Ferdinand Koch

So it's school project time for my daughter and she has finally got to the family history assignment.

She's made a beautiful 3D family tree and I got to go teach her class how to get started on their family history research which was fun.

Now she is up to her inquiry project which is to write a narrative about one ancestor in particular. Does she pick one that I have lots of info and stories about...No! Instead she picks the one ancestor that I have been stuck on for years but who I recently bought a death certificate for and found that he was killed by a falling tree... which of course it the most fascinating thing about him as far as she is concerned and the sole reason he was picked for her project.

So Ferdinand Koch, step into the spotlight as this month you are going to have a lot of research focused on you and in particular to what your life was like.

Just in case anyone reads this and wonders if it is their Ferdinand Koch...

Name: Martin Christian Ferdinand KOCH
Born c 1831 Penkun, Germany son of
Son of Johann KOCH and Maria STADTLANDER
Died 1869, Tarampa, Queensland, Australia

Married c1858, Berlin, Germany to Louisa Augusta Amalie MEYER