Ok, so here's what I've discovered about Andrew and Margaret Koehn (two of my great-great-great grandparents - pictured to the right) tonight and over the past couple of months. In 1868, Benjamin and Mary Koehn came to the U.S. from Russia and brought along their 8 year old son Andrew along w/ his sisters. (I'm assuming his brother Henry was actually born a few years later in the U.S.)
Margaret came to the U.S. in 1886 and she married Andrew some time between 1880 and 1890. He possibly could have gone back to Russia for a time to find his bride? They then had seven children. Today, in the 1900 census I discovered Rueben's younger brother named Adolph which I hadn't previously seen listed anywhere.
In the 1900 census, the family lived next door to Andrew's mother, Mary Koehn (nee Voth) until she presumably died sometime between 1900 and 1910. After that time, they moved to Oklahoma, possibly looking for some of the free land that was available at that time. They show up in Benton, Oklahoma in the 1910 census.
We also know from communications that mom had with Bertha Koehn in 1980 that Andrew and Margaret later moved to the Loma Linda area of California, where they eventually passed away in 1944 and 1931, respectively. I also recently received Andrew Koehn's death certificate from San Bernadino County, CA, which listed his parents Benjamin Koehn and Mary Voth.
Next, I need to find the Koehns (Benjamin, Mary, and Andrew) as they immigrated to Pennsylvania some time around 1868. I'm not sure if they immediately moved to Kansas, but they were definitely there by 1880.
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