Mary Etta Levers

Female4 January 1832–14 June 1910

Brief Life History of Mary Etta

When Mary Etta Levers was born on 4 January 1832, in Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Charles Levers, was 23 and her mother, Margaret Messinger, was 24. She married Lucas Metzger about 1848, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Flowerfield, Flowerfield Township, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States in 1880 and Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States in 1900. She died on 14 June 1910, in Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lucas Metzger
1828–1902
Mary Etta Levers
1832–1910
Marriage: about 1848
Amanda Margaret Metzger
1849–1916
Anna M. Metzger
1852–1933
Mary M Metzger
1854–1863
Lily L. Metzger
1857–1857
Harriet M. Metzger
1858–1947
John G. Metzger
1861–1892
William H. Metzger
1863–1894
Charles B. Metzger
1867–1929
Rosa Dell Metzger
1871–1893
Carrie Metzger
1878–1912

Sources (22)

  • Mary Metzger in household of Joseph F Johnson, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Mary Metzger, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Marietta Johnson in entry for Unknown and Carrie Metzger, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1848Pennsylvania, United States
  • Children (10)

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    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 4

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    1837

    Age 5

    Michigan is the 26th state.

    1863

    Age 31

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Lever 1 and 2, with post-medieval excrescent -s.

    North German: patronymic from Lever 3.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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