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Family: Johann Georg "George" Benkelman / Christina "Christine" Rommel (F1283)

m. Abt 1861


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  • Johann Georg "George" BenkelmanFather | Male
    Johann Georg "George" Benkelman

    Born  25 Jun 1830  Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  16 Jan 1908  Denver, Denver County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  Abt 1861  [1, 2]  Lancaster, Erie County, New York  [1, 2] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Johann Leonhard Benkelmann | F35 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Maria Dorothea St?hle | F35 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Christina "Christine" Rommel

    Born  3 Mar 1831  B?nzwangen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  10 Jan 1903  Denver, Denver County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Michael Rommel | F1284 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Maria Barbara Frey | F1284 Group Sheet 

    George W. "Denver George" BenkelmanChild 1 | Male
    George W. "Denver George" Benkelman

    Born  23 Sep 1862  Blackhawk, Colorado Territory Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Dec 1925  Denver, Denver County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Male
    Frank B. Benkelman

    Born  May 1864  Denver, Colorado Territory Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  14 Dec 1875  Denver, Colorado Territory Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location

    Charles A. BenkelmanChild 3 | Male
    Charles A. Benkelman

    Born  7 Feb 1866  Blackhawk, Colorado Territory Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 Jun 1917  Denver, Denver County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Florence Elliott | F1285 
    Married  Abt 1909  Denver, Denver County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Male
    Henry J. "Harry" Benkelman

    Born  6 Nov 1867  Blackhawk, Colorado Territory Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  11 Dec 1915  Denver, Denver County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes  Married:
    • In the 1981 unpublished manuscript, BonnieMargaret Jacobs stated that George Benkelman and Christina Rommel were married in Lancaster, New Yorkafter George had returned their from California for a short visit. The families had lived in close proximity in Germany, and BonnieMargaret theorized that "George's plan (to marry her) was well formulated" prior to his trip back to New York. "When she arrived in America, we don't yet know, but she was there and waiting and willing when George returned." Art Peck instead lists the location of their marriage as in Sturgis, Michigan. Christina's father, Michael Rommel, was assesed taxes in Michigan in 1863 and 1864, and younger sister Mary Rommel was married to Christian Striffler in St. Joseph County, MI "prior to returning to Lancaster"...so it appears possible that George and Christina could have been married in either location. In the footnotes to her chapter on Johann Georg Benkelmann, BonnieMargaret also notes that newspaper biographies of George varied in the account of the location of his marriage, one stating he married Christine on his return to New York, another saying he went to Lancaster and then on to Michigan to marry Christine before heading back west.

  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982, He shows that they were married in Sturgis, Michigan. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 117 (Reliability: 3).