Milwaukee – (U.P.) – With more than 1,000 persons crowding inside the Grace Reformed church here yesterday afternoon, funeral services were conducted for Philip A. Koehring, Milwaukee manufacturer who was found shot to death in his car near Mauston Oct. 31.
Hundreds of persons who were unable to find room inside waited on the church lawn and sidewalks during the services which lasted nearly two hours.
The body was sealed in a mausoleum at Valhalla cemetery.
Only once did Rev. H. C. Nott, pastor of the church, touch upon the mysterious cause of Koehring's death.
"We do not know how Phil Koehring died," he said. "Perhaps something snapped in the car and made it unmanageable. Perhaps something snapped in Phil Koehring's brain. But I trust him to the end."
Brief mention of the death was made by Rev. Josiah Friedl, professor of the Reformed church seminary at Plymouth, who delivered a eulogy.
"We do not know how he met his end," Dr. Friedl said. "It is a mystery. Even if we knew every detail it would still be a mystery, and not for us to judge."
~ The Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconxin), 5 Nov 1931
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Milwaukee – (U.P.) – Philip A. Koehring, Milwaukee manufacturer, who was found shot to death near Mauston a week ago, left an estate of $1,400,000, according to a petition to probate his will filed in county court today.
Under the terms of the will, the entire estate is left in trust for his widow, Mrs. Norma Koehring, and his sons, Calvin, Robert, Martin and Philip, Jr.
The estate consists of $1,200,000 in personal property, the majority of which is his interest in the Koehring company, manufacturers of highway building machinery, and real estate valued at $200,000.
~ The Daily Northwestern, 7 Nov 1931
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Mauston, Wis. – (AP) – Whether Philip A. Koehring, 55, Milwaukee industrialist, committed suicide, was accidentally shot by his own rifle, or was slain remained a mystery today.
A coroner's jury hearing detailed testimony regarding the death returned an open verdict yesterday, stating Koehring died from gunshot wounds inflicted in a manner unknown.
Two weeks ago today his body was discovered in his large coupe near here. The automobile had veered from the highway, crashed through a fence, and halted in a field about 300 feet from the road.
Koehring had a rifle bullet in his head. His rifle rested against his leg. Preliminary survey indicated suicide, authorities said, but many circumstances were unexplained.
Witnesses were discovered who said they saw two automobiles chasing his car, but no one was found who saw the actual death. Accordingly, it has not been determined whether he was robbed and slain after being forced off the road.
Testimony at the inquest was contradictory and unsatisfactory, unwarranting a verdict either of suicide, slaying or accidental death, members of the jury said.
The fact that the automobile in leaving the road dropped several inches led to the theory the manufacturer's rifle, behind him in the automobile, might have fallen sharply and discharged. Tests before the jurymen indicated such a thing could have happened, Dist. Atty. Edward Vinopal, Jr., said.
The case, undecided officially, still demands solution, Vinopal said, and he will be glad to investigate any new evidence.
~ The Daily Northwestern, 14 Nov 1931
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Refuse New Trial in Koehring Case
Milwaukee (AP) – A new trial in the $50,000 suit brought against the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance company, by the Philip A. Koehring estate, was denied today by Circuit Judge Otto Breidenbach.
In the trial, a jury found that Koehring, Milwaukee industrialist, committed suicide on Oct. 31, 1931. The estate contended he was slain and sought to collect a $50,000 insurance policy. The new trial request was accompanied by a claim of new evidence.
~ Sheboygan Press (Wisconsin), 21 Sep 1934
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Kiel Native Honored. . . Late Philip A. Koehring, Koenig In Hall of Fame
A native of Kiel and a former Manitowoc man, both deceased, are among four 1970 nominees to the Wisconsin Industrial Hall of Fame, it was announced today by Paul E. Hassett, executive vice-president of the Wisconsin Manufacturers Association, sponsor of the event.
They are the late Philip A. Koehring of the Koehring Co., Milwaukee, who was born in Kiel and died in 1931, and Joseph Koenig, founder of Mirro Aluminum Co. in Manitowoc and Two Rivers, who died in 1929. . .
The late Philip A. Koehring, born in Kiel, Jan. 18, 1876, joined with his brother, William J., and Richard, Kiel, in a partnership in Milwaukee to manufacture a concrete mixer of his design.
The business was incorporated with $1,200 capital in 1907 under the name Koehring Machine Company, and was changed in 1921 to Koehring Company.
Secretary and treasurer of the company until his death, Philip's engineering skills played the major role in the firm's early success and development. He individually held some 20 patents on products and methods ranging from the first concrete mixer to a water measuring device and a concrete transporting truck.
