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kessler Name Meaning and History

German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a maker of copper cooking vessels, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kezzel ‘kettle’, ‘cauldron’, Middle Dutch ketel, modern German Kessel.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The kessler name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the kessler family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of kessler Families in the US in 1920
Number of kessler families
 384-765
 129-383		 1-128
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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