This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ethen, Getchell, Schaefer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TJB.2ACI/7.211.220.868.1.2 Message Board Post: The ETHEN name for Stearns County caught my eye. In my Getchell history, I have Heinrich Ludwig "Henry" Ethen (1861-1941) married to Ina A. Getchell (1872-1936). They married 1895. Lived in Waite Park. No children. Henry Ethen was son of Peter Ethen and Magdalena Schaefer.