Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Lovell Hetzler and Jenny Blanche Shreffler




Husband John Lovell Hetzler 1 2

           Born: 22 Jun 1875 - Rockland, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Jan 1948 2
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3


         Father: Henry Hetzler (1846-1895) 1 4
         Mother: Narcissa Jane Lovell (1847-1908) 4


       Marriage: 28 Aug 1900 - ? Venango Co, PA



Wife Jenny Blanche Shreffler 2

            AKA: Blanche Ethel Shreffler
           Born: 31 Jul 1877 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Jun 1953 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3


         Father: Joseph "Joe" Shreffler, Jr. (1844/1845-1934)
         Mother: Eleanor Sophia "Ellen" Platt (1842-1926)




Children
1 M Frederick Leroy Hetzler 2

           Born: 22 Feb 1901 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Oct 1918 2
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3



2 F Sylvia Luella Hetzler 2

           Born: 26 Sep 1902 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Jan 1978 - ? Onondaga Co, NY
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William "Ort" Findlay (1900-1977) 2 5


3 M Joseph Erskin Hetzler 2

           Born: 12 Aug 1904 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Feb 1991 - ? Maricopa Co, AZ
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 6
         Spouse: S. Irene Martz (1906-1973) 2
         Spouse: Opal Estella Moyer (1915-1993)
           Marr: 17 Aug 1974 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 7


4 M Clarence Henry "Dusty" Hetzler 2

           Born: 7 May 1906 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Jan 1973 - ? Emlenton, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 6
         Spouse: Genevieve May Hart (1910-2003) 2 8
           Marr: 29 May 1928 - ? Venango Co, PA 8


5 F Dorothy Marie Hetzler 9

           Born: 13 Sep 1907
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Dec 1994 - ? Oil City, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 10
         Spouse: Charles H. Smith (1903-1950) 9
         Spouse: Edwin H. Schlicht (1910-1997)


6 M Charles Daniel Hetzler 11

           Born: 22 Jul 1910 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 May 1987 - ? Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 12
         Spouse: Doris L. DeLong (1921-1993) 11
           Marr: 25 Jun 1949


7 F Maria Evelyn Hetzler 9

            AKA: Mariah Hetzler
           Born: 30 Mar 1913 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Kenneth E. Polm (1909-1985) 9


8 F Freda Rosella Hetzler 9

           Born: 1 May 1915 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Oct 1996 - ? Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3



9 M John Howard Hetzler 9

           Born: 31 Aug 1919 - Rockland, Venango Co, PA 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Oct 1989
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 6
         Spouse: Mabel Elizabeth "Betty" Hendershot (1928-1990) 9
           Marr: 30 Aug 1947 - Rockland, Venango Co, PA 13



General Notes: Wife - Jenny Blanche Shreffler


The Derrick, Oil City, PA
Wednesday, June 24 1953; pg 16
MRS. JENNIE BLANCH HETZLER of Rockland Township died at 9:40 p.m. Tuesday June 23, 1953, in her home. She was the daughter of Joseph and Eleanor Platt Shreffler, born July 31, 1877 in Rockland Township. She was married August 28, 1900 to John Hetzler, who died in 1948. Surviving are 8 children, Mrs. Sylvia Findlay of Manlius, NY; Mrs. Maria Palm & Mrs. Dorothy Schlicht of Oil City; Joseph, Clarence & Howard of Emlenton RD 1; Charles & Freda Hetzler of Kennerdell RD 1; 14 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; 2 brothers, Joseph Shreffler of Mariasville & Samuel Shreffler of Nickleville and 5 sisters, Mrs. Carry Mong of Franklin; Mrs. Lavella Burkholder of Clearfield; Mrs. Nora McCormick of Tulsa, OK; Mrs. Grace Bly of Emlenton RD 1; and Mrs. Zina Dittman of Fort Stockton, TX. Interment at Rockland Cemetery.

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Sources


1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 668.

2 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 73.

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 77.

4 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 71.

5 James Brockington Witherup, History of John Witherup Family from 1762 to 1909 (Butler, PA: Ziegler Printing Co., 1909), Pg 25.

6 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 55.

7 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #40240.

8 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 67.

9 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 74.

10 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 60.

11 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 8.

12 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 109.

13 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #26174.


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