KOCHER Family Tree

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KOCHER Branch of the LINTON Family Tree

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KOCHER Branch of the LINTON Family Tree

Updated May 4, 2019

updated July 4, 2024

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Direct ancestral linage:

Kirk Louis LINTON (1914-1987) & Evelyn Virginia BIRD (1922-2012)

Children:

Kenneth "Ken" Edward LINTON (1945) & Terry Louis LINTON (1949)

(father & mother)

Charles Edward LINTON (1890-1958) & Annie Lucretia CRONK (1888-1956)

Children:

John Edward Charles Linton (1910-1911); Florence Avis LINTON Beavers (1912-1990); Kirk Louis LINTON (1914-1987); Georganna LINTON (1916-1916); Theodore "Ted" Francis LINTON (1917-1970); Bernadette "Bernie" Thelma LINTON Butler (1921-2014); Madeline "Madge" Elizabeth LINTON Bly (1922-1991)

(grandparents)

John Edward LINTON (1838-1901) & Sallie Fenmor STONESTREET (1861-1928)

Children:

Charles Edward LINTON (1890-1958) & half-brother George Whippoorwill Stonestreet PHILLIPS (1904-1969)

(great-grandparents)

Doctor Lewis Colbert LINTON (1803-1876) & Sarah KOCHER (1810-1870)

Children:

Mary Ann LINTON Jenkins (1828-1876); Emma Caroline LINTON Mendler Smith (1829-1909; Harriet LINTON Fuller King (1831-1912); Deborah Caroline LINTON Fowler (1834-1916); John Edward LINTON (1838-1901); Jerome D. LINTON (1839-1910); Francis "Frank" Charles LINTON (1844-1911); Morris LINTON (1848-1860)

(2^nd great-grandparents)

Peter KOCHER (1787-1849) & Maria "Mary” Catherina PIPHER (1787–1850)

Children:

Sarah KOCHER (1810–1870); John KOCHER (1819–1880); Caroline K. KOCHER (1822–1878); John Nelson KOCHER (1825–1907); Mary “Polly” KOCHER (1834–1887); Sarah Jane KOCHER (1836–?); Samuel KOCHER (1838–?); Henry H. KOCHER (1839–?).

(3^rd great-grandparents)

John Peter KOCHER (1767-1837) & Susanna Christina SCHNEIDER (1769-1791)

Children:

Jonas KOCKER (1784–1839); Peter KOCHER (1787–1849)

(4^th great-grandparents)

John Peter KOCHER (1742-1819) & Maria MESSINGER (1743-1813)

Children:

John Peter KOCHER (1767–1837); Johanna KOCHER (1768–1844); Maria KOCHER (1769–?); Rosina KOCHER (1770–1844); Abraham KOCHER (1772–1817); Daniel KOCHER (1774–1807); Conrad KOCHER (1777–1835); Susanna KOCHER (1779–1844); Anna Maria KOCHER (1790–1872); Maria "Magd" KOCKER (1808–1878)

(5^th great-grandparents)

Peter KOCHER (1700-1772) & Elizabeth Eva "Eveles" KOPPENHOPPER (1709–1773)

the german emigrants fron Hoelzenhausen, Dillenberg, Nassau Germany

Children:

Johannes Peter KOCHER (1730–?); Anna Barbara KOCHER (1731–1731); John Michael KOCHER (1732–1808); Maria Barbara KOCHER (1737–?); Cumrath "Conrad" KOCHER (1739–1826); John Peter KOCHER Sr., (1742–1819); Albertina KOCHER (1743–?); Henry KOCHER (1746–?); Anna Catherine KOCHER (1748–?)

(6^th great-grandparents)

Johan Michaël KOCHER (1653-1725) & Ann MERTZ (1663-1732)

Children:

Johannes KOCHER (1697-1780); Martin KOCHER (1698-1762); Peter KOCHER (1700-1772); Nicholas KOCHER (1704-?) and Catharina Barbara KOCHER (1710-1733)

(7^th great-grandparents)

Johann Georg KOCHER (1630–1690) & Barbara MIEDLIN (1633–1716)

children:

Johan Michaël KOCHER (1653–1725); Christina Barbara KOCHER (1666–1723)

(8^th great-grandparents)

Nikolaus KOCHER (1603–1669) & Catharine KUNZ (1612–1679)

children:

Johann Georg KOCHER (1630–1690); Hans KOCHER (1642–1696); Peter KOCHER (1644–1702); Katerina KOCHER (1645–1675); Apollonia KOCHER (1650–1709)

(9^th great-grandparents)

Johannes KOCHER (1580–1669) & Anna 1585–?)

children:

Johannes KOCHER (1605–1669); Hans KOCHER (1610–1695); Peter KOCHER (1612–1673); Stefan KOCHER (1618–1682); Adelheid KOCHER (1625–?); Benedikt KOCHER (1632–?); Barbli KOCHER (1635–?)

(10^th great-grandparents)

Benedikt KOCHER (1555–1618) & Christine KAUCHEL (1557–1620)

children:

Anna KOCHER (1577–?); Barbli KOCHER (1579–?); Johannes KOCHER (1580–1669); Hans KOCHER (1581–?); Benedikt KOCHER (1583–?); Peter KOCHER (1586–?); Katarina KOCHER (1591–?).

Below map: Swiss Ancien Régime (1648–1798)

KOCHER Surname and migration

Surname

According to the House of Names, the surname Kocher was first found in Bavaria, Germany the ancestral home of the Kocher family. The Kocher surname is derived from the Latin word "coquus," which denotes the "art of cookery." Kocher was originally an occupational name, for a cook. [i]

Migration of the Kocher family to the New World

European migration to North America began in the mid-17th century and continued unabated until the mid-20th. Many Bavarians made the long trip to escape poverty or persecution based on their religious beliefs. The chance for tenant farmers to own their own land was also a foremost ambition.

Over a span of 145 years, our Kocher ancestors started out in Buerglen, Bern, Switzerland then migrated 1000’s of miles to Nortweiler, Rhein-Pfalz, Rheinish Palatinate, in Western Germany on the Rhine River. Stayed there for a while then moving on to the Nassau, Rheinish Palatinate Germany. Next to Württemberg, Germany and then to Hangwiller, Lorraine, France. Then back to Hoelzenhausen, Dillenberg, Nassau, Germany.

The 5^th great-grandfather of Kirk Louis LINTON (1914-1987), Peter KOCHER (1700-1772) “the German emigrant” was born in 1700 in Hoelzenhausen, Dillenberg, Nassau, Germany. In June of 1737 Peter boarded the “Saint Andrew” in Rotterdam via England and on September 26, 1737 docked at the Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Peter died in 1772, 35 years later at the age of 77 in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

The first Kochers to arrive in North America, according to P. William Filby and Mary K., Meyer were: George Kocher, who arrived in Georgia in 1734; Georg Kocher, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1737; Laus Kocher, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1737; Martin Kocher, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1737; Peter Kocher, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1737 [ii]

Source:

[ii] Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index: a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)