The Von Gochnats

The Von Gochnat family were landowners of Alsace under the Germans before 1697, when the area has handed over to France. Some of the family immigrated to Massachusetts. Michael Van Koughnet (1751- 1832), a loyalist, settled in Cornwall, Canada. Descendants were active in the Canadian government and prominent in overseas military expeditions to Egypt, South Africa, and elsewhere. (Name was changed from Von Gochnat to van Koughnet by some descendants).