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Kessler Family History
Kessler Genealogy & Family TreeKessler is an German name from the Rhineland, Germany, where the earliest known ancestor--Erbo Kesseler--was recorded in 1261. It comes from the Old German word kezzel which means "kettle" or "cauldron."
Other spellings include "Kesler," "Kesller," "Kesseler," "Kesseller," and "Kaessler." Notable people with the surname include American actor Ian Reed Kessler (500 Days of Summer, Dark House, Poster Boy), American football player Chad Kessler (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), and American baseball player Henry Kessler (Brooklyn Atlantics, Cincinnati Reds). The first Kessler to come to America was Johannes Kessler in New York in 1709.
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Kessler Birth Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Anna Catharina Kessler -- --, 1664 December 0, 1693 Rhineland
- Johannes Kessler -- --, 1628 February 6, 1694 Rhineland-Palatinate
- Martin Kessler -- --, 1756 October 9, 1799 Rheinland-Pfalz
- Johann Daniel Kessler -- --, 1754 December 0, 1835 Rheinland-Pfalz
- Maria Clara Kessler -- --, 1721 January 3, 1798 Preussen
Kessler Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Elisabetha Kessler -- --, 1811 February 21, 1883
- Johann Adam Kessler -- --, 1732 April 7, 1810 Rheinland-Pfalz
- Perry Henderson Kessler -- --, 1832 April 4, 1888 Illinois
- Johannes Kessler -- --, 1713 March 24, 1823
- Elisabeth Kessler -- --, 1865 December 0, 1975
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