	Date	Location	Notes
Birth	14 Oct 1859	Clarion Co. PA
Marriage	17 Apr 1888		To Emma Lena Pfaff
Death	10 Oct 1916	Clarion Co. PA
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

  Generation 4                  Generation 5          Generation 6           Generation 7                               
                                           
                             +--Anna Elizabeth Kenemuth                          
                             |   (1827-1889)                              
+--William Jacob Etzel, Sr.--+                                
| (1859-1916)                |                 
|                            +-- Frank Etzel                  
|                                   (1817-1893)
+                                    
|                            +-- Valentine Pfaff
|                            |                                               +- John Frederick                                                                         
+--Emma Lena Pfaff-----------+                      +-John George Frederick -+  (????-1846)
                             |                      |  (1801-1887)           + Anna Eva Unknown
                             +-- Anna Eva Frederick-+                          (????_1846)
                                                    |
                                                    +-Unknown Unknown

Sorces:

Children

(all children with Emma Lena Pfaff)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
John A. Etzel	M	Dec 1890	Clarion Co. PA	m. Anna A. (1895-1972)	d. 1988, buried Knox cemetery, Clarion Co. PA	^[3][4][7]
Minnie E. Etzel	F	Apr 1893	Clarion Co. PA			^[3][4]
William Jacob Etzel, Jr.	M	4 Nov 1894	Clarion Co. PA	Rebecca Cook Piper		^[3][4]
Loretta M. Etzel	F	July 1896	Clarion Co. PA			^[3][4]
Leona M. Etzel	F	~ 1901	Clarion Co. PA			^[4]
Richard F. Etzel	M	~ 1903	Clarion Co. PA			^[4]
Myrtle A. Etzel	F	~ 1904	Clarion Co. PA			^[4]
Oelena R. Etzel	F	~ 1906	Clarion Co. PA			^[4]
Lawrence Etzel	M	~ 1908	Clarion Co. PA			^[4]
Albert Etzel	M	Nov 1909	Clarion Co. PA			^[4]
Alice E. Etzel	F	9 Apr 1911	Clarion Co. PA		d. 9 Apr 1911, at birth	^[13]
Iva E. Etzel	F	30 Apr 1912	Clarion Co. PA		d. 30 Apr 1912, at birth	^[13]
Ralph Etzel	M	1915	Clarion Co. PA			^[5]

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Clarion Co. PA	1859-1916

Photo Gallery

Gravestone of John A. & Anna A. Etzel, Knox Cemetery, Clarion Co. PA

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1870 United States Federal Census, Elk Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 17. Census dated 22 June 1870. Lines 32-38: Frank Atesel, 53, farmer, $1000 real, $300 personal property, b. Hesse Cassel; Elizabeth, 38, keeping house, b. Hesse Cassel; Conrad, 13, attending school; William, 10, attending school; Elizabeth, 7; Anne, 4; Marry, 11 months. All children b. PA of foriengn b. parents.
2	1880 United States Federal Census, District 68, Elk Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 16. Census dated 9 June 1880. Lines 32-36: Frank Etzel, 63, farmer, b. Hesse (also parents); Elizabeth, 48, keeping house, b. Hesse (and parents); conrad, 22, laborer; William, 21, works on farm; Mary, 11, in home. Children all b. PA, parents in Hesse.
3	1900 United States Federal Census, District 1, Ashland Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 10. Census dated 11 June 1900. Lines 61-66: William Etzel, age 41, b. Oct 1858, m 12 years, born PA, parents b. Germany, farmer, reads, writes and speaks English, owns farm, free of mortgage; Emma, 30, april 1870, mar, 12 years, 4 children all alive, b. PA, father Germany, mother PA, reads, writes and speaks English; John, son, 9, Dec 1890, in school; Minnie, dau, 7, Apr 1893; William, son, 3, Nov 1894; Loretta, dau, 3, July 1896. Children all born PA.
4	1910 United States Federal Census, District 7, Shippenville, Clarion Co, PA, page 13. Census dated 22 Apr 1910. Lines 25-36: William Etzel, 50, mar. 22 years, general farmer, owns farm no mortgage; Emma C., 40, wife, mar. 22 years, 10 children all living; John A., 19, Minne E., 16, Willie J., 15, Loretta M., 12; Leona M., 9, Richard F., 7; Myrtle A., 6; Oelena R., 4; Lawrence, 2; Albert, 6 months. All (and parents) b. PA. Willie, Loretta, Leona, Richard and Myrtle attended school. All but youngest three can read, write and speak English.
5	1920 United States Federal Census, District 62, Elk, Clarion Co, PA, page 22. Census dated 4 Feb 1920. Lines 81-88: Emma Etzel, 50, widow, owns home, no mortgage; Leona M., 19, servant, private home; Richard F., 17, laborer, road work; Myrtle A., 16, in school; Velma R., 13, in school; Lawrence, 11, in school; Albert, 10, in school; Ralph, 4.. All (and parents) b. PA except for Emma's father, b. Germany. Son William Etzel is on lines 67-69. William Jacob Etzel, Sr. has died in 1916.
6	Personal correspondence of Judy Etzel King, g-g-granddaughter of Anna Elizabeth Kenemuth and Frank Etzel. Provided information that Frank Etzel and Anna Elizabeth Kenemuth had children Mary L. Etzel who married a Best, C.J. Etzel, and William Jacob Etzel who married Emma Lena Pfaff; parents of Emma Lena Pfaff were Valentine Pfaff and wife Anna Eva Frederick; 2 additional Frederick generations: John George Frederick and his father John Frederick who married Anna Eva.
7	Knox Cemetery Gravestone transcriptions, from photos by E. Brady Williams, June 2007 Etzel, John A. 1890-1988; Anna A. 1895-1972
8	St Mark's Memorial Chapel, Gravestone transcriptions, Ashland Twp., Clarion Co. Pa. from photos by E. Brady Williams, June 2007. ETZEL William J. 1859 - 1916;Emma C. 1870-1948 Alice E. born Apr 9, 1911, died Apr 9, 1911 Iva E. born Apr 30, 1912, died Apr 30, 1912 Ralph M. Etzel, PFC US Army WWII, 1915 - 1975