The Family of Emerson McMillin

the children had each inherit money, once in New York an investor scammed them and
they lost all the money, they called their brother Adrian to borrow some money, Nils
stayed in the USA and married (first wife) the very wealthy Olga Kohler, born 1895, she
was called the Piano Princess.
Seeks $300,000 of Legacy - Kohler’s Daughter Says Husband Gets Only $50 a
Week − Asserting she found it impossible to live on $25,000 a year, Mrs. Olga V.
Florman of 777 Madison Avenue yesterday petitioned Surrogate Cohalan for about
$300,000 of the $5,000,000 estate of her father, Charles Kohler, piano manufacturer.
Mrs. Florman is the wife of Nils Florman who earns $50 a week, and in her petition says
she wishes to lift from him the burden of trying to keep up with her income. Mr. Kohler
upon his death bequeathed $25,000 yearly to his daughters Olga, Vera, and Rita, and the
same amount to his widow, Mrs. Veronica M. Kohler.
*(The New York Times,
December 17, 1916)
In Debt On $25,000 A Year - Mrs. Florman Gets $120,000 to Pay Up With -
Because Mrs. Olga Kohler Florman, daughter of the late Charles Kohler, piano
manufacturer, and wife of Nils Florman, now a jewelry salesman, has gone into debt
while trying to live on $25,000 a year, Surrogate Cohalan signed an order yesterday
directing the trustees of the estate to pay Mrs. Florman $120,000 from the accumulated
income of the estate. The total surplus income is $1,278,139.
In explaining why $25,000 does not pay her bills, Mrs. Florman said her husband earns
only $60 a week and that she is compelled to support her three year old son. She paid
$2,000 a month for a cottage at Sands Point, L. I., $5,000 for her apartment at 777
Madison Avenue, and employees three servants, a governess for her son, and a chauffeur.
*(The New York Times, September 18, 1917)
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