Fessler Family History
Fessler Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a cooper,
Middle High German vezzeler, an agent derivative of faz
‘barrel’, ‘keg’.Swiss German: nickname for a complainer,
probably from Middle High German vassen ‘to enquire’, ‘to
investigate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Fessler
Name Distribution of Fessler Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Fessler families
 65 - 127  22 - 64 |
 1 - 21  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Fessler families
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6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Fessler census records
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Fessler Family Origin
Fessler Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Fessler
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Fessler Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Fessler census records
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Fessler Civil War Service Records
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