Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William M. Etzel and Emma Lena Pfaff




Husband William M. Etzel 1

            AKA: William Jacob Etzel 2
           Born: 14 Oct 1859 - Brady's Bend, Armstrong Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Oct 1916 3
         Buried:  - St. Mark's Lutheran Cemetery, near Kossuth, Clarion Co, PA


         Father: Franz Oetzel (1817-1898) 4
         Mother: Anna Elisabeth Kenemuth (1832-1915) 4


       Marriage: 1888 1



Wife Emma Lena Pfaff 1

            AKA: Emmalina Pfaff 2
           Born: 1870 - Butler Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1948 3
         Buried:  - St. Mark's Lutheran Cemetery, near Kossuth, Clarion Co, PA


         Father: Valentin Pfaff (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Anna Freidrich (      -      ) 1




Children
1 M John Alfred Etzel 1 3

           Born: 26 Dec 1890
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Jan 1988 3
         Buried:  - Knox Union Cemetery, Knox, Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA
         Spouse: Anna Alice Kropp (1895-1972) 3
           Marr: 23 Sep 1913 - Venus, Pine Grove Twp, Venango Co, PA 3


2 F Minnie Eve Etzel 1 3 5

           Born: 23 Apr 1892 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Jan 1976 6
         Buried:  - Shippenville, Elk Twp, Clarion Co, PA
         Spouse: Charles Emery "Charley" Wood (1886-1964) 3 5 7
           Marr: 15 Jan 1913 6


3 M William Jacob Etzel, Jr. 1 6

           Born: 11 Nov 1894 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Oct 1969 6
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rebecca Cook Piper (1896-1993) 6
           Marr: 28 Nov 1917 - Clarion, Clarion Co, PA 6


4 F Mable Loretta Etzel 1 6

           Born: 27 Jul 1897 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Jan 1991 6
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Walter Charles Gathers (1893-1959) 6
           Marr: 25 Dec 1915 6


5 F Leona Elizabeth Etzel 1 6

           Born: 27 Dec 1900 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Oct 1961 6
         Buried: 
         Spouse: George William Bickerstaff, Sr. (1883-1973) 6
           Marr: 21 Sep 1920 6


6 M Richard Frank Etzel 1 6

           Born: 22 Apr 1903 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Aug 1974 6
         Buried:  - Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Shippenville, Elk Twp, Clarion Co, PA
         Spouse: Mildred Mary Gifford (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 1924 6


7 F Myrtle Anna Etzel 1 8

           Born: 22 Oct 1903 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Jan 1986 8
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Henry Gathers (1903-      ) 8
           Marr: 15 Nov 1922 8


8 F Velma Rosa Etzel 1 8

           Born: 7 Aug 1905 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Vance Roy Duncan (      -      ) 8


9 M Lawrence Valentine "Boydie" Etzel 1

           Born: 17 Jan 1908 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Aug 1991 8
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Virginia Rose Hahn (1914-1970) 8
         Spouse: Bertha Lorena Swarthout (Abt 1908-1978) 8 9
           Marr: 29 Jul 1972 8


10 M Albert Leonard Etzel 1 8

           Born: 1 Oct 1909 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Sally Williams (      -      ) 8


11 F Alice Etzel 1

           Born: 30 Apr 1911 1
     Christened: 
           Died: at birth
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


12 F Iva Etzel 2

           Born: 7 Apr 1912 2
     Christened: 
           Died: at birth
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


13 M Ralph Milton Etzel 10

           Born: 6 Sep 1915 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Aug 1975 10
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - William M. Etzel


He received his early education in the public schools and then engaged in farming. Later he became interested in the oil fields, and eventually had an interest in thirty-two oil producing wells. He owned a farm in Ashland township, for many years, which he eventually sold, pur­chasing what was known as the “G. N. Berlin farm,” of one hundred and ninety-two acres, which he then cultivated. He was a Democrat in politics, and a mem­ber of the German Reformed church.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 713.

2 Lois Etzel Reiter & Imogene Etzel Beichner, The Saga of the Etzels and Hanels of Clarion County (Clarion County, PA: Privately published, 1997), Pg 20.

3 Lois Etzel Reiter & Imogene Etzel Beichner, The Saga of the Etzels and Hanels of Clarion County (Clarion County, PA: Privately published, 1997), Pg 21.

4 Lois Etzel Reiter & Imogene Etzel Beichner, The Saga of the Etzels and Hanels of Clarion County (Clarion County, PA: Privately published, 1997), Pg 9.

5 M. S. Kahle, The Wood Line, Ancestors & Descendants (Personal genealogical research, Dec 1977), Pg 49.

6 Lois Etzel Reiter & Imogene Etzel Beichner, The Saga of the Etzels and Hanels of Clarion County (Clarion County, PA: Privately published, 1997), Pg 22.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1151.

8 Lois Etzel Reiter & Imogene Etzel Beichner, The Saga of the Etzels and Hanels of Clarion County (Clarion County, PA: Privately published, 1997), Pg 23.

9 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 89.

10 Lois Etzel Reiter & Imogene Etzel Beichner, The Saga of the Etzels and Hanels of Clarion County (Clarion County, PA: Privately published, 1997), Pg 24.


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