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| 101 |  | Benkelman, Adam and Anna Catharina (Schaufele) Children, after 1910 Top Row, L to R: Louisa Schwegler, John Benkelman, George Benkelman of Denver Bottom Row, L to R: Will Benkelman, Ben Benkelman Sr., Sam Benkelman Marjory Schwegler Battel indicated that she thought we had the order correct, with the possible exception of Ben Sr and John. However, descendants of both men are sure they are labeled correctly as is. | |
| 102 |  | Benkelman, Adam and Anna Catherine (Schaufele) Descendants ca 1912 Family Reunion Back, Standing, l to r: Mae Benkelman, Kate Schwegler, John Benkelman Sr., Ester Ackerman Benkelman, Minnie Jesse Benkelman, Joe Benkelman, Augusta Krehl Benkelman, Dorus Benkelman, Will Schwegler, Ward Benkelman, Ben Schwegler, Sam Benkelman Middle Row, kneeling, l to r: Alvin Benkelman, Harold Benkelman, Ruth Benkelman, Marie Benkelman (standing), Lena Benkelman Schwegler, Barbara Rommel Benkelman, Louisa Benkelman Schwegler Bottom Row, seated, l to r: Bertha Benkelman, Glen Benkelman, Ida Benkelman, Lottie Benkelman, Ben Benkelman Sr. behind his nephew John Donald Benkelman, Lois Benkelman, Ben Benkelman Jr., Alice Ross Schwegler with her baby Edward William Schwegler, and ,facing left, Mary Striffler Benkelman (Mrs. Sam) (Legend Courtesy of Bonnie-Margaret Benkelman Jacobs) |
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| 103 |  | Benkelman, Adam and Catharina (Schaufele) 1851 Marriage, B?rtlingen, W?rttemberg, Germany German Church Family Registery. This shows Adam's birthdates and marriage dates, as well as his parents. However, the name on the right hand side of the card, under "hausmutter" is difficult to read. His wife was Anna Catharina Schaufele. The date above her name is certainly incorrect. PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU CAN HELP INTERPRET THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CARD. | |
| 104 |  | Benkelman, Adam and Catherine Family Plot Status: Located; This marker was engraved on all four sides, with trees planted eight to ten feet out on either side of the marker. The engraving on the granite is very difficult to read, however, the four names engraved upon it are still legible, and are for Adam Benkelman, his wife, Catherine, and two of their daughters-in-law who died shortly after marriage, Lydia Striffler, the wife of Samuel Benkelman and Rosina Wahl, the wife of John Adam Benkelman. This marker was likely erected in 1886, when Rosina died. | |
| 105 |  | Benkelman, Adam, Death Certificate State of Michigan Death Certificate | |
| 106 |  | Benkelman, Alvin C. Jr and family Thanksgiving Photo Starting top row, l to r, Glenn Diehl, Aaron Diehl, Laura Diehl, Sara Diehl, Mary Diehl, Emily Snyder, Amelia Snyder, Allison Snyder (Lynn's daughters) and Allan Biddlecomb. Next row: Jim Benkelman, Alvin Benkelman, Carol Benkelman (nee Macomber), Kathy Diehl, Lynn Biddlecomb. Jim's dog Maggie was off doing other things, but Shadow, Lucy and Sadie are pictured. | |
| 107 |  | Benkelman, Alvin Carlton Sr. ca 1902, with his sisters Marie and Ida Alvin with his younger sisters in 1902. Their older brothers, Glen and Dorus, were not in the photo, and younger brother, John Donald, had not yet been born. | |
| 108 |  | Benkelman, Alvin Carlton Sr. ca 1915 The son of John A. Benkelman and Augusta Krehl | |
| 109 |  | Benkelman, Alvin Carlton Sr. ca 1922, at Road Test Alvin at the Bates Road Test 1922 | |
| 110 |  | Benkelman, Alvin Carlton Sr. ca 1944 with his bride, Olive Porter Scott Alvin, after being widowed for four years, married Olive Porter Scott on 1 June 1944 in Rockville, Maryland. | |
| 111 |  | Benkelman, Alvin Carlton Sr. ca 1945 Husband of (1) Katherine Ayres and (2)Olive Porter Scott B. 1895 Michigan D. 1987 Virginia | |
| 112 |  | Benkelman, Alvin Carlton Sr. ca 1950's Alvin Carlton "Benk" Benkelman, Sr. in center briefing a group of visiting engineers. A Chemical Engineering graduate of the University of Michigan, Benk first worked for the Illinois and Michigan Highway Departments as a research engineer. From 1934-1954 he worked for the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads in charge of structural design of flexible pavement. He is well known throughout the highway construction trade for his invention of a economical portable device to measure deflections of pavement under heavy loads which to this day carries his name, the Benkelman Beam. | |
