Ellie Striffler

Notes:

Died in early childhood.

Notes:

Lorraine Smith Benkelman transcribed the following letter from C. D. Striffler to his cousin, George Albert.

May 22, 1888

How 'bout that bear you and Wark Killed the Sun that I was there. How do you like Northern Michigan. Have you had a close escape from wolves yet? You wish you had my dog, his is a dandy.


Cass City Enterprise
January 8, 1903
Local Happening, Page 8

Mrs. C.D. Striffler spent a part of the holidays with friends at Flint.

Chas. D. Striffler returned Friday noon from a business trip in the vicinity of Bay City.

Cass City Chronicle
January 24, 1908
Local Items, page 4

Mrs. A.C. Hayes of Cadillac is the guest of Mrs. C.D. Striffler and other relatives here.

Cass City Chronicle
Friday, May 30, 1913
Local Items, page 4

Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Striffler & sons Stanley and Kenneth and George Burg called in Sabbona Sunday.

Cass City Chronicle
Cass City, Michigan, Dec. 21, 1928
Page Five
Where they will spend Christmas

Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Striffler will have as Christmas Day guests, Kenneth Striffler and Mr. and Mrs. C.P MILLER and children, Irene and John, all of Detroit, Miss Marie SCHNEIDER of Akron, and Mr. and Mrs. S.A. STRIFFLER and daughter, Geraldine.


Cass City Chronicle
Friday, November 1, 1940
Page Six
Local Happenings

Mrs. C.P. Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Striffler, all of Detroit, spent Monday in Cass City being called her by the illness of Mr. Striffler's father, Charles D. Striffler. Mrs. Miller remained until Wednesday with her sister, Mrs. Striffler.

Cass City Chronicle, p.1
Friday, December 27, 1940
Death Called Two Well Known Citizens Sunday-Chas. D. Striffler and Samuel G. Benkelman Have Long Resided in Elkland
Charles David Striffler, 79, died Sunday morning, December 22, in Morris Hospital after an illness of two months. Charles D. Striffler was born in Lancaster, New York, May 24, 1861, and came to Cass City when a young man. He was united in marriage with Miss Cora Denforth Hayes on December 1, 1885 in Cass City, and they have made their home here since, the last 48 years living in the home, corner of Grant and Pine Streets.

Mr. Striffler was engaged in farming for many years and until a few months ago made daily trips to his farm, north and east of town, to care for his stock. For some time, he was a salesman for the Champion Binder Company, for many years sold sewing machines and lightining rods and for a few years was owner of a general store in Cass City. He also bought cattle shipping them to Buffalo for market. He has held the office of deputy sheriff as well as constable. He was of a retired nature but always with a kind word for everyone. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the home. Rev. Wendling H. Hastings, pastor of the local Presbyterian Church, officiated and was assisted by Rev. Stanley P. Kirn, pastor of the Evangelical Church. Burial was in Elkland Cemetery. He is survived by his widow, two sons, Stanley A. Striffler, of Cass City and Kenneth Striffler, of Detroit. He also leaves two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

(Research):Census Information:

1900
Not located

1910 Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp, Cass City Village
Enumerated 23 April 1910
SD 8 ED 113 Sheet 5B
137-139
Striffler, Charles D Hd M W 49 M1 24 NY Germany Germany Farmer
Striffler, Cora D Wife F W 48 m1 24 4/2 Canada English Canada/Eng Canada Eng
Striffler, Stanley A Son M W 18 S Mich NY Canada
Striffler, Charles K Son M W 3 S Mic NY Canada

Charles married Cora Denforth Hayes on 31 Dec 1885 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. Cora (daughter of Ervin Hayes and Lucy A. ???) was born on 18 Feb 1869 in Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada; died on 4 Jul 1949 in Tuscola County, Michigan; was buried in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cass City Chronicle
May 27, 1933
"Local Happenings"
Page Four

Mrs. C.D. Striffler and son, Stanley Striffler, were entertained at the home of the former's brother, Allan Hayes, in Port Huron Sunday.

Cass City Chronicle
July 8, 1949

Mrs. Charles D. Striffler Passed Away Monday

Funeral services for Mrs. Charles D. Striffler were conducted at the Douglans Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Thursday by Rev. Melvin R. Vender, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. Interment was made in Elkland Cemetery. Mrs. Striffler passed away Monday night in Stevens Nursing Home where she had been a patient for 14 months. She was 80 years of age.

Cora Hayes, the daughter of the late Irvin Hayes and Lucy Hayes, was born in Brockville, Ontario, February 18, 1869 and the same year come with her parents to Elkland Township where she has since resided. On December 31, 1885, she was united in marriage with Charles D. Striffler. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1936. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Mrs. Striffler is survived by two sons, Stanley and Kenneth Striffler, both of Detroit, two grandchildren, Charles D. Striffler, Jr. of Detroit and Mrs. Wm. J Henry of Petroskey; two great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. C.P. Miller of Detroit.

Mr. Striffler passed away on December 22, 1940, and two daughters, Ellie and Lucy, died in early childhood.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Summer 2007)

Notes:

Married:
His obituary instead lists his date of marriage as 1 December 1885. A copy of the actual marriage license should be obtained to prove this one way or the other.

