Thomas Koehnline
Honor Code SignatorySigned 8 Apr 2018 | 35,847 contributions | 934 thank-yous | 1,573 connections
Note: I've decided to write informally & in the first person at this time; I may write a full, formal biography at a later date.
My name is Thomas Llewellyn Koehnline, which is pronounced in IPA as /ˈtɒ.məs ɬə'wɛlɪn 'kɛnlaɪ̯n/. Some people call me Tom, & I usually cite myself & sign corresponcence as T.L. Koehnline; truthfully, I have no preference between Thomas, Tom & T.L. as to what people call me, though the vast majority of people who know me call me Thomas. For those who don't know IPA, my middle name, taken from my 2nd-great-grandfather, is pronounced with the initial Welsh Ll, which represents what linguists call a voiceless alveolar lateral fricative, a sound not found in English, which I won't explain how to articulate right here (but perhaps I, or someone, could create a proper IPA guide here on WikiTree so that we can improve upon people's pronunciations of names). My surname has been Anglicized in both spelling & pronunciation; I used to alternate between the original German pronunciation & the American one, but, for various reasons, I now only use the American pronunciation, which, again for those who don't know IPA, is equivalent to "KEN-line." This is the preferred pronunciation, though I'm never going to actually be annoyed or offended by anyone mispronouncing my name.
(Writing done as of April 2021) I've been doing genealogical research since around 2011/2012, having first been inspired to do so by the passing of my great-grandmother & then my grandmother around that time. The majority of my work is located on Ancestry, though I've been working to change that, moving much of the research I've done on both my family tree & others' to this platform. I first joined WikiTree in 2018, but didn't really become a fully-active member until Jan/Feb 2021.
Currently, I'm focusing on improving the profiles of my direct ancestors; I'm systematically making my way through the more recent generations, separating the branches of my tree by each of my grandparents. I'm adding photos for many of these profiles, but what I've uploaded is far from all the photos I have. I'll add more when I get around to them, or if they're relevant to the 52 Weeks of Photos Challenge. I have other trees I intend to work on, in addition to multiple projects I am a member of & intend to contribute to, as well as some genealogical translation/indexing projects I may use to add profiles here on WikiTree at some point in the future.
Outside of genealogy, I'm a student of linguistics, in addition to being an amateur musicologist with a major interest in folk traditions from various parts of the world; I'm a violinist myself.
Here are a list of particular names related to my family that I'd be interested in communicating regarding (I will order & format this list better at a later time): Koehnline/Koehnlein/Köhnlein, Maÿlein, Klemm, Fuchs, Monroe (descendants of Clan Munro), McCutcheon/McCutchin, Gentry, Hechler/Heckler, Dillard, Spindle, Franck/Frank (of Czech Bohemian heritage), Klecker, Kovařik, Dobiaš, Makovszkÿ, Dietz, Brüning, Tengesdal, Vidvei, Ramsjord, Lindeland, Flåtnes, Hagastuen, Krogsgaard, Anda, Njå, Mossige, Jones, Walworth, Perry, Atwood, Schryver, Griffin & Langdon/Heckey/Clancey.
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edited by Albertus Robert Casimir (Fuller) Jung
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Unfortunately in 2016 when I joined WikiTree, I added some family Norwegian profiles without adding a source. I am wondering if someone in your Norwegian source team would do me the favor of adding sources to the following profiles:
Thank you, I would surely appreciate your assistance.
I stumbled over Thomas' profile, and I saw this post. I will ask someone on the team to take a look at them.
Thank you!
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I would like to learn more about the "SS Ems (1884)" category that you added to this profile: Emilie Wilhelmine Margarethe (Heuss) Bruckmann (1847-1930)
It seems to be for the ship she sailed on when she immigrated.
Thank you, Anna
Sorry I didn't get back to you more quickly. You are correct that the category in question was for the ship that Emilie Wilhelmine Margarethe sailed aboard. The passenger ship categories exist to be able to group & organize individuals who were passengers or crew on specific ships, as well as providing links to further information about the ships & conditions under which people would have traveled, with the ultimate goal, to my understanding, being to have specific subcategories for each transatlantic voyage that the ship made, though there aren't quite enough profiles for that at this time. As to why I added the category to your specific profile, I was searching around the site for profiles that mentioned the Ems, & Emilie was one of the ones that popped up.
Best regards,
T.L. Koehnline
edited by Thomas Koehnline
I see that you've worked on at least one profile of a family member of Chief Seattle. We're seeking to strengthen the profiles of Seattle and his family and wonder if you can advise us. Thanks.
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Best regards, Traci
All the best, T.L.
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Best regards, T.L.
Thomas Koehnline and David Morehead are both descendants of Herbert Pelham Sr. (abt.1546-1620).
1. Thomas is the son of [private mother] DNA confirmed 2. [Private] is the daughter of [private mother] DNA confirmed 3. [Private] is the daughter of Dorothy Cathryn (Jones) Jurgensen (1919-2011) DNA confirmed 4. Dorothy is the daughter of LeRoy William Jones (1900-1960) [unknown confidence] 5. LeRoy is the son of Joseph Gates Jones (1873-1935) [unknown confidence] 6. Joseph is the son of Jay William Jones (1840-1910) [unknown confidence] 7. Jay is the son of Abby A (Walworth) Jones (1813-1901) [unknown confidence] 8. Abby is the daughter of George Walworth (1793-1864) [unknown confidence] 9. George is the son of Jesse Walworth (1761-) [unknown confidence] 10. Jesse is the son of James Walworth (1734-abt.1795) [unknown confidence] 11. James is the son of Mary (Avery) Walworth (1695-1739) [confident] 12. Mary is the daughter of Susanna (Palmes) Avery (bef.1662-1747) [unknown confidence] 13. Susanna is the daughter of Anne (Humphrey) Myles (bef.1625-1693) [unknown confidence] 14. Anne is the daughter of Elizabeth (Pelham) Humphrey (1604-1628) [confident] 15. Elizabeth is the daughter of Herbert Pelham Sr. (abt.1546-1620) [confident] This makes Herbert the 13th great grandfather of Thomas.
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