| 113 |  | Benkelman, Alvin Carlton Sr. ca 1962 Upon receipt of R. W. Crum Award, 1962, being congratulated by wives of Highway Research Board engineers. In 1948 the Highway Research Board established an award in recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of transportation research. This award was known as the Highway Research Board Distinguished Service Award until 1952, when the Executive Committee redesignated it the Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award as a memorial to the Board's director, Roy W. Crum, who served as head of the HRB staff from 1928 until his death in 1951. Outstanding achievement consists of the performance of distinguished service, the production of fundamental or developmental research, or the administration, promotion, or fostering of outstanding research that in the judgment of the Executive Committee is worthy of the award. | |
| 114 |  | Benkelman, Alvin Carlton, Jr. ca 1931, with his mother Katharine Ayres, and their dog This picture of Alvin with his mother and their dog appears to have been taken in the early 1930's | |
| 115 |  | Benkelman, Alvin Carlton, Jr. ca 1946 Taken while he was serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean War | |
| 116 |  | Benkelman, Alvin Carlton, Jr. ca 1950 and Carol Macomber Taken about a year before their marriage in Virginia | |
| 117 |  | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | |
| 118 |  | Benkelman, Augusta C. (Krehl) Status: Located; | |
| 119 |  | Benkelman, Barbara (Ell) Status: Located; | |
| 120 |  | Benkelman, Ben and Avis Home, 1920's through 1940's The home of Ben and Avis Benkelman, 4354 Woodland, Cass City, Michigan ca 1940's | |
| 121 |  | Benkelman, Ben and Avis Home, 1940's through 1960's The Benkelman Home on West Street in Cass City. This was the home the Benkelman's moved to when Bonnie was in High School, and this photo of it was taken in the late 1950's. | |
| 122 |  | Benkelman, Ben and Avis, Lake Huron Weekend Cottage Ben and Avis's summer cottage, Sand Point, Caseville, Michigan on Huron Bay | |
| 123 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin F. Sr ca 1880's Ben, seated, poses with other ranch hands employed at the JC Ranch, near the Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado border | |
| 124 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin F. Sr. ca 1870's (Thought to be) This was in a group of tintypes originally belonging to Louisa Benkelman Schwegler. These tintypes appear to be of Louisa and her brothers, all children of Adam and Catherine Benkelman of Cass City. Alvin Benkelman, Jr., a great grandson of of Adam and Catherine, believes this to be a photo of their son Benjamin Franklin Benkelman Sr. This is based on his comparison to other family and group photos owned and labeled by his late father, Alvin Benkelman Sr. However, based on Marjory Schwegler Battel's identificaton of the various Benkelman sons from a group photo taken around the same time period, it is possible that this might instead be Ben's older brother, William. PLEASE HELP US VERIFY THIS ASSUMPTION | |
| 125 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin F. Sr. ca 1892, and wife Minnie Jesse, JC Ranch, St. Francis, Kansas Ben Benkelman, Senior and Wilhelmina Jesse were married the day after Christmas in 1892, on the ranch in Kansas for which Ben was foreman. Ben and Minnie were both the children of immigrants from Germany. | |
| 126 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin F. Sr. ca 1913 and Minnie (Jesse) Family of Cass City, Michigan Back, L to R: Ruth, Mae, Harold "Sime" and Ben, Jr. Front, L to R: Ben, Sr., Lois, Minnie | |
| 127 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin F. Sr. ca 1917 and Minnie (Jesse) Family of Cass City, Michigan Standing (L To R): Ruth, Mae, Harold, Ben Jr., Lois Seated (L to R): Ben Sr. and his wife, Minnie | |
| 128 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin F. Sr. ca 1920's with his children and their spouses Back Row, L to R: Wilmot "Bill" Carpenter, Ben Benkelman, Sr., Ben Benkelman, Jr., Jim Pease, Minnie Benkelman, Eustace Ball, Harold Benkelman in the late 1920's. Front Row, L to R: Mae Benkelman Carpenter, Lois Benkelman Pease, Ruth Benkelman Ball, Isabel Fletcher Benkelman, Avis Smith Benkelman |
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| 129 | | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. |
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| 130 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin F. Sr. ca 1940's Husband of Wilhelmina "Minnie" Johanna Friederika Jesse B. 1863 New York D. 1952 Michigan | |
| 131 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin F. Sr. ca 1940's (Mrs.) The former Wilhelmina "Minnie" Johanna Friederika Jesse B. 1865 D. 1961 Michigan | |
