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Living married Dorothy Gertrude Morgenroth Dorothy was born on 18 Jun 1925 in Anaheim, Orange County, California; died on 25 May 1995 in Anaheim, Orange County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Stephanie Yarnovich, a descendant, emailed in January 2014 that the parents of Dorothy Gertrude were Alfred A. MORGENROTH (14 July 1898-15 May 1941) and Gertrude M. LAWTON (9 Oct 1901-18 Oct 1967).

Notes:

A letter he wrote to Santa appeared on page one of the Cass City Chronicle, Friday, December 14, 1906:

Cass City, Dec. 10, 06

Dear Santa Claus, Iceland

I thought you would write to you and tell you want I want. I would like a jack knife and a bank and some candy and some peanuts and a ball and a bat and a cup please bring me a goat. The fire will be all out, and you can come down the chimney. I will like to see your reindeers ha! ha! I would like some mitten,

good by Santa Claus
please bring them all
Earl Mckinley Buchanan

California Death Index

Earl McKinley Buchanan
Born 2-19-1898 Michigan
Died 4-21-1990 San Diego County
Mother's Maiden Name: Lazenby

Earl married Katherine Luise Striffler on 17 Aug 1921. Katherine (daughter of Samuel Striffler and Marie L. Kaiser) was born on 10 Dec 1899 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 18 Mar 1989 in San Diego, San Diego County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cass City Chronicle
December 24, 1920

Miss Katherine Striffler of Battle Creek came today to spend the vacation with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Striffler.

Volume 25 of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, dated September 6, 1965, reported that Katherine and Earl spent two months traveling abroad, throughout Europe and the Middle East. While in Germany, they stopped in G?ppingen, the town in which her mother, Marie Kaiser Striffler, was born.

Katherine Stiffler Buchanan was one of the cousins of BonnieMargaret Jacobs who recounted many of the stories told to her by her grandmother, Louisa Benkelman Striffler.