When Clarence W. Kessler was born in October 1870, in Ohio, United States, his father, Alonzo W Kessler, was 27 and his mother, Hettie Angstadt, was 25. He married Elvie May "Elfie" McCoy on 11 February 1890, in Marion, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States in 1935 and Springfield Township, LaPorte, Indiana, United States in 1940. He died on 29 January 1949, in LaPorte, Indiana, United States, at the age of 78.
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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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.
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