Marriage License - Seneca County, Ohio, probate court - June 29, 1909 - George F. Etchen is listed as being 22, years of age on the 16th day of September 1908. his occupation is listed as a painter and he is listed as a resident of Tiffin, Ohio. His place of birth is listed as McCutchenville the son of John Etchen and Mary Newmyer. He was being Married to Maude Shephard. She was the former wife of Edward Shephard and mother of Nellie Shephard.

WW1 draft registration, June 1917, George is registered as George Franklin Etchen of 164 Hall St. Tiffin. He states he was born on Sept 16, 1887, in McCutchenville, Ohio. At the time he was employed by the big 4 railroad Co. in Tiffin, Ohio. He states his nearest relatives like his wife and 1 child.

1920 Census, listed in Tiffin, Ohio living with his wife Maude and daughter Nellie M.

1930 Census listed in Tiffin, Ohio, living in the household of William Cutlip on South Washington Street. He is listed as a widower and his occupation as a painter.

After Maude's Death about 1933, George left Tiffin and moved to Columbus to live with her sister Mrs. Edessa Rohrbach of Columbus,

1934 Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, listed as Etchen, Geo., Painter Rents at 268 East Moler St. (living in the home of Cyrus B. and Edessa Rohrbach. (he is not listed in Columbus in 1933)

U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, George Franklin Etchen, Birth Date: 16 Sep 1887 RESIDENCE: Franklin, Ohio 268 Moser Street, Birth: Seneca CO, Ohio, He worked for the Boyertown Burial Casket Company. this record states he lived at 268 Moser Street, Columbus Ohio. (This is the same address that appears as the address for the informant "George Etchen's" address on Margaret Ellen Etchen's Death Certificate from Franklin County, Columbus, Ohio on April 25, 1946. Her Death certificate lists George as her Husband and 58 years old).

Margaret Ellen Etchen was Margaret Ellen Lanning. She had been married in 1908 to Benjamin J. Thomas in Perry County, Ohio. She had a brother, Samuel who was married to Mary Ruth Krumm. This brother and sister both died in the early months of 1946. Samuel died on Jan 19, 1946, and his sister Margaret Ellen Etchey died on April 25, 1946.

On 24 Jul 1947 in Franklin County, Ohio George Etchen Married Mary Ruth Krumm Lanning, The widow of his brother-in-law Samuel Lanning.