George Ralph Kesner

November 16, 2013.Reading time 9 minutes.

Geo. Ralph Kesner George Ralph Kesner was born on November 16, 1856. He was my 2nd great-grandfather on my father’s side. Information gathered by my father indicated that George was born in Leeds, England. I could find no proof of that. Nor could I find any emigration or naturalization information that might confirm he was […]

Hattie Kesner

September 5, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

Today would have been Hattie Kesner’s 135th birthday. Hattie was born on September 4, 1878 in New York. She would become the oldest of six children born to George Ralph Kesner and Jessie Davis. The Kesner’s second child, a son named Harry George, would eventually marry Estelle Byk becoming my paternal great-grandparents. That makes Hattie […]