| 132 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin F. Sr., Arapahoe, Colorado, 1896 Property Tax Receipt Ben spent more than 20 years as a cowboy at the Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska border, working with his Uncle, George Benkelman | |
| 133 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin Franklin Jr Affadavit of Birth This affadavit of birth in Cheyenne County, Kansas, was filed almost 40 years after Ben was born in 1899. | |
| 134 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin Franklin Jr. Application for Social Security payments after Ben's retirement | |
| 135 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin Franklin Jr. ca 1900 Ben as an infant in St. Francis, Kansas | |
| 136 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin Franklin Jr. ca 1919 --Kalamazoo College Football Team, MIAA Champions In High School, Ben was a star athlete. He was on the baseball, basketball, football, and track teams--four years each, earning a total of 16 letters. He went to Kalamazoo College on a football scholarship. They were the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Champions in 1919. The MIAA is the Nation's oldest collegiate conference. Ben recalls that one of the games he played was against "the Gipper," the legendary George Gipp of the University of Notre Dame. After a year of college, he returned to Cass City to help his parents close their general store. Ben is on the front row, seated, and is the fifth player from the right hand side (seventh from the left). Jason Mann, a collector of vintage sports team photos, purchased an identical copy of this photo on Ebay. His copy has a roster of the players, as well as the results for 1919 season, written on the back. A scan of this identifying information follows. | |
| 137 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin Franklin Jr. ca 1919 --Kalamazoo College Football Team, MIAA Champions, Back of Photo, Team Roster and Results for the Season Ben Benkelman went to Kalamazoo College on a football scholarship. In 1919 his team were champions of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA), the nation's oldest collegiate conference. Jason Mann, a collector of vintage sports team photos, purchased an identical copy of this photo on Ebay. On the back of his copy was a roster of the players, along with the results for 1919 season, written on the back. | |
| 138 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin Franklin Jr. ca 1922--Michigan Basketball Thumb Champions "Here they are: Members of Ward's Independent team of Cass City who have just completed their schedule of games for the season, winning 22 out of 24 contests. Upper row, left to right--Glen BIXBY, secretary-treasurer; 'Abbie' WARD, ass't manager; P.E. FLEMING [Pearl Flemming]; Andrew ['Hump'] CHAMPION; Wm. WARD, manager. Lower Row: Clarence ['Bud'] BURT, Capt. Ben BENKELMAN and Frank CHAMPION, coach. At the coach's feet, Pat, the mascot." This photo was from a newspaper article published in the Cass City paper on Friday, March 23, 1922. A copy of the actual newspaper article that accompanied the photo was kindly provided by Carol Bokas. | |
| 139 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin Franklin Jr. ca 1935, with his daughter, Bonnie Ben with his daughter Bonnie, age 13 months | |
| 140 | | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | |
| 141 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin Franklin Jr. ca 1962, Cass City Ben in Cass City, shortly before his retirement | |
| 142 | | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | |
| 143 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin Franklin Jr. ca 1966, News article regarding retirement "Civic Leader Ends Cass City Career" From the Cass City (Michigan) Chronicle, Thursday, October 27, 1966 | |
| 144 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin Franklin Jr. ca 1976 with wife Avis (nee Smith) Ben and Avis ready to depart on a Cruise in celebration of their Golden Wedding anniversary, 1976 | |
| 145 | | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | |
| 146 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin Franklin Jr. Death Certificate As filed in Houston, Harris County, Texas | |
| 147 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin Franklin Sr visits the family of his nephew, Albert Benkelman of Kansas l to r: BonnieMargaret, Ruth, Anna Barbara and George Albert Benkelman, older farmer and boy unknown, Ben Benkelman Sr | |
