Kessler Genealogy and Kessler Family History Information

origin

• family name was actually KISHON but at the border in russia they wrote down kessler
• family name was spelled "Kestler" in CZ but was changed to "Kessler" when arrived in the US

-Interestingly, it seems that we’ve found quite a few different origins of the “Kessler” name. That said, in my family, it comes from Germany. It is believed that for some Kesslers, it could have been an occupational name for a kettle/cauldron maker.

other versions of this surname

• Kesler
• Kestler
• Kishon