The son of Heinrich Kessenich and JoAnna Maria VanDerList, Herman was born in Oedekoven, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Westfalia.
He came to Wisconsin with his family in about 1857, first settling in Madison where he met and married fellow Prussian, Gertrude Goergens.
His siblings were:
John 1822-1895 (Madison, WI)
Henry 1824-1876 (Wisconsin)
John Peter 1831-1876 (Springfield, Dane, WI)
Casper A. KESSENICH 1835-08Apr1864 Battle of Sabine Crossroads - Civil War
Mary Catherine 1846-
Peter 1837-1923 (Bear Valley, WI)
Henry 1838-1890 (Waunakee, Dane, WI)
From HISTORY OF MILWAUKEE, Frank A. Flower, Editor, Publshed in 1881:
"H.J. KESSENICH, TAILOR. Mr. Kessenich was born April 27, 1833, in Prussia. He came to America February 14, 1857. He learned his trade in Europe with his brother. He was from 1853 to 1856, a soldier in Berlin in the Prussian Army. His parents came to America in 1855. His father, Henry Kessenich, died in Madison, August 4, 1878, and his mother died January 7, 1864. Mr. Kessenich was married October 31, 1858, in Madison, to Miss Gertrude Goergens, a native of Prussia. They have five sons and five daughters."
FOR MORE INFO on the Kessenich family, visit their webpage here:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~danecountyfamilies/index.html
He came to Wisconsin with his family in about 1857, first settling in Madison where he met and married fellow Prussian, Gertrude Goergens.
His siblings were:
John 1822-1895 (Madison, WI)
Henry 1824-1876 (Wisconsin)
John Peter 1831-1876 (Springfield, Dane, WI)
Casper A. KESSENICH 1835-08Apr1864 Battle of Sabine Crossroads - Civil War
Mary Catherine 1846-
Peter 1837-1923 (Bear Valley, WI)
Henry 1838-1890 (Waunakee, Dane, WI)
From HISTORY OF MILWAUKEE, Frank A. Flower, Editor, Publshed in 1881:
"H.J. KESSENICH, TAILOR. Mr. Kessenich was born April 27, 1833, in Prussia. He came to America February 14, 1857. He learned his trade in Europe with his brother. He was from 1853 to 1856, a soldier in Berlin in the Prussian Army. His parents came to America in 1855. His father, Henry Kessenich, died in Madison, August 4, 1878, and his mother died January 7, 1864. Mr. Kessenich was married October 31, 1858, in Madison, to Miss Gertrude Goergens, a native of Prussia. They have five sons and five daughters."
FOR MORE INFO on the Kessenich family, visit their webpage here:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~danecountyfamilies/index.html
The son of Heinrich Kessenich and JoAnna Maria VanDerList, Herman was born in Oedekoven, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Westfalia.
He came to Wisconsin with his family in about 1857, first settling in Madison where he met and married fellow Prussian, Gertrude Goergens.
His siblings were:
John 1822-1895 (Madison, WI)
Henry 1824-1876 (Wisconsin)
John Peter 1831-1876 (Springfield, Dane, WI)
Casper A. KESSENICH 1835-08Apr1864 Battle of Sabine Crossroads - Civil War
Mary Catherine 1846-
Peter 1837-1923 (Bear Valley, WI)
Henry 1838-1890 (Waunakee, Dane, WI)
From HISTORY OF MILWAUKEE, Frank A. Flower, Editor, Publshed in 1881:
"H.J. KESSENICH, TAILOR. Mr. Kessenich was born April 27, 1833, in Prussia. He came to America February 14, 1857. He learned his trade in Europe with his brother. He was from 1853 to 1856, a soldier in Berlin in the Prussian Army. His parents came to America in 1855. His father, Henry Kessenich, died in Madison, August 4, 1878, and his mother died January 7, 1864. Mr. Kessenich was married October 31, 1858, in Madison, to Miss Gertrude Goergens, a native of Prussia. They have five sons and five daughters."
FOR MORE INFO on the Kessenich family, visit their webpage here:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~danecountyfamilies/index.html
He came to Wisconsin with his family in about 1857, first settling in Madison where he met and married fellow Prussian, Gertrude Goergens.
His siblings were:
John 1822-1895 (Madison, WI)
Henry 1824-1876 (Wisconsin)
John Peter 1831-1876 (Springfield, Dane, WI)
Casper A. KESSENICH 1835-08Apr1864 Battle of Sabine Crossroads - Civil War
Mary Catherine 1846-
Peter 1837-1923 (Bear Valley, WI)
Henry 1838-1890 (Waunakee, Dane, WI)
From HISTORY OF MILWAUKEE, Frank A. Flower, Editor, Publshed in 1881:
"H.J. KESSENICH, TAILOR. Mr. Kessenich was born April 27, 1833, in Prussia. He came to America February 14, 1857. He learned his trade in Europe with his brother. He was from 1853 to 1856, a soldier in Berlin in the Prussian Army. His parents came to America in 1855. His father, Henry Kessenich, died in Madison, August 4, 1878, and his mother died January 7, 1864. Mr. Kessenich was married October 31, 1858, in Madison, to Miss Gertrude Goergens, a native of Prussia. They have five sons and five daughters."
FOR MORE INFO on the Kessenich family, visit their webpage here:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~danecountyfamilies/index.html
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