Today, the company bearing the family name is still known primarily for its wide range of construction equipment. Buy by steady internal growth and through acquisition and diversification, Koehring Company has expanded to become a worldwide leader in the production of machinery for plastics, metalworking, papermaking, material handling and agricultural markets, as well as hydraulic componentry. . .
~ Sheboygan Press (Wisconsin), 5 Aug 1970, pg. 20
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Wisconsin Births
Philip A. Koehring was born on 18 Jan 1876 in Saint Croix County. [Wisconsin Births Record #000618]
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1910 (Apr) Census, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee Co, Wisconsin:
Phillip Koehring, 33, m1, m 6 yrs, b WI, parents Germany, prop.–machine shop.
Della, wife, 26, m1, 2 born/liv, b WI, fthr Germany, mthr WI.
Calvin, son, 4, b WI.
Robert, son, 2, b WI.
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1920 Census, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, Wisconxin:
Phillip Koehring, 42, b WI, parents Germany, manufacturer-machinery.
Norma, wife, 29, b IL, fthr NY, mthr WI.
Calvin, son, 14, b WI, fthr WI, mthr IL.
Robert, son, 12, b WI, fthr WI, mthr IL.
Martin, son, 6, b WI, fthr WI, mthr IL.
Hundreds of persons who were unable to find room inside waited on the church lawn and sidewalks during the services which lasted nearly two hours.
The body was sealed in a mausoleum at Valhalla cemetery.
Only once did Rev. H. C. Nott, pastor of the church, touch upon the mysterious cause of Koehring's death.
"We do not know how Phil Koehring died," he said. "Perhaps something snapped in the car and made it unmanageable. Perhaps something snapped in Phil Koehring's brain. But I trust him to the end."
Brief mention of the death was made by Rev. Josiah Friedl, professor of the Reformed church seminary at Plymouth, who delivered a eulogy.
"We do not know how he met his end," Dr. Friedl said. "It is a mystery. Even if we knew every detail it would still be a mystery, and not for us to judge."
~ The Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconxin), 5 Nov 1931
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Milwaukee – (U.P.) – Philip A. Koehring, Milwaukee manufacturer, who was found shot to death near Mauston a week ago, left an estate of $1,400,000, according to a petition to probate his will filed in county court today.
Under the terms of the will, the entire estate is left in trust for his widow, Mrs. Norma Koehring, and his sons, Calvin, Robert, Martin and Philip, Jr.
The estate consists of $1,200,000 in personal property, the majority of which is his interest in the Koehring company, manufacturers of highway building machinery, and real estate valued at $200,000.
~ The Daily Northwestern, 7 Nov 1931
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Mauston, Wis. – (AP) – Whether Philip A. Koehring, 55, Milwaukee industrialist, committed suicide, was accidentally shot by his own rifle, or was slain remained a mystery today.
A coroner's jury hearing detailed testimony regarding the death returned an open verdict yesterday, stating Koehring died from gunshot wounds inflicted in a manner unknown.
Two weeks ago today his body was discovered in his large coupe near here. The automobile had veered from the highway, crashed through a fence, and halted in a field about 300 feet from the road.
Koehring had a rifle bullet in his head. His rifle rested against his leg. Preliminary survey indicated suicide, authorities said, but many circumstances were unexplained.
Witnesses were discovered who said they saw two automobiles chasing his car, but no one was found who saw the actual death. Accordingly, it has not been determined whether he was robbed and slain after being forced off the road.
Testimony at the inquest was contradictory and unsatisfactory, unwarranting a verdict either of suicide, slaying or accidental death, members of the jury said.
The fact that the automobile in leaving the road dropped several inches led to the theory the manufacturer's rifle, behind him in the automobile, might have fallen sharply and discharged. Tests before the jurymen indicated such a thing could have happened, Dist. Atty. Edward Vinopal, Jr., said.
The case, undecided officially, still demands solution, Vinopal said, and he will be glad to investigate any new evidence.
~ The Daily Northwestern, 14 Nov 1931
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Refuse New Trial in Koehring Case
Milwaukee (AP) – A new trial in the $50,000 suit brought against the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance company, by the Philip A. Koehring estate, was denied today by Circuit Judge Otto Breidenbach.
In the trial, a jury found that Koehring, Milwaukee industrialist, committed suicide on Oct. 31, 1931. The estate contended he was slain and sought to collect a $50,000 insurance policy. The new trial request was accompanied by a claim of new evidence.
