Albert Gesner
9 January 1869–15 April 1950 (Age 81)
Pennsylvania, United States
The Life Summary of Albert
Albert Gesner was born on 9 January 1869, in Pennsylvania, United States. He had at least 1 son with Caroline Oswald. He died on 15 April 1950, in United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
Albert Gesner
1869–1950
Caroline Oswald
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Albert H. Gesner
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Spouse and Children
World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 1
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 1
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1870 · Giving all the right to vote
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1870 · Giving all the right to vote
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The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 27
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 27
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.
Name Meaning
Variant spelling of German Gessner .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Gessner
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- Albert Bonaffon Gesner, "Find A Grave Index"
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