Katherine R. Joos

Notes:

Cass City Chronicle
June 17, 1938
Page 4

Harley DEAN of Caro and Miss Katherine JOOS spent Sunday afternoon and evening in Saginaw and attended the baccalaureate exercises of Saginaw High School held in the First Congregational Church. Miss Ellen HARTMAN, cousin of Miss JOOS, was one of the 385 members of the class.

Katherine married Harley Dean on 20 May 1939 in Tuscola County, Michigan. Harley was born on 11 Jan 1910 in Gagetown, Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 7 Nov 1996 in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST-1964 reported they celebrated their Silver Wedding Anniversary on May 20.

1. Living

Notes:

A list of pupils at the Wright Rural School #4 in 1897 include Alice Striffler, Arlis Vaughan, Chancy Boulton, Emma Cole, Esther Blades, Effie Wallace, Eddie Mark, Frank Cranick, Flossie Wright, Georgie Dennis, Johnie Hulburt, Lizzie Yoos, Lena Mark, Luke Wright, Mary Mark, Minta Wallace, Alice Charlton, Ada Cole, Chester Dennis, Ethel Cole, Etta Wickware, Ethel Charlton, Frank Striffler, Fred Yoos, George Cole, John Wallace, Lizzie Blades, Lillie Wallace, Lenne Striffler, Martha Wright, May Dennis, Ray Hulbert, Stanley Hulbert. Grace Karr, teacher and S. Striffler, Director.

Cass City Chronicle
May 15, 1980
Page 2

Fred Joos dies at 98 in Caro

Fred Jacob Joos, 98, died suddenly Monday at this home in Caro.

He was born February 26, 1882 in Buena Vista Township, Saginaw Co., the son of Jacob and Rosina (BENKELMAN) Joos. He came to Cass City as a child. Joos married Mary McLELLAN November 25, 1908 in Cass City. They moved to Caro in 1958. Mrs. JOOS died February 19, 1959.

He was a member of the Salem United Methodist church of Cass City and the Tuscola Farm Bureau.

He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Harley (Katherine) DEAN of Caro; one grandson, Fred DEAN of Spring Arbor, and two great-granddaughters, Laurie and Vickie of Spring Arbor. One brother and one sister preceded him in death. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon from Little's Funeral Home Cass City with Rev. Eldred Kelley of the Salem United Methodist church officiating.

Burial was in Elkland cemetery.

(Research):Census Information:

1910 Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp
Enumerated 19 and 20 April 1910 by John A. Benkelman
SD 8 ED 112 Sheet 2A
31-33
Joos, Jacob Hd M 65 M1 31 Germany Germany Germany Farmer
Joos, Rose Wf F 55 M1 31 3/3 Germany Germany Germany
Joos, L??? Dtr F 23 S Mich Germany Germany
Joos, William Son M 30 M1 Mich Germany Germany Laborer
Joos, Hattie Dtr (in law) F 30 M1 1/1 Mich NY NY
Joos, Lena Granddtr F 9/12 Mich Mich Mich
33-35
Joos, Frederick H M 28 M1 Mich Germany Germany
Joos, Mary W F 23 m1 Mich 0/0 Mich Canada/Gaelic Canada/Gae
lic

1920 Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp
Enumerated 16 and 17 Jan 1920
SD 7 ED 178 Sheet 3B
74-74
Joos, Fred Hd M W 38 M Mich Germany Germany Farmer
Joos, Mary Wf F W 33 M Mich Canada Eng Canada Eng
Joos, Catherine Dtr F w 9 S Mich Mich Mich

1930 Federal Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland, ED 12
146
Joos, Fred J 48 Michigan Germany Germany Farmer
Joos, Mary A 44 Michigan Canada/English Canada/English
Joos, Katherine R 19 Michigan Michigan Michigan

In the household immediately following his was his brother, William Joos

Fred married Mary A. McLellan on 25 Nov 1908 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. Mary was born on 12 Oct 1886 in Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan; died on 19 Feb 1959 in Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan; was buried in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cass City Chronicle
February 26, 1959
Page 4

Mrs. Fred Joos dies at Daughter's Home

Funeral services for Mrs. Fred Joos, 72, resident of Elkland Township for 50 years, were held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Douglas Funeral Home. Rev. S.R. Wurtz, pastor of Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church, officiated and burial was in Elkland cemetery. Mrs. Joos, ill for some time, died Thursday evening in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harley DEAN in Caro.

