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Note: Birth record: Massachusetts. Birth Records, 1840 - 1915;
Name: Joseph William Etzel
Born: April 25, 1898
Birthplace: 21 Tufts Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Residence of parents: 21 Tufts Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Name of father: Frank W. Etzel
Birth place of father: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Name of mother: Mary Comeau
Birth place of mother: Novia Scotia
Occupation of father: Metermaker.
Note: 21 Tufts Street is in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston. It is down the street from the Bunker Hill monument.
Birth record: Health Department, Registry Division, City of Boston, Certified Copy of Record of Birth in Office of the City Registrar.
Birth and Baptism record: Massachusetts Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789 - 1920, Volume: St. Catherine of Siena (Charlestown) Baptisms, 1898 - 1902, Page: 18;
Name: Joseph Etzel
Birth date: April 25, 1898
Baptism date: May 1, 1898
Location: Charlestown, Suffork, Massachusetts, United States, Unted States, United States
Father: William Etzel
Mother: Mary Comeau
Witness1: ?
Witness 2: ?
Church: St. Catherine of Siena
Observanda: 21 Tufts Street
Census record: 1900 United States Federal Census, Somerville, Ward 3, Middlesex, Massachusetts, living at 47 Boston Street;
William F. Etzel, Age: 28, Head, Married, Occupation: Meter Maker, Born: Maryland
Mary Etzel, Age: 27, Wife: Married, Born: Canada
William J. Etzel, Age: 2, Born: Massachusetts
Lawrence J, Etzel, Age: 4/12, Born: Massachusetts
Nathalie M. Comeau, Age: 64, Mother in Law, Widow, Born: Canada
Note: Children born: 2, Children living: 2
Census record: 1910 United States Federal Census, Lowell Ward 3, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Living at 24 Canton Street;
William F. Etzel, Age: 38, Head, Married, Occupation: Gas Works, Born: Maryland
Mary C. Etzel, Age: 38, Wife, Married, Born: Canada
William J. Etzel, Age: 11, Son, Born: Massachusetts
Marion Etzel, Age: 9, Daughter, Born: Massachusetts
Francis J. Etzel, Age: 7, Son, Born: Massachusetts
Everett R. Etzel, Age: 6, Son, Born: Massachusetts
Children born: 5, Children living: 4
Sometime after the death of his mother in 1914, Joseph, and his brothers and sister, went to live with his mother's family (Uncle and Aunt - James A. and Philomene Comeau) in Church Point, Nova Scotia, for about 3 years. The children returned to Lowell about 1917 and resumed living with their father, first at 24 Canton Street., and then at 101 Warnock Street. (See notes on father.)
In a program, I have, of the "24th Annual Ball of the Lowell High School Officers at Associate Hall, Thursday Evening. Jan. 21, 1915,"
Under Officers, Lowell High School Regiment, 1915, William J. Etzel is listed as a First Lieut.
From: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918";
Name: Joseph William Etzel
Race: White
Birth Date: 25 Apr 1898
Street Address: 101 Warnick Street
Residence Place: Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Age: 20
Occupation: Operator
Employer's Name: U.S. Cartridge Company
Address: Lawrence Street
Height: Tall
Build: Slender
Eye Color: Gray
Hair Color: Light
Nearest Relative: William F. Etzel
Address: 101 Warnick Street
Date of Registration: Sept. 12, 1918
Cenus record: 1920 United States Federal Census, Lowell Ward 3, Massachusetts, living at 68 Smith Street;
William Etzel, Age: 21, Lodger, Single, Occupation: Book Keeper, Hosiery, Born: Massachusetts
Marriage record: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, City of Lowell, Office of City Clerk;
Groom: J. William Etzel Bride
Age: 24
Occupation: Book Keeper
Birth place: Boston, Massachusetts
Name of father: William F. Etzel
Name of mother: Mary C. Catherine
Bride: Emily Brent Fraser
Age: 22
Occupation: Book Keeper
Name of father: James W. Fraser
Name of mother: Eva L. Fraser
Number of marriage: First
Residence: 122 So. Walker Street, Lowell, Massachusetts
Date and Place of Marriage: July 21, 1922, Lowell, Massachusetts
Married by: Richard Peters, Minister of the Gospel, 79 Dover Street, Lowell, Massachusetts
Census record: 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Lowell Ward 8, Middlesex, Massachusetts, living at 148 Foster Street;
J. William Etzel, Age: 31, Head, Married, Occupation: Head Bank Keeper for Bank, Born: Massachusetts
Emily B. Etzel, Age: 30, Wife, Married, Born: Massachusetts
Robert W. Etzel, Age: 4, Son, Born: Massachusetts
Mabel Gould, Age: 16, Roomer, Born: Massachusetts
James W. Fraser, Age: 71, Father in Law, Widower, Occupation: Insurance, Born: England
Notes: This census lists the Etzel's owning the house and it is valued at $6000.00. They also owned a radio! It also lists the year 1890, as the year James W. Fraser first came to the United States.
