EUROPEAN RELOCATION: KOEHLER FAMILY REUNION

MARK AND I ATTENDED A FAMILY REUNION IN GERMANY THIS PAST WEEKEND. MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS BORN IN HEIMERSHEIM, GERMANY. HE HAD TWO OLDER BROTHERS, PETER AND JAKOB. PETER'S DESCENDANTS ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE MET THIS WEEKEND. IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE. THE FIRST FEW PHOTOS ARE OF THE SMALL TOWN OF HEIMERSHEIM.

I KNOW I'M MISSING SOME NAMES IN THE PHOTOS, IF YOU WERE THERE AND YOU KNOW SOME NAMES, PLEASE LET ME KNOW! THANKS

THE AMERICAN CONTINGENT

KOEHLER FAMILY REUNION - 2013

THE FOLLOWING THREE PHOTOS ARE THE KOEHLER FAMILY HOMESTEAD IN HEIMERSHEIM, GERMANY. STILL OWNED BY DESCENDANTS OF PETER KOEHLER.

LINDA KIMMONS BROWN and MARISSA KOEHLER (Hans Peter's wife)

on right - HANS PETER KOEHLER

BOB KOEHLER SR., HIS WIFE PATSY (2nd from right) and HELGA (right)

HANS PETER KOEHLER (from HEIMERSHEIM) AND DERICK BORN (my brother)

IN THE MIDDLE IS HANS PETER KOEHLER FROM HEIMERSHEIM; ON THE RIGHT IS ULI ALSO FROM GERMANY;

AN EXCELLENT BOTTLE OF RIESLING - FROM THE MUTH WINERY

SECOND FROM THE RIGHT IS JEFF KIMMONS. THE OTHERS ARE GERMAN RELATIVES AND I'VE ALREADY FORGOTTEN NAMES!

MARK ROTERMUND and KIRSTEN RHODES (Dori & Pat's Daughter)

BOBBY KOEHLER, KEN (Dori & Pat's son) & JENNY RHODES, AND PAT RHODES (champion family tree chart maker).

GRAPE PRESS FROM 1826; MUTH WINERY - A WINERY FROM A BRANCH OF PETER KOEHLER'S DESCENDANTS

OUR REUNION HOSTS BOOKED A NIGHT WALK OF ALZEY, GERMANY; A LARGER TOWN NEARBY. VERY INTERESTING WALK AND THE GUY WAS QUITE FUNNY. SPOKE ENGLISH WELL.

ANOTHER OUTING DURING THE REUNION VISIT WAS A BOAT TOUR ALONG THE RHINE. WE ALSO STOPPED AT A SMALL TOWN CALLED ST. GOAR. UNFORTUNATELY WE ONLY HAD 45 MINUTES SO NOT ENOUGH TIME TO DO MORE THAN JUST POPPING IN AND OUT OF SHOPS OR MAYBE I SHOULD SAY - JUST ENOUGH TIME FOR A PINT!!