLER Sr. and Wilhelmine "Minnie" BRITZMAN were married about 1869.² Wilhelmine "Minnie" BRITZMAN was born in August 1844 in Griessenberg, Bayern (Bavaria) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^1,2,3 (The cemetery records list her birth year as 1843.) She emigrated in 1860 from Germany.² She appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.² Minnie died in 1928 at the age of 84 in Clifton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹ She was buried in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.³ in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Heinrich "Henry" KOEHLER Sr. and Wilhelmine "Minnie" BRITZMAN had the following children:

+2	i.	Franz Wilhelm "Frank" KOEHLER.
3	ii.	William KOEHLER was born (date unknown).
4	iii.	Louis KOEHLER was born (date unknown).
+5	iv.	Anna "Anne" KOEHLER.
+6	v.	Henry KOEHLER Jr..
+7	vi.	Ida A. KOEHLER.