Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Mary Katherine Mercer


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Mary Katherine Mercer and two of her descendants down to the second generation.


First and Second Generations
1. Mary Katherine Mercer,1 born 17 September 1945 in Dallas County, Texas, the daughter of Howard Mercer and Remor Thyra Iversen.1 Mary married, 30 June 1967 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, Rev. Michael David Fetter, Jr.3 (born 9 August 1944 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, the son of Rev. Michael David Fetter and Elizabeth Sophia Hildebrand2).

Children of Mary Katherine Mercer and Rev. Michael David Fetter, Jr.:

 2i. Jamie Elizabeth Fetter, born 30 November 1971 in Harris County, Texas.4
 3ii. Holly Katherine Fetter, born 8 October 1973 in Harris County, Texas.5

  1. Texas Birth Index 1903-1997, Mercer, Mary Katherine, born 17 September 1945 in Dallas, Texas; father: Howard Mercer; mother: Remor Thyra Iversen.
  2. Email from Mary Fetter to Lee Gazlay, various dates in April and June 2013. The emails include as attachments 18 pages of hand-written family history notes containing the names, birth, marriage and death dates and places, primarily centered around the ancestors and descendants of Carl Adolph Hildebrand (1886-1965) and his wife Maria Elizabeth Gazlay (1883-1973). The pages include surnames Gazlay, Hildebrand, Rhoades, Morgan, Zehner, and Fetter, among many other surnames. The information in these pages matches the same information found in other (primarily public) records, so is considered highly reliable.
  3. Engagement Announcement, San Antonio Express, San Antonio, Texas, 6 January 1967, Mary Katherine Mercer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mercer, and M. David Fetter, Jr., son of Rev. and Mrs. M. David Fetter. Wedding is planned for 30 June 1967 in Houston.
  4. Texas Birth Index 1903-1997, Fetter, Jamie Elizabeth, born 30 November 1971 in Harris County, Texas; father: Michael David Fetter; mother: Mary Katherine Mercer.
  5. Texas Birth Index 1903-1997, Fetter, Holly Katherine, born 8 October 1973 in Harris County, Texas; father: Michael David Fetter; mother: Mary Katherine Mercer.