I am pleased to introduce a new guest blogger to My Search for the Past. Last week I mentioned how Dr. Ingemar Nåsell, a Swede, found me through my blog. I had no idea that I had cousins in Sweden as the only family I knew of there was my granduncle, Kurt Lindner, who had…
Tag: Kessler
Oskar Paul Kessler – This Is Why I Blog – 52 Ancestors 2015 #16
Our theme this week is “Live Long.” Trying the obvious approach, I combed through my family tree and did not find any centenarians in my direct line. When I investigated a few that were related by marriage, I was unsure whether the dates of death were accurate. One fellow supposedly lived to be 118. I…
Oswald Kessler, I Think – 52 Ancestors #18
Entry #18 Kurt Lindner and Oswald Kessler in Sweden This is Uncle Oswald. I deduce that he must have been Oswald Kessler, because the photo is marked “Mom L’s brother.” The handwriting is R.O. Lindner’s – that of my grandfather – hence, Mom L was Anna Marie Kessler. I remember hearing Uncle Oswald mentioned from…