Family Group Sheet
NameSelwyn White Kesler
Birth21 Jan 1888, Carthage, Jefferson Co., New York
Death29 Jul 1957, Seattle, King Co., Washington
Other spousesVerna Ire
MarriageJan 1911, New York
SpouseMattie E. Smith
Birthabt 1882, New York
Notes for Selwyn White Kesler
His WW I draft registration card, filed 2 June 1917, records Selwyn Whie Kesler, age 29, residence Brooklyn, NY (there is a street address, but I cannot read it), born 21 Jan 1888 in Carthage, N.Y., occupation auto salesman, employer Abbott Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, married supporting wife & 2 children.
His WW II draft registration card, filed April 1942, records Selwyn White Kesler, age 54, residence 1306 W. Main, Medford, Oregon, born 21 Jan 1888 in Carthage, New York, employer C. I. Hutchison, same address, employer U.S. Army Engineers #92.
The SSDI lists Selwyn Kesler, born 21 Jan 1888, died 26 July 1957, SSN issued in California in 1952.
His obituary in the Seattle Times of Sunday, July 28, 1957 reported: “S. W. Kesler, Construction Chief, Dies - Funeral services for Selwyn W. Kesler, 69, a construction superintendent and former Pennsylvania pheasant farmer, will be held at 3 o’clock tomorrow in Hoffner’s Fesher-Kalfus chapel. Burial will be in Washell.
Mr. Kesler died Friday in a sanatorium. He made his home in the Seattle area since 1943. He worked on construction for the Army Engineers and for the Federal Housing Authority in Alaska.
A native of Carthage, N.Y., Mr. Kesler attended schools, in Worcester, Mass. He was graduated in 1909 from Syracuse University, where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. He was a pilot and captain in the Army Air Service during the First World War. He resided at 511 N. 73rd St.
Survivors are his wife, Geneva, a stepson, Dixon M. Hayward, Seattle, and two stepgrandsons.”
The obituary does not mention his two sons Robert and Selwyn Jr. by his first wife Mattie Smith, both of whom survived him.
His WW II draft registration card, filed April 1942, records Selwyn White Kesler, age 54, residence 1306 W. Main, Medford, Oregon, born 21 Jan 1888 in Carthage, New York, employer C. I. Hutchison, same address, employer U.S. Army Engineers #92.
The SSDI lists Selwyn Kesler, born 21 Jan 1888, died 26 July 1957, SSN issued in California in 1952.
His obituary in the Seattle Times of Sunday, July 28, 1957 reported: “S. W. Kesler, Construction Chief, Dies - Funeral services for Selwyn W. Kesler, 69, a construction superintendent and former Pennsylvania pheasant farmer, will be held at 3 o’clock tomorrow in Hoffner’s Fesher-Kalfus chapel. Burial will be in Washell.
Mr. Kesler died Friday in a sanatorium. He made his home in the Seattle area since 1943. He worked on construction for the Army Engineers and for the Federal Housing Authority in Alaska.
A native of Carthage, N.Y., Mr. Kesler attended schools, in Worcester, Mass. He was graduated in 1909 from Syracuse University, where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. He was a pilot and captain in the Army Air Service during the First World War. He resided at 511 N. 73rd St.
Survivors are his wife, Geneva, a stepson, Dixon M. Hayward, Seattle, and two stepgrandsons.”
The obituary does not mention his two sons Robert and Selwyn Jr. by his first wife Mattie Smith, both of whom survived him.
Census Notes for Mattie E. Smith
1920 census of Suffolk Co., New York, Brookhaven township, enumerated 13 Jan, lists on p. 9B as family #14/21:
Smith, Wallace, 77, b. NY NY NY, house carpenter; Josephine, wife, 70, b. NY Vermont NY; Kesler, Mattie E., dau, 38, married, b. NY NY NY; Selwyn W., grandson, 7, b. NY NY NY; Robert S., grandson, 2 6/12, b. NY NY NY.
I cannot find Selwyn Sr. in the 1920 census.
Smith, Wallace, 77, b. NY NY NY, house carpenter; Josephine, wife, 70, b. NY Vermont NY; Kesler, Mattie E., dau, 38, married, b. NY NY NY; Selwyn W., grandson, 7, b. NY NY NY; Robert S., grandson, 2 6/12, b. NY NY NY.
I cannot find Selwyn Sr. in the 1920 census.
Notes for Selwyn White & Mattie E. (Family)
An announcement in the Syracuse, New York newspaper of Jan 28, 1911 reported “Leland W. Kesler has returned from Port Jefferson, Long Island, where he attended the marriage of his brother, Selwyn W. Kesler of Carthage to Miss Matty E. Smith. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. Kesler will reside in Brooklyn. The groom attended Syracuse University and is a member of Phi Kappa Psi.”