| 148 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin Franklin Sr. Death Certificate Tuscola County, MI Death Certificate. The informant was his eldest son, Harold. The registrar who signed the certificate was a Striffler relative, Wilma Fry. | |
| 149 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin Sr and Minnie (Jesse) Status: Located; | |
| 150 |  | Benkelman, Benjamin, Jr. and Avis (Smith) Status: Located; | |
| 151 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie ca 1955, Dorm Hall Group Photo During her junior year at Western Michigan in Kalamazoo, Bonnie was a resident of Davis Hall, the newest women's dorm on the campus. This group photo was included in the 1955 Brown and Gold College annual. Bonnie is standing, top row, fifth from the right (facing left). | |
| 152 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie ca 1955, Panhellenic Council During her junior year at Western Michigan, Bonnie was a member of the campus panhellenic council, representing the Sigma Kappa Sorority. Bonnie is seated on the bottom row, third from the right. | |
| 153 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie ca 1956, Western Michigan University, Sigma Kappa Sorority Group photo from the Western Michigan 1956 annual, the "Brown and Gold." Bonnie is seated, in the bottom row, fifth from the left. | |
| 154 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1933, being held by her Mother Newborn Bonnie Benkelman, being held by her mother, Avis Smith Benkelman, in Cass City, Michigan, December 1933 | |
| 155 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1934 Bonnie, as a infant, from her grandmother Minnie's photo album | |
| 156 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1936 The much beloved only child of Ben Benkelman, Jr. and Avis Smith of Cass City, Michigan. This picture was probably taken around 1937. | |
| 157 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1937 Bonnie ca 1937, Cass City, Michigan | |
| 158 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1942 Bonnie in her Girl Scout uniform, circa 1942, in Cass City, Michigan. | |
| 159 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1942, and friends L to R: Lois Little, Jessie Fry and Bonnie Benkelman, Cass City, ca 1942. Jessie, whose mother was a Striffler, and Bonnie were distantly related. | |
| 160 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1947 at Girl Scout Camp in Fenton, Michigan Camp Tyrone Campers, Session One, 1947 Intermediate Girl Scouts Fenton, Genesee County, Michigan Listed alphabetically, and not in the order pictured. List compiled from signatures on the back of the photo, and does not appear to be complete. Janet ADAMS, Louise ANDREWS, Mabel F. BROWN, Wanda BURKS, Sue CARTWRIGHT, Mary CAVANAUGH, Mary Lee CLARK, Suzanne DANIELS, Margaret DARLING, Shirlee DIAMOND, Lucille FISHER, Jean FORD, Joan FORD, Mary Jo GAMBILL, Margaret GRAYSON, Janie GUERRA, Valarie HERRINGTON, Lee Ann HEGLE, Miss Mary HIATLEECH, Onalee HOKINGER, Libbie HOOD, Jane HUNT, Patricia IRVING, Peggy KAPPELMAN, Marilyn KLINE, Mary Ellen LAVELY, Mabel LEMBACH, Jane LITTLE, Mary McCLOREY, Norma Jean McDONALD, Miss Mary Jean MILLER, Beverly MANSOUR, Mitze MORRIS, Miss Margie NEWLAND, Miss Florence OLSON, Jeanette PARKER, ?Chuck? STOGSCHILL, Katie SPILLMAN, Joan SPITSBERGEN, Pat TROTTER, Jean VENABLE, Joyce VENABLE, Lillian VENABLE , Millie VOWEL Bonnie, with her hair braided and pinned up, is in the second row from the top, the fifth person from the left. | |
| 161 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1948 Bonnie ready for her first Cass City High School formal | |
| 162 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1948 at Girl Scout Camp in Fenton, Michigan Camp Tyrone Campers, Period Three, 1948 Intermediate Girl Scouts Fenton, Genesee County, Michigan Bonnie is in the second row from the top, the second camper to the left, in a white shirt and grey sweater. From the Cass City Chronicle, Friday, July 16, 1948 Twelve intermediate Girl Scouts are looking forward to two weeks at Camp Tyrone near Fenton and expect to leave July 20 for camp. Those who expect to attend are: June ENGLEHART, Kathie WOOD, Marilyn SCHWADERER, Damon KEPPEN, Bonnie J. BENKELMAN, Marjorie HOLCOMB, Mary WOOD, Patricia HOCHBERG, Joyce MERCHANT, Karen GRACEY, Jeanette PARKER and Mary McCLOREY | |
| 163 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1949 Taken the summer before Bonnie's Junior Year of High School | |
| 164 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1949, Baptism Certificate Certificate of Baptism, Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church, Cass City, Michigan, April 14, 1949, signed by Stanley P. Kirn, Pastor | |
