Louis Oetzel1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 3720, (1882 - 1949)
FatherAdam Oetzel1,2 (15 Jul 1852 - 13 Mar 1903)
MotherCaroline Glabe1,4 (8 Nov 1852 - 24 Mar 1927)

Key Events:

Birth: 17 Oct 1882, Farmdale, Tazewell Co., Illinois5,6,7
Marriage: 23 Dec 1908, East Peoria, Illinois, Pamela Cumming (2 Jul 1889 - 30 May 1966)5,8,9
Divorce: about 1935, Pamela Cumming (2 Jul 1889 - 30 May 1966)10,11
Marriage: before 1939, Alice Ethel Foose (18 Jul 1890 - Sep 1980)12,13,14
Death: Mar 1949, Peoria, Illinois15,16
Burial: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Farmington, Fulton Co., Illinois17
ChartsDescendants of Jakob and Anna Katharina Glebe
AncestryThe Glabe Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Louis Oetzel was born on 17 Oct 1882 in Farmdale, Tazewell Co., Illinois.5,6,7 He appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, in the household of his parents, Adam Oetzel and Caroline Glabe.2
     Louis married first Pamela Cumming, daughter of John P. Cumming and Ann Clayton, on 23 Dec 1908 in East Peoria, Illinois.5,8,9
     Louis appeared with Pamela on the 1910 Federal Census of Fon du Lac Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, in the household of John P. Cumming and Ann Clayton, her parents.18
     He was a farm laborer in 1910. It appears he started a career at the East Peoria factory of what was to become Caterpillar Tractor Co. soon afterwards in East Peoria.19 He registered for the draft for World War I on 12 Sep 1918, while living at Washington, Tazewell Co., Illinois, reporting he was employed as a foreman by Holt Manufacturing Company (a predecessor to the Caterpillar Tractor Co.) in East Peoria.20
     Louis and Pamela appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, on Farmdale Rd., enumerated 6 Jan 1920, reporting they rented their home. Their children Eileen and Ann were listed as living with them.1
     Louis and Pamela moved to 119 Putnam, East Peoria, by 1922.21 They appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of East Peoria, Tazewell Co., Illinois, enumerated 5 Apr 1930, reporting that they owned a home valued at $6,000 and owned a radio. Their children Eileen and Ann were listed as living with them, as were her parents and her cousin Charles W. Hicks, age 57, unemployed.22
     Louis and Pamela were divorced about 1935.10,11
     Louis married second Alice Ethel Foose, daughter of Leman A. Foose and Sarah J. Moul, before 1939.12,13,14
     Louis and Alice appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois, at 1517 Monroe St., enumerated 17 Apr 1940, reporting that they owned a home valued at $4,500, and that each of them had lived in the same city in 1935.23
     By 1920 he was a foreman in a factory, and a check clerk there by 1930.24,25 In 1940 he reported that he was a checker for a tractor company, and had worked 40 hours the last week in March, and for 52 weeks the prior year, earning $1,871.23 He registered for the draft for World War II on 27 Apr 1942, while living at 1517 N. Monroe St., Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois, reporting he was employed by the Caterpillar Tractor Company in East Peoria.26
     Louis died in Mar 1949 in Peoria, Illinois, at age 66.15,16 He was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Farmington, Fulton Co., Illinois.17

Children:
     Children with Pamela Cumming:

  • Eileen N. Oetzel1,27,22 (7 May 1910 - 2 Apr 2002)
  • Ann Corlina Oetzel27,22,28 (23 Jan 1914 - 27 Feb 2014)

Children:
     There were no children with Alice Ethel Foose

Citations

  1. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family.
  2. [S3496] Adam Oetzel household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  3. [S3815] John Cumming household, 1910 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows name as Louis Oetzel.
  4. [S3496] Adam Oetzel household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows the boy as son of Carolina's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  5. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows date, town, and state.
  6. [S3820] Louis Oetzel, Selective Service Registration Card, World War II, Fourth Registration, shows date, county, and state.
  7. [S3496] Adam Oetzel household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows month, year, age 17 and state.
  8. [S3815] John Cumming household, 1910 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows married 1 year.
  9. [S3816] Louis Oetzel household, 1920 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows married.
  10. [S3474] Polk's Peoria City Directory, 1935, pg 422, shows her as his wife; 1936, pg 474, shows Pamela as Mrs, and not him, in the home at 119 Putnam.
  11. [S3821] Pamela Oetzel household, 1940 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows her as widowed (though her husband was still living), living with her mother in the house that she and he had lived in since about 1922.
  12. [S3474] Polk's Peoria City Directory, 1939, shows Alice as his wife.
  13. [S3818] Louis Oetzel household, 1940 U.S. Census, Peoria Co., Illinois, shows married.
  14. [S3820] Louis Oetzel, Selective Service Registration Card, World War II, Fourth Registration, shows Mrs. Alice Oetzel as the "person who will always know your address."
  15. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, pg 29, shows month, year, city, and state.
  16. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 134143197, Louis Oetzel, shows year and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  17. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 134143197, Louis Oetzel, includes tombstone photo.
  18. [S3815] John Cumming household, 1910 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  19. [S3815] John Cumming household, 1910 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows occupation as laborer, industry as farm.
  20. [S3819] Louis Oetzel, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  21. [S3473] Peoria City Directory, 1922, pg 863.
  22. [S3817] Louis Oetzel household, 1930 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  23. [S3818] Louis Oetzel household, 1940 U.S. Census, Peoria Co., Illinois.
  24. [S3816] Louis Oetzel household, 1920 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows occupation as foreman, industry as factory.
  25. [S3817] Louis Oetzel household, 1930 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows occupation as check clerk, industry as tractor mfg co.
  26. [S3820] Louis Oetzel, Selective Service Registration Card, World War II, Fourth Registration.
  27. [S3816] Louis Oetzel household, 1920 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  28. [S8275] Ann C. Heinrich obituary, Kamiewski Funeral Homes.