~ Sheboygan Press (Wisconsin), 21 Sep 1934
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Kiel Native Honored. . . Late Philip A. Koehring, Koenig In Hall of Fame
A native of Kiel and a former Manitowoc man, both deceased, are among four 1970 nominees to the Wisconsin Industrial Hall of Fame, it was announced today by Paul E. Hassett, executive vice-president of the Wisconsin Manufacturers Association, sponsor of the event.
They are the late Philip A. Koehring of the Koehring Co., Milwaukee, who was born in Kiel and died in 1931, and Joseph Koenig, founder of Mirro Aluminum Co. in Manitowoc and Two Rivers, who died in 1929. . .
The late Philip A. Koehring, born in Kiel, Jan. 18, 1876, joined with his brother, William J., and Richard, Kiel, in a partnership in Milwaukee to manufacture a concrete mixer of his design.
The business was incorporated with $1,200 capital in 1907 under the name Koehring Machine Company, and was changed in 1921 to Koehring Company.
Secretary and treasurer of the company until his death, Philip's engineering skills played the major role in the firm's early success and development. He individually held some 20 patents on products and methods ranging from the first concrete mixer to a water measuring device and a concrete transporting truck.
Today, the company bearing the family name is still known primarily for its wide range of construction equipment. Buy by steady internal growth and through acquisition and diversification, Koehring Company has expanded to become a worldwide leader in the production of machinery for plastics, metalworking, papermaking, material handling and agricultural markets, as well as hydraulic componentry. . .
~ Sheboygan Press (Wisconsin), 5 Aug 1970, pg. 20
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Wisconsin Births
Philip A. Koehring was born on 18 Jan 1876 in Saint Croix County. [Wisconsin Births Record #000618]
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1910 (Apr) Census, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee Co, Wisconsin:
Phillip Koehring, 33, m1, m 6 yrs, b WI, parents Germany, prop.–machine shop.
Della, wife, 26, m1, 2 born/liv, b WI, fthr Germany, mthr WI.
Calvin, son, 4, b WI.
Robert, son, 2, b WI.
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1920 Census, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, Wisconxin:
Phillip Koehring, 42, b WI, parents Germany, manufacturer-machinery.
Norma, wife, 29, b IL, fthr NY, mthr WI.
Calvin, son, 14, b WI, fthr WI, mthr IL.
Robert, son, 12, b WI, fthr WI, mthr IL.
Martin, son, 6, b WI, fthr WI, mthr IL.
Milwaukee – (U.P.) – With more than 1,000 persons crowding inside the Grace Reformed church here yesterday afternoon, funeral services were conducted for Philip A. Koehring, Milwaukee manufacturer who was found shot to death in his car near Mauston Oct. 31.
Hundreds of persons who were unable to find room inside waited on the church lawn and sidewalks during the services which lasted nearly two hours.
The body was sealed in a mausoleum at Valhalla cemetery.
Only once did Rev. H. C. Nott, pastor of the church, touch upon the mysterious cause of Koehring's death.
"We do not know how Phil Koehring died," he said. "Perhaps something snapped in the car and made it unmanageable. Perhaps something snapped in Phil Koehring's brain. But I trust him to the end."
Brief mention of the death was made by Rev. Josiah Friedl, professor of the Reformed church seminary at Plymouth, who delivered a eulogy.
"We do not know how he met his end," Dr. Friedl said. "It is a mystery. Even if we knew every detail it would still be a mystery, and not for us to judge."
~ The Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconxin), 5 Nov 1931
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Milwaukee – (U.P.) – Philip A. Koehring, Milwaukee manufacturer, who was found shot to death near Mauston a week ago, left an estate of $1,400,000, according to a petition to probate his will filed in county court today.
Under the terms of the will, the entire estate is left in trust for his widow, Mrs. Norma Koehring, and his sons, Calvin, Robert, Martin and Philip, Jr.
The estate consists of $1,200,000 in personal property, the majority of which is his interest in the Koehring company, manufacturers of highway building machinery, and real estate valued at $200,000.
~ The Daily Northwestern, 7 Nov 1931
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Mauston, Wis. – (AP) – Whether Philip A. Koehring, 55, Milwaukee industrialist, committed suicide, was accidentally shot by his own rifle, or was slain remained a mystery today.
A coroner's jury hearing detailed testimony regarding the death returned an open verdict yesterday, stating Koehring died from gunshot wounds inflicted in a manner unknown.
Two weeks ago today his body was discovered in his large coupe near here. The automobile had veered from the highway, crashed through a fence, and halted in a field about 300 feet from the road.
Koehring had a rifle bullet in his head. His rifle rested against his leg. Preliminary survey indicated suicide, authorities said, but many circumstances were unexplained.
