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  • Artlissa Ann Smith (1854 - 1878)
    Artlissa Cessna Smith BIRTH 22 Feb 1854 DEATH 12 Apr 1878 (aged 24) BURIAL Old Jeffersonville Cemetery Jeffersonville, Fayette County, Ohio, USA MEMORIAL ID 119325634 · View SourceMEMORIAL PHOTOS 2 FL...
  • Clyde Vernon Cessna (1879 - 1954)
    Vernon Cessna (December 5, 1879 – November 20, 1954) was an American aircraft designer, aviator, and founder of the Cessna Aircraft Corporation.BiographyClyde Vernon Cessna was born in Hawthorne, Iowa ...
  • Elizabeth Vickroy (1768 - 1849)
  • Stephen Cessna (1665 - bef.1763)
    Note: Many Cessna family researchers believe that Jean (1) came to America in 1718 and some believe he never left Ireland. Early Pennsylvania and Huguenot histories and biographies all say Jean (1) cam...
  • Green Kennedy Cessna, Sr (c.1805 - c.1867)

About the Cessna surname

Howard Cessna volume 1 in 1903 and volume 2 in 1935 wrote a book titled The House of Cessna all about our family. He lists all the variations of spellings of our name. They are De Cessna, Cesena, Cessna, Cissna, Cisna, Cisne, Cisney, and Sisney. All are descendants of Count Jean De Cessna of France, who was a Huguenot.