Ferdinand KOEHN

Birth:
8 Mar 1852
Berline, Brandenburg, Germany
Death:
3 Mar 1939
Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego, California
Burial:
7 Mar 1939
Colony Cemetery, Olivenhain, San Diego, California
Marriage:
10 Mar 1878
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Sources:
Family Records
Ancestral File - Version 4.19
Internet IGI, May 2008
Pedigree Resource File - nil
Ancestry World Tree
1910 Federal Census Encinitas,San Diego,California (Online Census Images @ Ancestry.com), ED 130, pg 3B
Cook County,Illinois Marriage Records, 1878 (FHL#1,030,104), #34858
World Connect Project: Ancestors of Roy M. Clark & Max E. Nichols @ RootsWeb.com
Notes:
                   Ferdinand Koehn:  Birth and death dates from death certificate.
Ferdinand's occupation: farmer, carpenter, cabinet maker.  In
1880, the family resided in Chicago at 581 W. 16th Street.
Ferdinand immigrated to the US in 1862 from Germany.  He arrived
in California in 1885, and moved to Rancho Santa Fe in 1887 to
start the ranch (Ref: death certificate).   He is buried in the
Olivenhain Colony Cemetery.

Reference: The book "Colony Olivenhain" by Richard Bumann (p. 33,
44):  The Koehns came by rail from Chicago and arrived in the
new German colony of Olivenhain on March 30, 1885.  In 1887 they
homesteaded land to the northeast of Olivenhain, near Rancho
Santa Fe.
Wilhelmina C. FANDRE
Birth:
8 Sep 1856
Stettin, Pommern, Preussen, Germany
Death:
29 Jan 1929
Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego, California
Burial:
31 Jan 1929
Colony Cemetery, Olivenhain, San Diego, California
Sources:
1880 Federal Census Chicago,Cook,Illinois (Online Census Images @ Ancestry.com), ED 59, Image 0416
Notes:
                   NAME:
    Wilhelmina aka Minnie

NOTES:
    Came to the United States aboard the ship "Leipzig P." which sailed from Bremen,Germany & arrived in Baltimore,Maryland on 24 May 1872.


Wilhelmina Fandre:  Birth and death dates from death certificate.
Minnie immigrated to the US in 1871 from Germany.  Her parents
were both born in Germany, and she was of French Huguenot descent.
She is buried in the Olivenhain Colony Cemetery.
The Huguenots were Protestants who were driven out of Catholic
France in the 1600's and 1700's by King Louis XIV.
Minnie came from Germany to America when she was 14 years old.
(Ref: Julia Fidero Bohe and also Herman Wiegand, age 100, Aug.
1990).
Born in Saxony, Germany (Ref: Vernon Fidero, 3-23-93 tape).
Children
Marriage
1
Mathilde Wilhelmina Augusta KOEHN
Birth:
9 Apr 1880
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Death:
7 Sep 1955
Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego, California
Theodore Joseph FIGUEROA 
Marr:
1 Dec 1900
San Diego, San Diego, Californ 
Notes:
                   Koehn:  Mathilde Minna Augusta Koehn was later known as Matilda
Wilhelmina Koehn.  Christening date: from baptismal certificate.
Two of her children were stillborn and not named;  One born
after Ruth (child #8) and the other after Vernon (child #9).
Birth dates of her 10 children were recorded 13 December 1932 at
the Office of Recorder, San Diego, CA.
Matilda is buried in the Olivenhain Colony Cemetery.
2
Amanda Clara KOEHN
Birth:
30 Jul 1882
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Death:
3 Apr 1964
Encinitas, San Diego, California
Clarence E. COLE 
Marr:
10 Jun 1905
Olivenhain, San Diego, Califor 
Notes:
                   Amanda Koehn is buried in Olivenhain Colony Cemetery.
She lived with her son Arthur D. Cole on El Camino del Norte
at the time of her death.  (Ref:  Death certificate, and the
book "Colony Olivenhain" by Richard Bumann, p.64-65).
Amanda's husband Clarence Cole left the family (presumably
after the kids were grown) and spent the rest of his years
in Chowchilla, CA.
3
Paul KOEHN
Birth:
Abt 1884
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Death:
Abt 1884
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Koehn: Paul Koehn died at birth or in infancy.
FCID:6209:209
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Ferdinand Koehn - Wilhelmina C. Fandre

Ferdinand Koehn was born at Berline, Brandenburg, Germany 8 Mar 1852. His parents were Christian Koehn and Mrs. Mary Koehn.

He married Wilhelmina C. Fandre 10 Mar 1878 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois . Wilhelmina C. Fandre was born at Stettin, Pommern, Preussen, Germany 8 Sep 1856 daughter of Wilhelm Fandre and Augusta Rassow .

They were the parents of 3 children:
Mathilde Wilhelmina Augusta Koehn born 9 Apr 1880.
Amanda Clara Koehn born 30 Jul 1882.
Paul Koehn born Abt 1884.

Ferdinand Koehn died 3 Mar 1939 at Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego, California .

Wilhelmina C. Fandre died 29 Jan 1929 at Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego, California .