Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - John Jacob Sutter


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 John Jacob Sutter and five of his descendants down to the second generation.


First and Second Generations
1. John Jacob Sutter,1 born ca. 1826 in Switzerland (parents not determined);1, 2 died 4 January 1884 in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio.3 John married Eva Magdalene Hoffman4 (born January 1829 in Württemberg, Germany, the daughter of Johnnes Friedrick Hoffman and Eva Pommer1, 2, 4, 5).

Children of John Jacob Sutter and Eva Magdalene Hoffman:

 2i. Marian L. Sutter, born ca. 1855 in Ohio.1
 3ii. Henry Sutter, born ca. 1857 in Ohio.1, 2
 4iii. Emma Sutter, born ca. 1860 in Ohio.1, 2
 5iv. Magdelena ‘Lena’ Sutter, born ca. 1862 in Ohio.1, 2
 6v. Anna Sutter, born October 1867 in Ohio.1, 2, 5

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Ohio, Fairfield County, Berne Township, Page No. 41 and 42, family of John Suiter [sic, Sutter] (44, Switzerland, minister); Magdelena Suiter (40, Wurtemburg, Ger.); Marian [?] L. Suiter (15, Ohio); Henry Suiter (13, Ohio); Emma Suiter (11, Ohio); Magdelena Suiter (9, Ohio); Anna Suiter (2, Ohio); Sophie Bateman [sic, Bodeman] (19, Ohio).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Ohio, Marion County, Marion, Enumeration District 160[?], Page No. 212C; family of John Sutter (54, Switzerland, minister, Lutheran); wife Magdelena Sutter (51, Wurtemburg); daughter Emma Sutter (20, Ohio); daughter Lena Sutter (18, Ohio); daughter Anna Sutter (12, Ohio); Henry Sutter (23, Ohio); niece Sophia Bodeman (29, Ohio, seamstress).
  3. Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997; Sutter, S. J. [sic, initials are J. J.; probably a transcription error]; died 4 January 1884 in Bellevue, Huron [County], Ohio; age 58; born in Switzerland; married.
  4. 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.
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Ohio, Sandusky County, Bellevue, Enumeration District 93, Sheet No. 2A; family of Eva M. Sutter (71, Germany, Jan. 1829, widow, immigrated 1881); daughter Anna Sutter (32, Ohio, Oct. 1867, teacher in waiting 2nd drawing).