City Directory: Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, J. Wm. Etzel, (Emily B.) bkpr, Union Old, Lowell Nat. Bank, 61 Merrimack, h. 128 Foster
Census report: 1940 US Federal Census, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, living at 148 Foster Street;
Joseph W. Etzel, Age: 41, Head, Married, Occupation: Auditor at Bank, Born: Massachusetts
Emily Etzel, Age: 40, Wife, Married, Occupation: Keeping House, Born: Massachusetts
Robert Etzel, Age: 14, Son, Born: Massachusetts
Virginia Etzel, Age: 8, Daughter, Born: Massachusetts
James Fraser, Age 81, Father, Widower, Occupation: Retired from Insurance sales, Born: England
John Thomas, Age: 63, Roomer, Single, Occupation: Pensiond, Born: Massachusetts
Notes: This reports lists that the Etzel's owned their house and that it was valued at $4500.00. He earned $2080.00 in 1939. All are listed as living in the same house in 1935. The census also lists James as coming to the United States in 1890, and that he is an Alien.
J. William Etzel was very involved in the selling of War Bonds during World War 2. His hobbies included writing, and playing the Violin. Every year on Christmass Eve he played at the midnight church service where his son, Robert, was the Rector.
From the "Massachusetts, Mason Memberships Cards, 1733-1990 ; "
Name: Etzel, Joseph William
Ressidence: Chelmsford
Occupation: Bank Examiner
Nativity: Charlestown 1898 - 4 - 25
Lodge: William North
Initiated: 1944 - 4 - 19
Passed: 1944 - 5 - 18
Raised: 1944 - 6 - 14
Membership: 1944 - 8 - 29
Deceased: 1965 - 4 - 8
Death information: It is felt that J. William Etzel actualy died at his home on Little Island Pond, in Pelham, New Hampshire. After he was stricken he was taken by ambulance to Lowell General Hospital where his offical death record was recorded.
Death record: City of Lowell, Massachusetts, Certificate of Record of Death;
Name: Joseph William Etzel
Age: 66 years, 11 months, 13 days
Date of death: April 8, 1965
Married
Residence: Little Island Pond, Pelham, New Hampshire
Place of death: D.O.A. Lowell General Hospital, Lowell, Massachusetts
Occupation: Vice President and Trust Officer
Birth place: Charlestown, Massachusetts
Name of father: William Etzel
Name of mother: Mary Comeau
Cause of death: Sudden Death - Acute Coronary Thombosis
Burial: Pine Ridge Cemetary, Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Date of record: April 9, 1965
Death notice: "The Lowell Sun";
"Etzel - Died in Lowell, (suddenly) April 8, J. William Etzel, of Little Island Pond Pelham, New Hampshire, formerly of Lowell and Chelmsford, aged 66 years. Friends will be recieved at the Morse funeral home, 122 Priceton boulevard, at Chester and Harvard streets, from 7 until 9 o'clock this evening. Funeral sevices will be held at All Saints Episcopal church of Chelmsford, Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Friends invited. Please omit flowers. Friends who prefer may make memorial contributions to the Massachusetts Association for Retarded Children, 409 Lexington street, Newton. Funeral Director Robert T. Morse."
