Kessler Family History
Kessler Name Meaning
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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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Kessler
Name Distribution of Kessler Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kessler families
 384 - 765  129 - 383 |
 1 - 128  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kessler families
|
11 - 20 4 - 10 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Kessler last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kessler census records
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Kessler Family Origin
Kessler Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Kessler
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Kessler Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Kessler census records
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Kessler Civil War Service Records
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