Kohl Family History
- Kohl Name Meaning
- German (also Köhl): from Middle High German kol, köl ‘cabbage’, ‘cabbage head’ (ultimately from Latin caulis ‘stalk’), hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of cabbages. from the Germanic personal name Kolo.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 414,029 Historical Documents with Kohl on Ancestry
- 245,888 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 45,744 Census and Voter Lists
- 19,899 Military Records
- 11,843 Immigration Records
- 90,655 Member Trees
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Number of Kohl families
 12 - 22  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kohl census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
Kohl census records
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