Obituary, "The Lowell Sun," dated April 9, 1965;
"J. William Etzel
Dies at 66
Pelham, N.H. - J. William Etzel, 66, of Little Island Pond, died unexpectedly yesterday at the Lowell General Hospital.
He was born in Charlestown, the son of the late William and Mary (Comeau) Etzel and had formerly lived in Lowell and Chelmsford for many years, before establishing his residence in Pelham, N.H. two years ago. Mr. Etzel had been associated with the Union National Bank of Lowell for over 40 years and at the time of his retirement in 1963 was a vice president and the Trust Officer of that Institution.
He is survived by his wife, the former Emily B. Fraser; a daughter, Mrs. Charles E. Wright of Chelmsford; a son, Rev. Robert W. Etzel, rector of St Paul's Episcopal church of Lynnfield; a sister, Mrs. Oliver Debes; two brothers, Francis Etzel and Everett Etzel, all of Baltimore, Md., and eight grandchildren.
A member of All Saints Episcopal church of Chelmsford, Mr. Etzel held membership in William North Lodge, A.F.& A.M. of Lowell; was a 32 degree Mason and was affiliated with the local Scottish Rite Masonic Bodies and the Massachuesetts Consistory. He was a former president of the Lowell Goodwill Industries and a former president of the Lowell Community Concerts. Mr. Etzel was the treasurer of the Old Ladies Home of Lowell; a director of the Battles Home of Lowell; a director of the Lowell YWCA and a member of the quarter century club of the Union National Bank of Lowell."
Funeral write up: "The Lowell Sun" ;
"Funeral services for J. William Etzel, of Little Island Pond, Pelham, N.H., retired Vice President and Trust Officer of the Union National Bank, were held at All Saints Episcopal church, Chelmsford, Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
The services were conducted by Rev. Paul D. Twelves, Rector of All Saints, and Rev. Robert W. Etzel, son of the late Mr. Etzel and Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church, Lynnfield.
The Union National Bank was represted by Homer W. Bourgeois, president; Daniel Walker, vice president; John Egan, vice president; Edward C. Latour, trust officer; Carl Willard, vice president; Harry F. Gienandt, vice president; Herbert Lamprey, asst. vice president; Eric Thomson, asst. trust officer; J. Harold Scott, asst. cashier; George Watson, asst. cashier; Norman Brooks, asst. cashier; Joseph Riley, asst. cashier; Louis Desmarais, asst. auditor; Albert Ludwig, Ralph Knowlton, Paul Shaughnessy, Gertrude Greene, Catherine McQuade, Margaret Amicot and Ann Gaudet.
Several other Greater-Lowell banking institutions were also represented; as were William North Lodge, A.F.&A.M., together with various other local Scottish Rite Masonic Bodies.
The Battles Home was represented by Eric Anderson, while Mrs. Earl M. Gary was present from the Lowell Chapter of Grey Ladies of the American Red Cross. The deputation from the Board of Patrons of the Old Ladies Home included; Mrs. Mildred Douglas, Mrs Mildred Walsh, Mrs. Florance Piper, Mrs. Edna Ramsay and Mrs. Esther Ackerley. Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Hoag and Miss. Adelene Assaly represented the Lowell Goodwill Industries; with Walter E. Clement as delegate from the Board of Trustees of the Lowell Y.W.C.A. Major Bramwell Crawford was present from the Lowell Citadel of the Salvation Army.
Bearers were W. Earl Cochrane, Wallace R. Gumb, Albert J. Maki, Alfred L. Peterson, Thomas W. Steed and Charles E. Watt.
Burial took place in Pine Ridge cemetery, Chelmsford."
Cemetery information:
Pine Ridge Cemetery
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Plot/Grave: F-126-2
Deceased: Joseph William Etzel
Date of death: April 8, 1965
Burial date: April 10, 1965
Place of death: Lowell, Massachusetts
Cause of death - Sudden death, acute coronary
Age: 66 years, 11 months, 13 days.
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