Kessler Edmond Debray

Brief Life History of Kessler Edmond

When Kessler Edmond Debray was born on 5 March 1889, in Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Winfield Scott DeBray, was 42 and his mother, Emily Rhoades, was 38. He married Alice Virginia Atherton on 14 June 1911, in Blair, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 7 September 1942, in Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Kessler Edmond Debray
1889–1942
Alice Virginia Atherton
1891–1965
Marriage: 14 June 1911
Betty C Debray
1920–2006

Sources (9)

  • Kessler J Debray, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Kessler Edmond Debray, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Kessler Edmund Debray, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1890 · Woman's Suffrage

An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Napoleon.

French: habitational name, with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’, for someone from any of various minor places called Bray (see Bray ).

Altered form of French Dubreuil . This surname is common among Native Americans, namely the Cheyenne River Sioux in SD.

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

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