The former Mary McLELLAN, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Neil McLELLAN, was born October 12, 1886 in Port Huron. She was married to Mr. Joos at Cass City November 25, 1908. After marking their Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary at their farm home, Mr. and Mrs. Joos went to Caro in November to live with their daughter.

Surviving are: her husband; her daughter, Mrs. DEAN (Katherine); a grandson, Frederick DEAN; two sisters, Mrs. Sarah McINTYRE and Mrs. Hugh SMITH, and two brothers, Joseph McLELLAN of Bad Axe and Angus McLELLAN of Detroit.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007)

Notes:

Married:
Cass City Chronicle
November 27, 1908
Local Items
Page 4, Column 4

Fred Jose (sic) of Elkland and Miss Mary McLellan of Sheridan township were united in marriage at the Evangelical parsonage by Rev. J. A. Schweitzer on Wednesday afternoon. They were attended by Wm. Jose, brother of the groom, and Miss Hattie Muck. The happy couple left on the afternoon train for Saginaw where they will spend a few days with friends. Congratulations.

Notes:

Cass City Chronicle
Vol. 29, No. 6
Cass City, Michigan, Friday,May 18, 1934
Page One

Pioneer Farmer Dies at Age of 89

Jacob Joos passed away at the farm home of his son, W.F. JOOS, Monday afternoon at three o'clock, a the age of eighty-nine years, eight months and thirteen days. He had been in poor health fo the past year but was able to be up part of each day until the last few weeks when his strength failed him and he slept peacefully away when the end came.

Mr. JOOS was one of the oldest residents of this vicinity, both from the point of years and time of residence here. He was born at Baigheim*, Wurttemburg, Germany, September 1, 1844, and came to Michigan in the spring of 1871. He was married to Rosena BENKELMAN May 11, 1879 at Saginaw, where they resided until 1883 when they came to Cass City and purchased the farm that has since been their home. Five years ago this month, they celebrated their golden wedding with their three children and five grandchildren all present. He leaves his aged widow whose care and devotion has been wonderful. He also is survived by two sons, William F. an Fred, of this place, and one daughter, Mrs. Laurence HARTMAN, of Saginaw and four granddaughters and one grandson.

*Maybe Besigheim, Neckarkries, W?rttemberg (48.9833333 N, 9.1333333 E) or Bolheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg (48.6333333 N, 10.15 E)??? Besigheim is north of Stuttgart, and Bolheim is southeast of G?ppingen, almost due south of Aalen.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon at the Evangelical church, conducted by Rev. G.A. SPITLER, and were attended by many relatives and friends as a token of the esteem in which he was held. Mr. and Mrs. L.E. HARTMAN and daughter, Ellen, Fred CROCKER and Mr. and Mrs. John GIBBS, all of Saginaw, attended the funeral.


Their tombstones were transcribed as follows:

Joos, Jacob,b. 1844, d. 1934
Joos, Rosina,b. 1855, d. 1953

Source:

http://www.interment.net/data/us/mi/tuscola/casscity/index.htm

(Research):
Census Information:

