Alma Henrietta (Kohls) Kowalkowski or Kowald           1872-1966

 

Born:   August 27, 1872.  Birthplace Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Died:   July 16, 1966.  Buried at Valhalla Cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lot # L-393.  Note:  There is no stone or marker.  Raymond and Laurence are buried beside her, also without markers.

 

Spouse:          Ferdinand Kowalkowski  m. November 24, 1894 in Milwaukee, divorced July 3, 1918.

Children:         Archibald Ferdinand Kowald or Kowalkowski

Raymond Kowald

Alma Amalie Kowalkowski

                        Darwin F. B. Kowalkowski

Irene Martha Augusta (Kowalkowski) Giese

Lawrence Kowald

 

 

Father’s name:  August Kohls                                 Birth place: Germany           

Mother’s name: Johanna (Kohls) Henke    Birth place: Germany

Siblings:         Paul Kohls

Henry Kohls

Rose Kohls

Helen Kohls

August Kohls

John Kohls

George Kohls

Esther Kohls

Martha Kohls

Edmund “Ed” Kohls*

Wm. Or William Kohls*

 

Alma divorced Ferdinand soon after Lawrence was born.

See Ferdinand’s page for more information regarding the children and a timeline built from Milwaukee City Directories and other sources.

 

*I have not been able to confirm an Ed Kohls with a relationship to my family and he was not listed among the passengers of the immigrant ship.  However, I’ve been told by two different family members about the following:

  • Alma’s Brother Ed Kohls married Anne and they had a son Arthur.
  • Son Arthur Kohls married Irene and they had a son Robert Kohls. 
  • Do not know who Robert married, but they had two children, Mark and Paula Kohls. 
  • Quite by coincidence, I met Paula, who was a classmate of mine while attending Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.
  • Ed Kohls was also signed as a witness onto Ferd and Alma’s Marriage Registration.  Wm. Kohls also added his name.

 

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