Anna Margaretha Kesel

Female25 December 1871–5 November 1949

Brief Life History of Anna Margaretha

When Anna Margaretha Kesel was born on 25 December 1871, in Hilsbach, Bezirksamt Sinsheim, Baden, her father, Franz Kesel, was 38 and her mother, Katharina Werner, was 34. She had at least 1 son and 4 daughters with August Krenzer. She died on 5 November 1949, in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

August Krenzer
1875–1964
Anna Margaretha Kesel
1871–1949
Ada Caroline Krenzer
1896–1997
Frank Lester Krenzer
1898–1980
Eleanore E Krenzer
1900–1982
Anna A. Krenzer
1906–
Lorene Krenzer
1910–1982

Sources (13)

  • Anna Kranger in household of August Kranger, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Anna Margaretha Kesel, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
  • Krenzer, "Find A Grave Index"

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1872 · The Amnesty Act

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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Frieda, Kurt.

Flemish (De Kesel): topographic name for someone living on gravelly land.

South German: variant of Kiesel .

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

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