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 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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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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