| 165 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1950 Bonnie in her Band Uniform, Cass City High School | |
| 166 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1950 or 1951, Cass City High School Clarinet Quartet Cass City High School, Clarinet Quartet L to R: Joan Holmberg, Mary Wood, Delphine Iseler and Bonnie Benkelman The Friday, March 3, 1950 issue of the Cass City Chronicle reported that Joan Holmberg, 1rst clarinet; Bonnie Benkelman, 2nd; Mary Wood, 3rd; and Delphine Iseler 4th, earned a first division rating at the Solo Ensemble Festival at Mt. Morris, playing the waltz "Two and Two." This quailified them to participate in the state festival at Ann Arbor on April 1, 1950. The 17 Cass City Band students who attended the festival "stopped at Frakenmuth for a chicken dinner on the way home." The same ensemble participated in the Instrumental Solo and Ensemble Festival at Elkton on March 2, 1951, earning a second division rating. | |
| 167 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1952 This was Bonnie's High School Senior Portrait | |
| 168 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1952 Cass City High School, Homecoming Court L to R: Princess Bonnie Benkelman, Queen Joan Green, Princess Gail Lester | |
| 169 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1955, Sigma Kappa Sorority With other members of the Western Michigan chapter of Sigma Kappa, 1955, Bonnie's Junior year of college | |
| 170 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1956, Civil Service Rating Upon her acceptance of employment by the Veterans Administration in 1956, Bonnie was rated by the U. S. Civil Service Commission as a GS-5 70. | |
| 171 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1957 Bonnie was an Occcupational Therapist at the Hines Veteran's Administration Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Bonnie is seated, to the left, with her elbow on the table. | |
| 172 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1957 Bonnie in uniform, her Occupational Therapist Registered Insignia on her shoulder | |
| 173 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1957 Western Michigan University Commencement Program, Cover This is the cover of the program | |
| 174 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1957 Western Michigan University Commencement Program, Page Three Bonnie graduated from Western Michigan University in January 1957, Cum Laude, receiving her Bachelor of Science degree Page 3 of the Commencement Program | |
| 175 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1957, Teacher Certificate and Oath State of Michigan Elementary Teaching Certificate and Oath, 1957-1961 | |
| 176 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1958 Bonnie Benkelman standing at the mantel of her parent's home in Cass City, Easter Weekend, 1958 | |
| 177 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1958, Passport Bonnie's first passport. Bonnie accompanied her Aunt, Ilo Smith, on a trip to Europe shortly before her marriage. She purchased the lace for her wedding veil while in Brussells. | |
| 178 | | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | |
| 179 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1958, Resignation from the Veterans Administration This notice of Personnel Action was generated on 1958 when Bonnie resigned from the Hines, Illinois Veterans Administration Hospital due to her upcoming marriage and move to Dallas | |
| 180 |  | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | |
| 181 | | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | |
| 182 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie Jean ca 1968 Sigma Kappa Fundraiser, Houston, Texas Bonnie was an active volunteer for the local Sigma Kappa Sorority chapter in Houston, Texas. Pictured from left to right are Mrs. Max Clayborne Strong (Karen Kay Bryan), Mrs. Robert F. Smith and Mrs. Tom McLemore (Bonnie Jean Benkelman). | |
| 183 | | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | |
| 184 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie OTR Bonnie's Occupational Therapy Uniform Patch, saved from her Veteran's Administration Uniform worn prior to her marriage | |
| 185 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie OTR certification Following her required coursework at Western Michigan College, along with an internship at the Shepherd Pratt Psychiatric Hospital of Baltimore, Bonnie was awarded the designation of Occupational Therapist, Registered. Her first employer was the Hines Veterens' Administration Hospital in Chicago. When she resigned from Hines in 1958, due to her upcoming wedding, she was classified as a GS-631-7 and was making an annual salary of $4,980. She later worked for the Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children in Dallas. | |
