The Fetters surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,473 people carried this name — #7,446 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. That is up 8% from 4,125 in 2000.

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In print

Fetters in American newspapers,
1908–1918.

Newspaper page from Evening Times-republican carrying the name Fetters
Evening Times-republican 1909-11-26
Newspaper page from Evening Times-republican carrying the name Fetters
Evening Times-republican 1908-11-27
Newspaper page from Evening Times-republican carrying the name Fetters
Evening Times-republican 1918-03-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 161,424 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Fetters in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.

265 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fetters. The most, 51, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 92
New South Wales 66
Queensland 43
South Australia 39
Western Australia 17
ACT (Canberra) 4
Tasmania 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fetters.

Who carried it

People named Fetters,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Richard Fetters
    Richard Fetters 1791–1863
  • Josef Fetters 1806–1870 · visual artist
  • Levi Fetters 1831–1893 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Fetters,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States224 records

224 records of the Fetters name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 128
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 50
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 22
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 20
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John R. Fetters

    Born 1914 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Grant, Illinois; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Rock Island National Cemetery, Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Cathar Fetters

    Arrived at Baltimore in 1851 aboard the Ocean from Bremen, aged 16; tourist. From Glane, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Gregory Lee Fetters

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1949, died 2000; buried at Meadowlawn Memorial Pk/Crematory, San Antonio, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 224 records for Fetters in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands12 records

12 records of the Fetters name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 8
  • Dutch population registers 3
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Abraham Fetters

    Married in 1840 in Delft.

    Open Archives, Archief Delft (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Christiaan Dirk Fetters

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1823 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Anna Fetters

    Buried in 1790 in Zeist.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Fetters in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Australia7 records

7 records of the Fetters name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 5
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Mary Ann Fetters

    Married 1824 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 18.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record George Fetters

    Born 1813 in Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record William Fetters

    Born 1814 in Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Fetters in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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