Gazlay Family History
Rev. Michael David Fetter
Parents
| Father | David Fetter ( - ) |
| Mother | Appolonia _____ ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 8 March 2013; Last Edited: 8 March 2013 |
| Person ID | 5174 |
| Name | Michael David Fetter |
| Title | Rev. |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 28 August 1912 in Crestline, Crawford County, Ohio1, 2 |
| Married | 6 November 1938 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio to Elizabeth Sophia Hildebrand3 |
| Married | 31 October 1955 in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin to Shirley Gumz4 |
| Died | 26 March 2001 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas2 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Elizabeth Sophia Hildebrand (daughter of Carl Adolph Hildebrand and Maria Elizabeth Gazlay) |
| Born | 23 April 1916 in Bellevue, Sandusky County, Ohio |
| Married | 6 November 1938 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio to Rev. Michael David Fetter |
| Died | 26 September 1954 in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin |
| Children | of Rev. Michael David Fetter and Elizabeth Sophia Hildebrand: |
| +1. | Elizabeth Ann ‘Beth’ Fetter |
| Born | 18 October 1939 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio |
| Married | 11 October 1959 in St. Roberts, Pulaski County, Missouri to John Figgins |
| +2. | Rev. Michael David Fetter, Jr. |
| Born | 9 August 1944 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio |
| Married | 30 June 1967 in Houston, Harris County, Texas to Mary Katherine Mercer |
| 3. | Mark Carl Fetter |
| Born | 12 July 1949 in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin |
| Married | 19 December 1970 in Sequin, Guadalupe County, Texas to Rose Mary Sagebiel |
| Spouse 2 | Shirley Gumz |
| Born | 30 April 1928 |
| Married | 31 October 1955 in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin to Rev. Michael David Fetter |
| Children | of Rev. Michael David Fetter and Shirley Gumz: |
| 1. | Sarah Joan Fetter |
| Born | 23 March 1957 |
| Married | to James Lester Allbright |
Sources
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Ohio, Franklin County, Columbus, Enumeration District 93-10, Sheet No. 5A; family of Rev. M. D. Fetter (27, Ohio, minister, church); wife Elizabeth Fetter (23, Ohio); daughter Elizabeth A. Fetter (5/12, Ohio).
- Obituary, Porter Loring Mortuary (website); Michael David Fetter, age 88, born 28 August 1912 in Crestline, Ohio; died 26 March 2001 in San Antonio, Texas. The article provides biographical details, including his ministries in several churches in Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Texas. The article also names his parents, and his survivors, including his wife of 45 years, two sons, and two daughters.
- 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.
- Oshkosh Daily Northwester, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, available at newspaperarchive.com; 27 August 1955, article announcing the farewell sermon of Rev. M. David Fetter, which also mentions that he will return to Oshkosh on 31 October to be married to Miss Shirley Gumz.