| 186 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie-Margaret and Mary Barbara, ca mid-1940's Daughters of George Albert BENKELMAN and Ruth LOCKWOOD of Denver, Colorado | |
| 187 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie-Margaret, ca mid 1940's Bonnie-Margaret and her family resided in Denver. This photo was taken while visiting relatives in Michigan. | |
| 188 |  | Benkelman, Bonnie-Margaret, Mary Barbara and Robert Fletcher, mid 1940's Bonnie and Barbara Benkelman from Colorado with their cousin, Bob Benkelman of Cass City, mid 1940's, at the Annual Striffler-Benkelman Reunion or possibly in Caseville near Lake Huron. The lady to their right, in the print dress, appears to be Lois Benkelman Pease. | |
| 189 |  | Benkelman, BonnieMargaret ca 1998 with cousins l to r: Lorraine Smith "Smitty" Benkelman, Bonnie (Benkelman) McLemore: BonnieMargaret (Benkelman)Jacobs; Dot (Ball) Williams; June (Gilbert) Striffler with her husband Russell; and Bob Benkelman, Smitty's husband. BonnieMargaret, who spent many years researching the Benkelman family, arranged a 1998 reunion of cousins in at her Florida home, in order to compare family photos and stories. | |
| 190 |  | Benkelman, Catharine (Schaufele) Status: Located; Catharine's name is engraved on one side of this four sided marker, which she shares with her husband and two daughters-in-law that both died shortly after marriage | |
| 191 |  | Benkelman, Charles A photo from the collection of Louisa Benkelman Schwegler, labeled Charles Benkelman. Based on the age of this photo, this is likely of her cousin Charles Benkelman (born 1866) of Denver, Colorado, the son of her Uncle George. It is possible, however, that it might instead by of her nephew Charles Adam Benkelman (born 1888), the son of her brother George Adam. Both families were ranchers and lived near Denver, Colorado. PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU CAN VERIFY WHICH CHARLES BENKELMAN THIS IS A PHOTO OF. | |
| 192 |  | Benkelman, Charles Adam and Hertha (Kerndt) Family, ca 1924 Charles and Hertha Benkelman & sons, Wilmot, Ward and Bob in Kansas | |
| 193 |  | Benkelman, Christina ca 1920's Christina Benkelman Jaus at her Farm Home with Aunt Lena Benkelman Schwegler | |
| 194 |  | Benkelman, Cora, ca late 1890's or early 1900's Cora was a school teacher in Portage, Wisconsin. She died as a young woman after being diagnosed with a sarcoma. She was a daughter of Sarah Jane Keech and Johannes Benkelmann, one of ten Benkelmann siblings who immigrated from Germany to the US in the 1850s. | |
| 195 |  | Benkelman, Dorus ca 1911 Dorus in costume for Cass City High School's annual "Sod Busters Day" skits. This was a celebration of the settlement of the area in the 1860's, the Benkelman and Striffler families both being early pioneers in the region | |
| 196 |  | Benkelman, Dorus ca 1911 on Sod Buster Day at Cass City High School with E.B. "Chick" Schwaderer and "Buck" Dorus is in the middle, with E.B "Chick" Schwaderer to his left and "Buck" UNKNOWN to the right. In a December 24, 1915 Cass City Chronicle article it was noted, "Wednesday was 'Sod Buster Day' at high school and several of the boys exhibited striking new ideas in male attire." As Dorus had graduated several years earlier, it appears this was an annual event at the High School, and this particular photo was taken at one of the earlier festivities. Dorus was a graduate of the Cass City High School class of 1912, and E.B. Schwaderer graduated in 1913. PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY "BUCK" BY HIS FULL NAME | |
| 197 |  | Benkelman, Dorus William Status: Located; | |
| 198 |  | Benkelman, Dorus William ca 1940's with his wife Jane (Stickley), hosting family at Jane's cottage in Prescott, Michigan John Adam Benkelman, with his sons Alvin and Dorus, and Dorus's wife, Jane (right) and two unknown individuals PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY EVERYONE IN THE PHOTO | |
| 199 |  | Benkelman, Dorus, ca 1918 A photo taken of Dorus Benkelman in uniform during his service for the U.S. Army during the First World War | |
| 200 |  | Benkelman, Emma Ella Wife of John Bodwin B. 1860 D. 1937 Wisconsin Emma Ella suffered from rheumatism for many years & was in a wheel chair for about the last 19 years of her life. She was always cheerful though, and did a lot of tatting and other handwork. |
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