The Kessinger surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,170 people carried this name — #7,933 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,900 people counted. That is up 18% from 3,540 in 2000.

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In print

Kessinger in American newspapers,
1892–1921.

Newspaper page from The Ronan Pioneer carrying the name Kessinger
The Ronan Pioneer 1918-10-18
Newspaper page from The Portland Daily Press carrying the name Kessinger
The Portland Daily Press 1892-08-10
Newspaper page from The Hartford Republican carrying the name Kessinger
The Hartford Republican 1921-03-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Kessinger,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edythe Sterling
    Edythe Sterling 1886–1962 · actor
  • Edythe Sterling
    Edythe Sterling 1893–1962 · actor
  • Edythe Sterling
    Edythe Sterling 1896–1962 · actor
  • Friedrich von Kessinger 1866–1946

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Kessinger,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States242 records

242 records of the Kessinger name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 145
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 51
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 23
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Willard S. Kessinger

    Born 1917 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1942 at Louisville; farm hand from Grayson County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Lebanon National Cemetery, Kentucky.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Marie Kessinger

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Caroline Mary Clark from Havre, aged 23; farmer. From Hesse Nassau, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John McFarland Kessinger

    Born 1933; from Janesville, Wisconsin. U.S. Army, ranger; killed in action 1967 in Kien Giang, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 242 records for Kessinger in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany18 records

18 records of the Kessinger name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 17
  • German emigration and citizenship files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Emil Kessinger

    From Strehla, Oschatz. Reported wounded in the Saxon casualty list of 30 August 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 103).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Jacob Keßinger

    Left Gottmadingen for Bavaria in 1882.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Kurt Keßinger

    From Chemnitz. Reported wounded in the Saxon casualty list of 12 May 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 18 records for Kessinger in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

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