Across generations.
Across an ocean.

Kachlein. Kichline.
Kishline.

The original document groups Kachlein, Kiechlein, Küchlein, Koechlein, Kichline, Kishline, and Keithline within its research. Additional spellings in the historical catalogs include Keichline and Kachline. Searching several spellings can help locate records that a single spelling misses.

This sequence reflects the compilation’s broad account, not a documented change made by every branch. Its proposed “little cake” etymology and connection to pastry-making remain unverified. A shared or similar surname does not by itself establish kinship.

Roots in
the Rhineland.

The family account places Johann Andreas Kachlein and Anna Margaretha Kichlein in the Alzey-Worms area of the German Palatinate. It names three immigrant brothers: Johann Peter, Karl Christian Joseph—often called Charles—and Johann Andreas, or Andrew.

It dates their arrival in Pennsylvania aboard the Francis and Elizabeth to 1742, and describes religious and economic pressures as the reasons for departure. These are the compilation’s claims; a passenger-list image and relevant parish records are still needed to verify the exact household, origins, and circumstances.

Building a life
in Easton.

Johann Peter is the most extensively described figure in the document: a farmer, mill builder, tavern keeper, and public official. The account associates his family with Bushkill Creek and the civic life of Easton, and names Andrew Sr., Lt. Peter, Susanna Schneider, and Elizabeth Ihrie among his children.

The PDF further describes Revolutionary service at Long Island and his appointment as Easton’s first chief burgess in 1789. Exact dates, specific offices, and the claim that he built Easton’s first grist mill merit checking against original municipal and military records.

A name
moving west.

The compilation follows Adam Kichline and Catharine Walter to John Foster Kichline, born in Bethlehem in 1860, and his wife Anna Catherine Shafer. It then follows Floyd Foster “Kish” Kishline, born in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1894, into a later Wisconsin chapter.

Its biographies describe an occupational shift from farming and milling to machining. Floyd is associated with Cushman Motor Co., and his family account includes Saimie Augusta Tickanen and children Samuel John and Evelyn Marie. These entries come from the supplied family document; the connecting vital and employment records have not been independently verified.

An Indiana cemetery transcription also records Solomon Kishline (1815–1883) and a reported 1840 marriage. This is a useful separate lead, and a reason to avoid assigning one origin date to the Kishline spelling.

The story
continues.

The document’s later account describes Samuel John Kishline (1933–2001), a U.S. Army colonel, with roots in Pontiac, Michigan, and a later connection to Woodinville, Washington. It names Rosemary Andrea as his spouse and reports a military burial at Arlington National Cemetery.

Later-generation entries and tentative relationships are retained in the original archive. They are not a verified public family directory. The current story belongs to the people carrying the name, including those whose branches are still waiting to be connected.

Lives of service.
Lives of work.

The military section records Col. Johann Peter and Lt. Peter in the Revolutionary era, a Jacob Kichline reportedly killed at Fort Washington whose family connection is unclear, and David E., Joseph, Martin, and Thomas Kichline among Pennsylvania Civil War volunteers. Samuel John represents the modern military account.

Alongside these service stories are millers, farmers, a machinist, and George F. Kichline, described as a lawyer. One Joseph’s memories—school, work in the Bushkill Valley, and the scarcity of childhood shoes—offer a glimpse of ordinary family life. All the biographies and service entries remain available in the source.

Still making
connections.

The document also preserves the Charles and Andrew branches, a Pennsylvania–Indiana group, and later Pennsylvania records for Mary Ann Heffelfinger Kichline, Elizabeth Kichline, George E. Kichline, Clark Reuben Kichline, and others. Overlapping Peters and Josephs are explicitly uncertain, so the archive preserves them without inventing connecting lines.

Thomas Jefferson Kichline’s 1926 publication shows an earlier generation’s interest in preserving the story. FamilySearch’s catalog adds a Charles-branch supplement attributed to Marian R. Hart and a history by Ruth E. Willis Hansel and Walter L. Hansel. These are valuable directions for the next round of research.