Individual Details
August (Gus) METZLER
(6 Feb 1893 - 12 Aug 1956)
Events
| Birth | 6 Feb 1893 | Franktown, Douglas, Colorado, United States |  |  | |
| Census | 1900 | Franktown, Douglas, Colorado, United States | | ||
| Military | 18 Sep 1917 - 26 Feb 1919 | Entered U. S. Army - Infantry - WW I - First Division - Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, United States | | ||
| Military | 22 Jul 1918 | Wounded in action - Picardie, France | | ||
| Occupation | Abt 1920 - 1956 | Rancher and Farmer - Douglas, Colorado, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 23 Aug 1923 | Littleton, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States - Mary Ann LUCAS | | ||
| Census (family) | 1940 | Castle Rock, Douglas, Colorado, United States - Mary Ann LUCAS | | ||
| Death | 12 Aug 1956 | At home on the ranch, Castle Rock, Douglas, Colorado, United States | | ||
| Burial | 16 Aug 1956 | Cedar Hill Cemetery, Castle Rock, Douglas, Colorado, United States | | ||
| Biofile | 2021 | Metzler, August (Gus) b. 1893 and Mary Ann (Lucas) | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Ann LUCAS (1892 - 1959) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Rosemary METZLER (1929 - 2017) |
| Father | Augustus METZLER (1854 - 1896) |
| Mother | Anna ENGL (1867 - 1943) |
| Sibling | Frank G. METZLER (1884 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary METZLER (1888 - 1941) |
| Sibling | Edward METZLER (1890 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Pauline METZLER (1891 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph METZLER (1896 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Find-a-Grave Memorial #77263269 incorrectly lists the birth year as 1895.Endnotes
1. Walker, Johnnie, compiler, VFW Records and Correspondence - WWI and WWII . Accession No. 2007.054. Douglas County History Research Center, Douglas County Libraries., Box 1, Folder 6.
2. 1900 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), jpeg image, (Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009) [Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC], subscription database,
3. Douglas County News, Castle Rock, Colorado., 16 August 1956.
4. , "U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925 - 1963," database, U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925 - 1963 (www.Ancestry.com : accessed ), Gus Metzler.
5. Ancestry.com. Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Card Records of Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca. 1879-ca. 1903; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1845, 22 rolls); Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92; National Archives, Washington, D.C., Gus Metzler - 1893-1956, Cedar Hill Cemetery.
6. Find-A-Grave.com, online [findagrave.com], Memorial #77263269, August "Gus" Metzler.
7. 1900 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), jpeg image, (Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009) [Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC], subscription database,
8. Walker, Johnnie, compiler, VFW Records and Correspondence - WWI and WWII . Accession No. 2007.054. Douglas County History Research Center, Douglas County Libraries., Box 1, Folder 6.
9. Douglas County News, Castle Rock, Colorado., 16 August 1956.
10. , "U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925 - 1963," database, U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925 - 1963 (www.Ancestry.com : accessed ), Gus Metzler.
11. Newspaper clipping article, 1956.
12. Douglas County News, Castle Rock, Colorado., 16 August 1956.
13. Douglas County News, Castle Rock, Colorado., 16 August 1956.
14. Division of Vital Statistics, Department of Health. Colorado, Statewide Marriage Index. Colorado State Archives, Denver, Colorado..
15. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012., Castle Roock, Douglas, Colorado; Roll: T627_460; p. 2B.
16. Douglas County News, Castle Rock, Colorado., 16 August 1956.
17. , "U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925 - 1963," database, U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925 - 1963 (www.Ancestry.com : accessed ), Gus Metzler.
18. Ancestry.com. Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Card Records of Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca. 1879-ca. 1903; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1845, 22 rolls); Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92; National Archives, Washington, D.C., Gus Metzler - 1893-1956, Cedar Hill Cemetery.
19. Find-A-Grave.com, online [findagrave.com], Memorial #77263269, August "Gus" Metzler.
20. Garry O'Hara, compiler, Cedar Hill Cemetery Inventory of Burials and Inscriptions (Castle Rock, Colo., 2000), Internment List.
21. Douglas County News, Castle Rock, Colorado., 16 August 1956.
22. , "U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925 - 1963," database, U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925 - 1963 (www.Ancestry.com : accessed ), Gus Metzler.
23. Ancestry.com. Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Card Records of Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca. 1879-ca. 1903; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1845, 22 rolls); Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92; National Archives, Washington, D.C., Gus Metzler - 1893-1956, Cedar Hill Cemetery.
24. Find-A-Grave.com, online [findagrave.com], Memorial #77263269, August "Gus" Metzler.
25. , BillionGraves, digital images (https://billiongraves.com : accessed ), Gus Metzler.
26. "," (2021); folder: "Metzler, August (Gus) b. 1893 and Mary Ann (Lucas)," Biography Files; Douglas County History Research Center, Castle Rock, Colorado.