Marriage record, Howard Twp, Kent Co., ON:
John Teetzel, 71, lives Blenheim, born St. Thomas, Widower, Gentleman, Disciple, s/o Johnathan J. Teetzel and Mary Teetzel;
Elizabeth Cornwall, 50, lives Howard, born Port Colbourne, Spinster, Methodist, d/o Levi and Sarah Cornwall;
Witnesses: Alex McTavish and Marilla McTavish, Palmyra;
Married by license 3 June 1891 in Morpeth by Rev. C. Burdett.
Commemorative Biographical Record of Kent, pg. 186-187:
John Teetzel, of Blenheim, one of the early settlers of the County of Kent, was born in the County of Elgin, Ont., Aug. 29, 1819, a son of Jonathan J. and Mary (Lawrence) Teetzel.
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John Teetzel in 1842 settled in the County of Middlesex, Ont., were he engaged in farming until 1847, when he moved to the County of Kent, locating at Morpeth. There he opened a foundry, being the first one to engage in the melting of iron in that locality, and remained for about ten years, during which time he suffered considerable loss by fire, and he finally retired to a farm in Harwich township. As the infirmities of age began to creep upon him he gave up active labor and retired to Blenheim, where he still resides.
Mr. Teetzel has been twice married. In 1842 he married Eliza King, a daughter of Hooper King, Sr., and to this union were born the following children: Rosana, who is the wife of S. T. Martin; Maryette, who died at the age of twenty-two; William Henry, a resident of Chicago, who married Carrie Eggleston, and has two sons, William and Clayton, the latter a professorin the Michigan State Normal College at Ypsilanti, Michigan; James D., a resident of Detroit, who married Alice Walters, has children, Ada, Percy, Reginald, Irene, Hazel and Alma; Elizabeth, widow of William Smith, of St. Thomas, who has two chidren: Minetta and Harold; and Dr. J. K., of Detroit. The mother of this family died May 25, 1890. The second marriage of Mr. Teetzel, in 1891, was to Miss Elizabeth Cornwall.
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