1910 Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp
Enumerated 19 and 20 April 1910 by John A. Benkelman
SD 8 ED 112 Sheet 2A
31-33
Joos, Jacob Hd M 65 M1 31 Germany Germany Germany Farmer
Joos, Rose Wf F 55 M1 31 3/3 Germany Germany Germany
Joos, L??? Dtr F 23 S Mich Germany Germany
Joos, William Son M 30 M1 Mich Germany Germany Laborer
Joos, Hattie Dtr (in law) F 30 M1 1/1 Mich NY NY
Joos, Lena Granddtr F 9/12 Mich Mich Mich
33-35
Joos, Frederick H M 28 M1 Mich Germany Germany
Joose, Mary W F 23 m1 Mich 0/0 Mich Canada/Gaelic Canada/Gaelic

Jacob married Rosine "Rosina" Benkelman on 11 May 1879 in Saginaw County, Michigan. Rosine (daughter of Johann Friedrich "Fredrick" Benkelman and Rosine M?ller) was born on 17 Mar 1855 in Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany; died on 17 Nov 1953 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; was buried in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BonnieMargaret Jacobs writes, in her 1981 unpublished manuscript, that Rosina and her younger sister Maria Dorothea both went to Saginaw as young women to work as household helpers. Rosine returned to Cass City after her marriage to Jacob Joos in Saginaw to raise her children.


Cass City Chronicle
Cass City, Michigan, Friday, November 20, 1953
Page One

Final Rites Held for Oldest Village Resident Thursday

Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Douglas Funeral Home for Mrs. Rosina JOOS, 98, Cass City's oldest resident. Mrs. Joos died early Tuesday morning after a period of failing health. At the time of her death, she was living with her son, William JOOS, of Cass City.

Mrs. Joos came to Cass City when she was 18. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frederick BENKELMAN. She was married May 11, 1878, to Jacob JOOS in Saginaw and came to Elkland Township where they made their living for many years on a farm. Mr. JOOS died May 14, 1934. Mrs. Joos was born in Germany March 17, 1855. She was a member of the Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church of Cass City. Surviving are two sons, William and Fred JOOS of Cass City; a daughter, Mrs. Lawrence HARTMAN, of Saginaw; five grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren. Rev. S.R. WURTZ officiated at the funeral services and burial was in Elkland Cemetery.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

In the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, dated September 6, 1954, her death on November 17, 1953 is also reported, but she is shown in error as Mrs. Christina Joos.

Notes:

Married:
Cass City Chronicle
Volume 24, Number 5.
Friday, May 17, 1929

Mr. and Mrs. Joos Married 50 Years

Family Gathered Saturday Evening To Celebrate the Golden Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Joos celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Saturday evening when their family was present at a bounteous dinner given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Joos with whom they reside.

Their daughter, Mrs. L.E. Hartman of Saginaw furnished a beautiful pyramid wedding cake, trimmed in gold and white, and the table was prettily decorated with flowers. The honored couple received congratulations and good wishes from their children and also gifts of gold from the family and other relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Hartmann and daughter, Ellen, of Saginaw, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Joos and daughter, Miss Katherine and Geraldine Striffler were the guests.

Mr. and Mrs. Joos were married at Saginaw May 11, 1879, and came to Cass City in 1883 and purchased the farm that has since been their home. Mr. Joos has reached the advanced age of 84 years and his companion is 74. Both are still very active and their many friends wish them good health and happiness to the end of life's journey.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2008)

Notes:

The family register for the family of Friedrich's maternal grandparents, Georg Friedrich St?hle and wife, Anna Maria Leins, shows that Maria Dorothea St?hle was the fifth of their 15 children. She was married at the Schneiderhof on 20 Nov 1822 to Leonhard Benkelmann. Dot Williams, a Benkelman descendant, visited with a specialist in the old German script at the LDS library at Salt Lake City, where they helped her translate the information on the scans of the actual St?hle family register. They indicated that the writing to the right of Maria Dorothea's name, as well as two of her sisters, said they each had an illegitimate child. Maria Dorothea's child was Johann Friedrich, "who was raised as the eldest of the Leonhard Benkelmann family." It was not indicated one way or the other if he was also Leonhard's biological son. Johann Friedrich was born on 6 Feb 1822, approximately 10 months prior to the marriage of Leonard Benkelmann and Dorothea St?hle.