Witnesses were discovered who said they saw two automobiles chasing his car, but no one was found who saw the actual death. Accordingly, it has not been determined whether he was robbed and slain after being forced off the road.
Testimony at the inquest was contradictory and unsatisfactory, unwarranting a verdict either of suicide, slaying or accidental death, members of the jury said.
The fact that the automobile in leaving the road dropped several inches led to the theory the manufacturer's rifle, behind him in the automobile, might have fallen sharply and discharged. Tests before the jurymen indicated such a thing could have happened, Dist. Atty. Edward Vinopal, Jr., said.
The case, undecided officially, still demands solution, Vinopal said, and he will be glad to investigate any new evidence.
~ The Daily Northwestern, 14 Nov 1931
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Refuse New Trial in Koehring Case
Milwaukee (AP) – A new trial in the $50,000 suit brought against the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance company, by the Philip A. Koehring estate, was denied today by Circuit Judge Otto Breidenbach.
In the trial, a jury found that Koehring, Milwaukee industrialist, committed suicide on Oct. 31, 1931. The estate contended he was slain and sought to collect a $50,000 insurance policy. The new trial request was accompanied by a claim of new evidence.
~ Sheboygan Press (Wisconsin), 21 Sep 1934
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Kiel Native Honored. . . Late Philip A. Koehring, Koenig In Hall of Fame
A native of Kiel and a former Manitowoc man, both deceased, are among four 1970 nominees to the Wisconsin Industrial Hall of Fame, it was announced today by Paul E. Hassett, executive vice-president of the Wisconsin Manufacturers Association, sponsor of the event.
They are the late Philip A. Koehring of the Koehring Co., Milwaukee, who was born in Kiel and died in 1931, and Joseph Koenig, founder of Mirro Aluminum Co. in Manitowoc and Two Rivers, who died in 1929. . .
The late Philip A. Koehring, born in Kiel, Jan. 18, 1876, joined with his brother, William J., and Richard, Kiel, in a partnership in Milwaukee to manufacture a concrete mixer of his design.
The business was incorporated with $1,200 capital in 1907 under the name Koehring Machine Company, and was changed in 1921 to Koehring Company.
Secretary and treasurer of the company until his death, Philip's engineering skills played the major role in the firm's early success and development. He individually held some 20 patents on products and methods ranging from the first concrete mixer to a water measuring device and a concrete transporting truck.
Today, the company bearing the family name is still known primarily for its wide range of construction equipment. Buy by steady internal growth and through acquisition and diversification, Koehring Company has expanded to become a worldwide leader in the production of machinery for plastics, metalworking, papermaking, material handling and agricultural markets, as well as hydraulic componentry. . .
~ Sheboygan Press (Wisconsin), 5 Aug 1970, pg. 20
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Wisconsin Births
Philip A. Koehring was born on 18 Jan 1876 in Saint Croix County. [Wisconsin Births Record #000618]
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1910 (Apr) Census, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee Co, Wisconsin:
Phillip Koehring, 33, m1, m 6 yrs, b WI, parents Germany, prop.–machine shop.
Della, wife, 26, m1, 2 born/liv, b WI, fthr Germany, mthr WI.
Calvin, son, 4, b WI.
Robert, son, 2, b WI.
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1920 Census, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, Wisconxin:
Phillip Koehring, 42, b WI, parents Germany, manufacturer-machinery.
Norma, wife, 29, b IL, fthr NY, mthr WI.
Calvin, son, 14, b WI, fthr WI, mthr IL.
Robert, son, 12, b WI, fthr WI, mthr IL.
Martin, son, 6, b WI, fthr WI, mthr IL.
Hundreds of persons who were unable to find room inside waited on the church lawn and sidewalks during the services which lasted nearly two hours.
The body was sealed in a mausoleum at Valhalla cemetery.
Only once did Rev. H. C. Nott, pastor of the church, touch upon the mysterious cause of Koehring's death.
"We do not know how Phil Koehring died," he said. "Perhaps something snapped in the car and made it unmanageable. Perhaps something snapped in Phil Koehring's brain. But I trust him to the end."
Brief mention of the death was made by Rev. Josiah Friedl, professor of the Reformed church seminary at Plymouth, who delivered a eulogy.
"We do not know how he met his end," Dr. Friedl said. "It is a mystery. Even if we knew every detail it would still be a mystery, and not for us to judge."
~ The Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconxin), 5 Nov 1931
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Milwaukee – (U.P.) – Philip A. Koehring, Milwaukee manufacturer, who was found shot to death near Mauston a week ago, left an estate of $1,400,000, according to a petition to probate his will filed in county court today.
