Spotlight Sunday – Christopher Kessler
Birthday: March 13, 1821
Parents: Nikolaus & Petronilla (?) Kessler
Relationship: Married to Anna Mary Assmann, brother of Susanna Hoeninghausen.
Children: John, Joseph, Mathias, William, Mary, Edmund, Clemens, Clara & Reverend John.
Hometown: Germany
Last Known Residence: Detroit, Michigan
Church: St. Joseph’s Church, Detroit, Michigan
Immigration: about 1846, became a United States citizen
Education: Able to read & write
Occupation: Carpenter
Death: February 28, 1902 of heart disease & dropsy
Cemetery: Mt. Elliott Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan
Relationship to Me: 3rd great-grandfather