Freidrich apprenticed with Leonhard as a bricklayer and stonemason. (Jacobs, p. 73)

The oldest of the Benkelman children, he was the last to emigrate to America. He was already established as a stone mason in W?rttemberg when his younger siblings began to emigrate. Over the years, he received many letters from members of the family in America, telling him of the opportunities in the new land. Thus he eventually decided to join them. When he left Germany early in 1873, he was travelling with his wife Christine Stadelmaier, daughter Catherine and son-in-law Friedrich Buerk, granddaughter Catherine Buerk, daughter Christine and her husband George Jaus, and daughters Rosine and Mary, along with Fred's mother, Christina Buerk. German Parish records show "Marz 1873 mit Familie nach Nordamerika."

They sailed from Bremen, Germany on the steam ship "Ohio," and arrived in Baltimore on 5 April 1873, as the vessel was powered by steam, their entire journey took only 15 days. The earlier emigrants had traveled in sailing ships, and thus their journeys had been much longer. Friedrich and his family then traveled by train to Saginaw, Michigan where they were met by Adam, who took them by horse and wagon to Cass City. Adam, helped by his brothers, had constructed a building for them on his land where they stayed. Through hard work and frugal living, Friedrich was later able to purchase land a few miles northeast of Cass City, upon which he built his own home and farm.

At a Benkelman/Striffler reunion, Mary Striffler Benkelman recalled that "Uncle Fred was the oldest and Jolliest of the bunch, I can see him yet a large man of straight build, starting to town a distance of three and a half miles, with a basket of eggs perched on his head and a pail in one arm, marching straight as when he served in the German army but in after years when he became old and feeble he would say "When I think I am going to fall I am already lying on the ground." Later in life, Frederick became lame from rheumatism and used crutches to get about.

(Jacobs, pp. 82, 83, 161, as well various correspondence from BonnieMargaretJacobs, and issues of the Striffler-Benkelman Broadcasts)

These are the tombstone inscriptions of he and his wife:

Benkelman, Christina,d. 18 Aug 1897, 74y 3m 25d
Benkelman, Frederick,d. 28 Aug 1897, 75y 7m 22d

http://www.interment.net/data/us/mi/tuscola/casscity/index.htm

A brief mention of his funeral was on the front page of the September 2, 1897 Cass City Enterprise, in the "Home Happenings" column:

"The funeral services of Frederick Benkelman were held at the Evangelical Church on Sunday afternoon, Rev. C.Y. Schneider officiating. As previously mentioned, Mr. Benkelman has been in poor health for some time. He was nearly seventy six years old and has resided in this vicinity for many years."

A copy of his actual Michigan Death Certificate can be viewed here:

http://seekingmichigan.org/

Indexed as Fredrick Benkelman

It was noted under this cause of death that a contributory factor was the death of his wife one week previously. He was shown as 75 years, 7 months, and 22 days of age at the time of his death.

(Research):Census Place:Elkland, Tuscola, Michigan
Source:FHL Film 1254607 National Archives Film T9-0607
Page 96C
RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace
Fredrick BENKELMAN Self M M W 58 WERTENBERG Occ: Stone Mason Fa: WERTENBURG Mo: WERTENBURG
Christina BENKELMAN Wife F M W 57 WERTENBERG Occ:Keeping House Fa: WERTENBURG Mo: WERTENBURG

Johann married Rosine M?ller on 26 Nov 1850 in Bartenbach, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany. Rosine was born on 18 Aug 1821 in Bartenbach, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany; died on 16 Oct 1858 in Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Parish records copied by BonnieMargaret Jacobs show her as a daughter of Joh. Georg M?ller, a tailor from Bartenbach and his wife, Christein Esenwein. Rosine died in childbirth after delivering her seventh child and only son, who died about two weeks after his mother.