Under the terms of the will, the entire estate is left in trust for his widow, Mrs. Norma Koehring, and his sons, Calvin, Robert, Martin and Philip, Jr.
The estate consists of $1,200,000 in personal property, the majority of which is his interest in the Koehring company, manufacturers of highway building machinery, and real estate valued at $200,000.
~ The Daily Northwestern, 7 Nov 1931
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Mauston, Wis. – (AP) – Whether Philip A. Koehring, 55, Milwaukee industrialist, committed suicide, was accidentally shot by his own rifle, or was slain remained a mystery today.
A coroner's jury hearing detailed testimony regarding the death returned an open verdict yesterday, stating Koehring died from gunshot wounds inflicted in a manner unknown.
Two weeks ago today his body was discovered in his large coupe near here. The automobile had veered from the highway, crashed through a fence, and halted in a field about 300 feet from the road.
Koehring had a rifle bullet in his head. His rifle rested against his leg. Preliminary survey indicated suicide, authorities said, but many circumstances were unexplained.
Witnesses were discovered who said they saw two automobiles chasing his car, but no one was found who saw the actual death. Accordingly, it has not been determined whether he was robbed and slain after being forced off the road.
Testimony at the inquest was contradictory and unsatisfactory, unwarranting a verdict either of suicide, slaying or accidental death, members of the jury said.
The fact that the automobile in leaving the road dropped several inches led to the theory the manufacturer's rifle, behind him in the automobile, might have fallen sharply and discharged. Tests before the jurymen indicated such a thing could have happened, Dist. Atty. Edward Vinopal, Jr., said.
The case, undecided officially, still demands solution, Vinopal said, and he will be glad to investigate any new evidence.
~ The Daily Northwestern, 14 Nov 1931
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Refuse New Trial in Koehring Case
Milwaukee (AP) – A new trial in the $50,000 suit brought against the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance company, by the Philip A. Koehring estate, was denied today by Circuit Judge Otto Breidenbach.
In the trial, a jury found that Koehring, Milwaukee industrialist, committed suicide on Oct. 31, 1931. The estate contended he was slain and sought to collect a $50,000 insurance policy. The new trial request was accompanied by a claim of new evidence.
~ Sheboygan Press (Wisconsin), 21 Sep 1934
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Kiel Native Honored. . . Late Philip A. Koehring, Koenig In Hall of Fame
A native of Kiel and a former Manitowoc man, both deceased, are among four 1970 nominees to the Wisconsin Industrial Hall of Fame, it was announced today by Paul E. Hassett, executive vice-president of the Wisconsin Manufacturers Association, sponsor of the event.
They are the late Philip A. Koehring of the Koehring Co., Milwaukee, who was born in Kiel and died in 1931, and Joseph Koenig, founder of Mirro Aluminum Co. in Manitowoc and Two Rivers, who died in 1929. . .
The late Philip A. Koehring, born in Kiel, Jan. 18, 1876, joined with his brother, William J., and Richard, Kiel, in a partnership in Milwaukee to manufacture a concrete mixer of his design.
The business was incorporated with $1,200 capital in 1907 under the name Koehring Machine Company, and was changed in 1921 to Koehring Company.
Secretary and treasurer of the company until his death, Philip's engineering skills played the major role in the firm's early success and development. He individually held some 20 patents on products and methods ranging from the first concrete mixer to a water measuring device and a concrete transporting truck.
Today, the company bearing the family name is still known primarily for its wide range of construction equipment. Buy by steady internal growth and through acquisition and diversification, Koehring Company has expanded to become a worldwide leader in the production of machinery for plastics, metalworking, papermaking, material handling and agricultural markets, as well as hydraulic componentry. . .
~ Sheboygan Press (Wisconsin), 5 Aug 1970, pg. 20
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Wisconsin Births
Philip A. Koehring was born on 18 Jan 1876 in Saint Croix County. [Wisconsin Births Record #000618]
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1910 (Apr) Census, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee Co, Wisconsin:
Phillip Koehring, 33, m1, m 6 yrs, b WI, parents Germany, prop.–machine shop.
Della, wife, 26, m1, 2 born/liv, b WI, fthr Germany, mthr WI.
Calvin, son, 4, b WI.
Robert, son, 2, b WI.
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1920 Census, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, Wisconxin:
Phillip Koehring, 42, b WI, parents Germany, manufacturer-machinery.
Norma, wife, 29, b IL, fthr NY, mthr WI.
Calvin, son, 14, b WI, fthr WI, mthr IL.
Robert, son, 12, b WI, fthr WI, mthr IL.
Martin, son, 6, b WI, fthr WI, mthr IL.
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