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Fetzer Name Meaning
occupational name for a ragman, from an agent
derivative of Middle High German vetze ‘scrap’, ‘rag’ or
vetzen ‘to tear or shred’.topographic name for someone who
lived in a marshy area, from Swabian Fätsche
‘marsh’.altered spelling of Pfetzer, a nickname from
Middle High German phetzen ‘to pinch’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Fetzer Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Fetzer families
 63 - 123  22 - 62 |
 1 - 21  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Fetzer families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Fetzer census records
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Fetzer Family Origin
Fetzer Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Fetzer
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Fetzer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Fetzer census records
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Fetzer Civil War Service Records
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