 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hugo W. Koehler akaberekwa musi waJuly 19, 1886, muSt. Louis, Missouri, uye akatumidzwa zita rababamunini vake. Baba vake, Oscar C. Koehler 18571902, aiva chizvarwa chokutanga German-American uye chizvarwa chechipiri St. Louis uye Davenport, Iowa doro uye Entrepreneur. Kunyange zvazvo kwaiva nerunyerekupe rwepachivande kwehupenyu hwake hwose kuti Hugo akanga ari mwanakomana asiri wepamutemo waRudolf, Crown Prince weAustria, uyo anowanzofungidzirwa kuti akafa nemudzimai wake wechidiki, Baroness Mary Vetsera, mumutemo wekuuraya-kuzviuraya munaJanuary 1889 Mayerling chiitiko, hapana uchapupu hunotsigira dzinza iri hwakasimbiswa. Kufungidzira kwacho kwakakurudzirwa nezvinhu zvishomanene: 1 Koehler, uyo ainzi ndiye mukuru mukuru akapfuma zvikurusa muuto rehondo reAmerica muma1920, sezviri pachena akanga ari mugamuchiri webetsero huru. Zvakare zvakafungidzirwa kuti kuvimba uku kwakanga kwave kwakagadzwa neHabsburgs nekubvumidzwa kweSanta See apo Hugo Koehler aive mwana, kuti ape rutsigiro rwake nekuchengetedza; 2 Semwana, Hugo akaita kushanya kwakawanda kuEurope nasekuru vake vababa, Heinrich Henry Koehler, Sr. 1828-1909, kwaakaunzwa kune vane mukurumbira uye vakasarudzika; uye 3 Koehler aive neakasarudzika Habsburg chin. 