ACOB1 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".

* Busenberg

The town of Busenberg where the Köhlers lived for many generations is located in the
German Pfalz, in what was at that time a part of Bayern (Bavaria), and which is referred
to as the "Palatinate". The people of the Palatinate are called
"Palatines".

From Palatines to America: "Just What Is a Palatine?"

"Prior to 1871, what is now Germany was a number of separate states, such as
Wu"Würrtemberg, Prussia, Bavaria, etc. whose boundaries changed frequently as a
result of war and other causes. The Palatinate was one of these states,