Phillip Kessler

Male1892–

Brief Life History of Phillip

Phillip Kessler was born in 1892, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He married Ellen Van de Bogart in 1919, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Phillip Kessler
1892–
Ellen Van de Bogart
1895–1954
Marriage: 1919

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  • Marriage
    1919Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

    • World Events (3)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 4

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1896 · Utah becomes a state

    Age 4

    After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 6

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    Name Meaning

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

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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