When August George Fettel was born on 15 January 1856, in Sandusky, Erie, Ohio, United States, his father, Martin Fettel, was 29 and his mother, Anna Catherine Bauer, was 21. He married Augusta Rupprecht on 29 November 1877, in Erie, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Portland Township, Erie, Ohio, United States for about 40 years. He died on 22 October 1930, in Sandusky, Erie, Ohio, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, Erie, Ohio, United States.
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South German: metonymic occupational name for a scribe, from Middle High German zettel ‘sheet of paper, document’.
South German: metonymic occupational name perhaps for a weaver, from Middle High German zettel(-garn) ‘thread’.
German: shortened form of Zettelmeier or Zettelmeyer, variants of Settelmeier (see Settlemire ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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