Eric Miller's Family Tree - George M. Koehler Jr.

Person Chart

Parents

Father	Date of Birth	Mother	Date of Birth
George Koehler Sr.

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Mary Cassandra "Mae" Mahan	8/30/1875	Living Koehler Living Koehler Victor Carter Koehler Living Koehler Arthur Rolin Koehler Living Koehler Living Koehler Living Koehler Vera Margaret Ann Koehler
Frances Matila Mccabe		George M. Koehler Jr.

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place
Birth	4/24/1875	Winchester, Clark County, Missouri, United States
Marriage	1895	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, United States
Divorce	1917
Marriage	1924
Death	2/27/1944	Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, United States
Burial	3/1/1944	Mt. Washington Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, United States

Notes


*George M. Koehler was born simply George Koehler, like his own father. During the early 1900s while a baker with the George Rushton Bakery in Kansas City, Kansas, George Koehler realized he was the only male worker without a middle initial or name. He bestowed upon himself the middle initial ‘M’, but never made it legal. George remarried in 1924 to Frances Matila McCabe who had been widowed just two months earlier. She was a woman with who George had carried on an affair before Frances’ husband died. George and Frances issued one child, a son they named George M. Koehler JR, born 1925. Great-uncle George M. Koehler JR is still living in Kearney, Clay CO, Missouri and has shared with me many wonderful stories of my 2nd great-grandfather’s (his grandfather) Civil War experiences and photos, and those of George’s time growing up with grandma Vera and her siblings, etc.. I’m only sharing this information with you, because many past and current researchers continue to list my 2nd and 1st great-grandfathers as: George Michael Koehler SR and George Michael or George M. Koehler JR. They are wrong! Their correct names were: George Koehler and George M. Koehler – the latter having bestowed that middle initial to his name in the early 1900s. There is only one legally named George M. Koehler in this family, and that is great-uncle George still living in Kearney, Missouri.

*George M. Koehler was born simply George Koehler, like his own father.
During the early 1900s while a baker with the George Rushton Bakery in Kansas City, Kansas, George Koehler realized he was the only male worker without a middle initial or name. He bestowed upon himself the middle initial ‘M’, but never made it legal.
George remarried in 1924 to Frances Matila McCabe who had been widowed just two months earlier. She was a woman with who George had carried on an affair before Frances’ husband died. George and Frances issued one child, a son they named George M. Koehler JR, born 1925.
Great-uncle George M. Koehler JR is still living in Kearney, Clay CO, Missouri and has shared with me many wonderful stories of my 2nd great-grandfather’s (his grandfather) Civil War experiences and photos, and those of George’s time growing up with grandma Vera and her siblings, etc..
I’m only sharing this information with you, because many past and current researchers continue to list my 2nd and 1st great-grandfathers as: George Michael Koehler SR and George Michael or George M. Koehler JR. They are wrong! Their correct names were: George Koehler and George M. Koehler – the latter having bestowed that middle initial to his name in the early 1900s. There is only one legally named George M. Koehler in this family, and that is great-uncle George still living in Kearney, Missouri.

Sources

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Liz Franklin's email about Norman Elmer Ragsdale