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There were several Fettig families living in Steinmauern, Baden, Germany, when the church records began in 1701. According to family tradition in some of the Fettig families in Steinmauern, the name came to Steinmauern from Alsace, France, where the name was pronounced Fettick ot Fettique. Steinmauern is on the east bank of the Rhein River. Almost directly across the Rhein, on the west bank, is Mothern, Alsace, France, where the name Fettig was also common.
Variations on the name Fettig in Germany and France include Fetig, Fötig, Fetich, Fötich, Föttig, Fettich, Vetig, Vettig, Vetich, Vetich.
Many Fettigs immigrated to Canada and the USA. In Canada and in the USA, sometimes the name was changed a little bit. Sometimes in North America, the name Fettig became Fetting. Sometimes Fettic. Sometimes Fertig. Sometimes Feddig.
Some of the Fettigs who lived along the Rhein River immigrated to Crimea in Russia in the late 1700s and early 1800s. There were many Fettigs who immigrated to the USA and Canada from Russia.