Joseph Andrew Zettel, Jr.^[1]

1852 - 1945  (92 years)

• Name	Joseph Andrew Zettel
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	12 May 1852	Formosa, Culross Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-241247
  Died	8 May 1945	Alexandria, Madison, Indiana, United States   [2]
  Person ID	I241247	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Andreas "Andrew" Zettel,   b. 8 Oct 1817, , Germany ,   d. 24 Sep 1894, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Holrad,   b. 23 Oct 1822, , Germany ,   d. 20 May 1883, near Formosa, Bruce, Ontario  (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F8009	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria "Mary" Schumacher,   b. CALC 11 Sep 1853, Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario ,   d. 11 Mar 1887, Shakopee, Scott, Minnesota, USA  (Age ~ 33 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F226123	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary Alexandria Times Tribune Wednesday, May 9, 1945, Page 1. Final rites will be held in St. Mary's Catholic Church at 9 A.M. Friday for Joseph A. Zettel, who wold have reached his 93 birthday anniversary next Saturday, May 12. Father Leo Scheets, the parish priest, will conduct the rites, and interment will be in Park View Cemetery. The body which was at the Roger C. Gipe mortuary today, will be taken to the family home at 806 West Madison street this evening at 6:30 to rest untill the funeral hour. Mr. Zettel, who had been in business here for many years and was widely known, died at his home at 8:30 Tuesday morning. He had been in declining health since 1939 and his condition became serious several days ago. He was born on May 12 1852 at Formosa, Ontario, Canada, a son of Andrew and Magdalena (Holrad) Zettel. He and his family moved to Alexandria on Nov, 4 1912, and he engaged in the tinning and sheet metal business, with which he had been continuously connected as senior member of the firm of Zettel & Son's, West Church Street. In recent years however, he had not been actively engaged with the business. He had been married three times all of his wives having preceded him in death. He was a member of St. Mary's Church, the Holy Name Society, and the Society of St. Francis. Surviving members of the family include the following children, Mrs Chester Daemicke and Cyril J. Zettel of Alexandria, Mrs. George Boyle of Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada, Mrs George Smith of West Branch, Mich, Miss Sybilla Zettel of Chicago, Ill, Leo Zettel of Alexandria, and Miss Jean Zettel of Chicago, Ill. There is one surviving sister, Mrs Regina Schwartz of Formosa, Ontario, Canada, 17 Grandchildren and three Great-Grandchildren. Members of the Holy Name Society of St. Mary's Church will meet at the Zettel home Thursday evening at 7:30 to recite prayers.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 31 Mar 1887. 11 Mar 1887 Mrs. Joseph Zettel, Jr., daughter of Anton Schumacher, died in Shakopee, Minn. after a brief illness, at the approximate age of 33 years and 6 months. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50785898/joseph-andrew-zettel.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 May 1852 - Formosa, Culross Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 8 May 1945 - Alexandria, Madison, Indiana, United States  = Link to Google Earth