Family: Jacob Striffler / Luise "Louisa" Benkelman (F1783)

• Father | Male Jacob Striffler

  
  

  Born	31 Mar 1819	Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany
  Died	24 Sep 1895	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Buried	26 Sep 1895	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Married	Abt 1853  [1, 2, 3]	Lancaster, Erie County, New York  [1, 2, 3]
  Father	Jacob Anton Striffler | F1784 Group Sheet
  Mother	Ottila "Odila" "Otil" Zimmerman | F1784 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Luise "Louisa" Benkelman

  
  

  Born	14 Sep 1833	Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany
  Died	22 Oct 1910	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Buried		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Father	Johann Leonhard Benkelmann | F35 Group Sheet
  Mother	Maria Dorothea St?hle | F35 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Adaline Striffler

  
  

  Born	1 Aug 1854	Lancaster, Erie County, New York
  Died	1 Sep 1866	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Buried		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan

  
  

  Child 2 | Male John Leonard Striffler

  
  

  Born	Jun 1857	Lancaster, Erie County, New York
  Died	29 Apr 1874	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Buried		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Solomon Striffler

  
  

  Born	5 Apr 1859	Lancaster, Erie County, New York
  Died	8 May 1936	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Buried	10 May 1936	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Spouse	Eva Catharina "Katie" Koepf | F3069
  Married	15 Nov 1883	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Lydia May Striffler

  
  

  Born	Abt 1866	Tuscola County, Michigan
  Died	2 May 1874	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Buried

  
  

  Child 5 | Male Jacob Striffler

  
  

  Born	Mar 1870	Tuscola County, Michigan
  Died	3 May 1874	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Buried		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan

  
  

  Child 6 | Male Samuel Striffler

  
  

  Born	28 Feb 1872	Michigan
  Died	6 Nov 1954	San Diego, San Diego County, California
  Buried
  Spouse	Marie L. Kaiser | F3073
  Married	17 Aug 1898

  
  

  Child 7 | Female Lydia Striffler

  
  

  Born	20 Nov 1874	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Died	7 Mar 1957	Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana
  Buried		Moore Cemetery, Moore, Fergus County, Montana
  Spouse	George Henry Zinnecker | F3072
  Married	22 Nov 1893	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan

  
  

• Notes

  Married: BonnieMargaret Jacobs wrote that Bob Benkelman had a copy of their marriage certificate from Lancaster, Erie County, NY. They were married by Reverand Christian Knapp, who had moved from W?rttemberg to Lancaster to head a Reformed congregation. Louisa and Jacob had seven children in total, only three of whom survived into adulthood.

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, October 28, 1910 (Reliability: 3). [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. 151 (Reliability: 3).