Brief Life History of Dessal Magdalene
When Dessal Magdalene Kelso was born on 18 July 1897, in Lynch Township, Boyd, Nebraska, United States, her father, Charles Leslie Kelso, was 21 and her mother, Ina Everetta Wells, was 21. She had at least 3 sons with Harold Kemp Vaughn. She lived in Norfolk, Madison, Nebraska, United States in 1930 and Caldwell, Fresno, California, United States in 1942. She died on 5 July 1990, at the age of 92.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Dessal M Vaughn in household of Harold Vaughn, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Della Dessal Kelso - Published information: birth-name: Della Dessal Kelso
- Dessal Magdalane Solso, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
Spouse and Children
1895– Male
1897–1990 Female
Children (3)
1922– Male
1923–1992 Male
1930– Male
Parents and Siblings
1876–1942 Male
1876–1932 Female
Siblings (5)
1897–1990 Female
1899–1989 Male
1901–1999 Female
1903–1943 Male
1909–1993 Male
World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 1
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
Age 9
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 26
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Kelso on the river Tweed in Roxburghshire, so named from Old English calc ‘chalk’ + hōh ‘heel, spur of land’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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