Brief Life History of Amos C.
When Amos C. Fetterly was born on 3 May 1863, in Ontario, Canada, his father, Peter Henry Fetterly, was 49 and his mother, Elizabeth Beckstead, was 40. He married Carrie L. Nelson about 1883, in United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Mill Creek Township, Bourbon, Kansas, United States for about 10 years and Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States in 1930. He died in Canada, and was buried in Devon, Bourbon, Kansas, United States.
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- A C Fetterly, "Kansas State Census, 1915"
- A C Fetterly, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
- Amos C. Fetterly, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1867 · Ontario Founded
On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
1883 · Mining Boom
In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Vetterle or Vätterli, from a pet form of Middle High German vetter ‘secondary male relative’, i.e. uncle or cousin, but not father or son.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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