Notes:

(Research):
Census Information:

1860 Census
New York, Erie County, Lancaster, P.O. Bowmansville
Enumerated 18 June 1860
Pages 21 and 22, Stamped 750
159-159
Henry Streepler 47 M Faremer $500 France
Elizabeth 42 F Germany
Elixabeth 12 F NY
Susan 10 NY
Jacob 9 M NY
Leana 6 F NY

1870 Census
New York, Erie County, Lancaster
Enumerated 30 Jun 1870
Page 69 Stamped 401
496-489
Strinler, Henry 50 M W Farming $1600 $200 France
Strinler, Susan 20 F W Housekeeping NY
Strinler, Jacob 19 M W Work on Farm NY
Strinler, Lana 16 F W Attends School NY
Strinler, Charley 9 M W At home NY

1880 Federal Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland, ED 400
Enumerated on the 14th and 15th day of June, 1880
George C. Peterhaus
Page No. Seventeen, S.D. 3d ED 400
A. 97
164-164
Striffler, Henry W M 67 Farmer France France France
Striffler, Jacob W M 30 Son Farmer NY France Bavaria
Striffler, Sophia W F 20 Drt in Law Housekeeper NY Bavaria Bavaria
Striffler, Charles W M 19 Son Farmer NY France Bavaria
Striffler, Susan W F 29 Dtr Housekeeper NY France Bavaria
Striffler, John W M 17 Son at school NY France Bavaria
(Household #165 was that of George and Catherine Kolb)

Henry married Elizabeth Wagner. Elizabeth was born after 1811 in Bayern, Germany; died after 1863 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Judith Muck refers to her as Elizabeth Gardner.

Notes:

It appears that due he died without a Will, and while his children were still very young. The 1870 census, one year prior to his death, showed he had but one young child at home, "Clara" (Cora). However, it is known that Cora had at at least two siblings, a brother Allan C. Hayes, as well as being survived in 1949 by a sister, "Mrs. C.P. Miller." It is possible that her mother remarried and her sister, and possibly others, were born to this second marriage.

It appears that the Ervin Hayes estate was not settled until 1925, more than fifty years after his death, based on the following notice found in the May 8, 1925 Cass City Chronicle, in the Notice and Publication section on page 7.

Determination of Heirs
Estate of Ervin Hayes, Dec'd

Guy G. Hill, Judge of Probate
In the matter of the Estate of Ervin Hayes, Deceased, Allan C. Hayes filed petition praying for the court to adjudicated legal heirs of said deceased at the time of death, and therefore entitled to inherit real estate. Date set for 18 May 1925.

It is known that Cora and Allan are siblings, based on the following brief item, also in the Cass City Chronicle, on May 27, 1933, "Local Happenings," page four:

Mrs. C.D. Striffler and son, Stanley Striffler, were entertained at the home of the former's brother, Allan Hayes, in Port Huron Sunday.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Summer 2007)

(Research):Census Information:

1870 Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland, Post Office Elkland
Enumerated 11 July 1870
Page No. 8
60-60
Hayes, Irving 28 M W Farmer $2000 $225 Canada
Hayes, Lucy A 20 F W Keeping House Canada
Hayes, Clara (sic) 2 F W Canada

Ervin married Lucy A. ??? before 1868. Lucy was born about 1850 in Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the Rev. Roy J. Striffler, the Striffler's emigrated from the Alsace-Lorraine region of France to New York State in 1830. They were part of the German-speaking population of Alsace. Some of the older Striffler family members recalled a family joke---there were 11 boys in the family, and all of them had a sister Susanna. She married Christian Oscar Lenzner. Family genealogists have only been able to account for eight of the 12 children however. Two of the boys married Benkelman sisters. One son married Mary Rommel, and as there were several Benkelman/Rommel marriages as well, the two families became further intertwined.

Although the family originally settled in New York only Jacob's son David remained in New York. Peter pushed further west, to Kansas. Around 1880, most of the others settled in Cass City, Michigan, where they lived until their deaths. They cut off the stumps remaining on the land they built and turned the wilderness into fruitful farm land.

(Excerpted from Art Peck's THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA. He in turn references a September 4, 1950 article from the "Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast", Volume 13, Cass City, Michigan)

Both the flyleaf of the Striffler family Bible, and the tombstone of Jacob Striffler in Lancaster, showed him to be be born in Kirrberg, "departmente de Rhein." (Jacobs, p. 164). In the chapter on the Striffler family in her unpublished 1981 manuscript, BonnieMargaret Jacobs noted that widely spread family stories stated that the Striffler family originated in Switzerland (p. 164). It would appear these were either errorneous, or that the family moved from Switzerland to Alsace.


BonnieMargaret Benkelman Jacobs, in an undated family report she prepared for some of the descendants of the Striffler brothers who married Benkelmann sisters, wrote that birth records had been of the children born to Jacob and Otillia "Have been extracted from the French civil records and translated, and show 8 children born in France, two of whom died while still just children (one was only 15 months old, the other just a few months past their sixth birthday). She stated that "these official civil records support the oft repeated family joke, "There are seven brothers and each one has a sister." On page 165 of her unpublished 1981 manuscript documenting the Benkelman family, she repeated this saying, adding however that "one Striffler heard the riddle with 11 brothers and it should be noted that there is still much to be learned about this family."

With the records in France showing 8 children were born there, and census records show two known children born in the United States, it appears we can account for 10 of the 11. It is possible that records may be uncovered one day to find the final child, or that this final son may have been stillborn or died at a young age, and his memory passed down only through the family joke or riddle.

Jacob married Ottila "Odila" "Otil" Zimmerman on 4 Nov 1809 in Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany. Ottila was born on 10 Nov 1790 in Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany; died on 17 Sep 1863 in Lancaster, Erie County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her father was a school master.

(Research):

Census Listings;

1850 Census
New York, Erie County, Lancaster
Enumerated 23 Aug 1850
Page 200
1048-1082
Otil Strifler 59 F $2550 Germany
Jacob Strifler 30 M Farmer
Susanna Strifler 27 F
Joseph Stifler 24 M Farmer
Christian Strifler 22 m Farmer
John Strifler 17 Farmer New York (sic)
David Strifler 14

1860 Census
Not located