THE JOHN W. AND CRISTENE KOHR FAMILY, Bio, Granite Co., MT Indexed and contributed for use in USGenWeb Project by: Wendy Garner USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. © 1998 by Wendy Garner. This file may be freely copied for non- profit purposes. All other rights reserved. THE JOHN W. AND CRISTENE KOHR FAMILY Born: John was born on November 10, 1914. Place: Piketown or Middletown, Pennsylvania. Died: he passed away in 1987 at 73 years of age. Place: he died in Minnisota and is buried at Missoula, Montana. Married: John married Cristene Olsen a native Montanan raised by her parents who were ranchers in the Potomac Valley. She died in at Deerlodge, Montana and is buried in Missoula near John. Children: 1) Glen Kohr Born: 1944 Married 2) Daniel Kohr Born: 1951 Married: he married Dorian Casens Occupation: miner and claim owners in the Garnet Area. He later worked for the Anaconda Mining Company. John came to Montana by himself as a young man from Pennsylvania where he went to work as a miner. On August 27, 1963 John Kohr was shown as the owner and operator of the Topaz, New Mountain View Tunnel and Millsite Claims near Garnet. He operated these claims from 1962 to 1970. John and Cristene built a new summer cabin and worked on mining claims of their own. Bibliography: Granite County Clerk and Recorder, 1962. Book 8, page 92. Granite County, Clerk and Recorder, 1963. August 27. Granite County, Clerk and Recorder, 1979. Book 9 page 470. Kohr, Darian, 1997. Telephone interview concerning the Kohr Family history in Garnet, Montana.