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Family: Jacob Anton Striffler / Ottila "Odila" "Otil" Zimmerman (F1784)

m. 4 Nov 1809


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  • Father | Male
    Jacob Anton Striffler

    Born  20 Oct 1779  Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  3 Mar 1850  Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Married  4 Nov 1809  [1]  Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Mother | Female
    Ottila "Odila" "Otil" Zimmerman

    Born  10 Nov 1790  Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 Sep 1863  Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Child 1 | Male
    Henry Striffler

    Born  4 Aug 1811  Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  11 Jul 1883  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Elizabeth Wagner | F8091 
    Married     

    Child 2 | Male
    Peter Striffler

    Born  15 Mar 1815  Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 Jan 1882  Bluff Creek, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Catharine "Kate" Barnhardt | F8102 
    Married     

    Child 3 | Male
    Jacob Striffler

    Born  17 Feb 1817  Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 May 1818  Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Child 4 | Male
    Jacob Striffler

    Born  31 Mar 1819  Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  24 Sep 1895  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  26 Sep 1895  Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Luise "Louisa" Benkelman | F1783 
    Married  Abt 1853  Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 5 | Male
    Christian Striffler

    Born  17 Jun 1821  Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  18 Sep 1827  Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Child 6 | Female
    Susanna Catharina Striffler

    Born  6 Aug 1823  Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Apr 1905  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Christian Oscar Lenzner, Sr. | F8092 
    Married  20 Jun 1853  Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location

    Joseph StrifflerChild 7 | Male
    Joseph Striffler

    Born  18 Sep 1825  Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 Feb 1902  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Rosina Margaretha Ballbach | F8093 
    Married  Abt 1854  New York Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 8 | Male
    Christian Striffler

    Born  8 Dec 1827  Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  6 Feb 1911  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Anna Maria "Mary Anna" Rommel | F5028 
    Married  3 Jul 1856  White Pigeon, St. Joseph County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location

    John "Uncle John" StrifflerChild 9 | Male
    John "Uncle John" Striffler

    Born  15 Mar 1833  Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  12 Jul 1922  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Anna Maria "Mary" Benkelman | F5023 
    Married  14 Nov 1858  Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 10 | Male
    David Striffler

    Born  Abt 1836  Amherst, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Dec 1872  Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Lancaster Rural Cemetery, Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Sophia Muck | F8094 
    Married  Bef 1860   

  • Documents
    Striffler-Benkelman Annual Labor Day Family Reunion, 1936 Newspaper article
    Striffler-Benkelman Annual Labor Day Family Reunion, 1936 Newspaper article
    In the mid 1850's, in Erie County, New York, two sons of Jacob & Otilla Striffler married two Benkelman sisters. Shortly after their marriages, the couples moved to the Michigan frontier, many of their brothers and sisters following them. The two families remained intertwined for subsequent generations. At a reunion of the Henry Striffler family in 1930 it was decided to enlarge the scope of the reunion to include descendants of Henry, Jacob, Joseph, Christian, John and Susan Striffler. Members and "in laws" of these families first gathered at the Assembly grounds in Sebewaing for a reunion in 1932. As the Benkelman-Striffler family had remained very close over the years, all branches of the Benkelman family were invited to their Sixth Reunion, and since that time it remained a joint event. This articles from the 1936 "Cass City Chronicle" details one of the earliest joint reunions. Attended by over 170 family members, the reunion was held on the John Striffler homestead northeast of Cass City, with attendees travelling from Ontario, Ohio and many places in Michigan. President W.D. STRIFFLER presided at a business meeting in 1936, and Harry HUNT, Mrs. S.G BENKELMAN (the former Mary Striffler), and Mrs. Ben SCHWEGLER (the former Joanna Mark) were elected officers for the ensuing year. The first volume of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST was published for the September 1936 reunion.
    Striffler-Benkelman Reunion 1954 Handbill
    Striffler-Benkelman Reunion 1954 Handbill
    Handbill advertising the annual Striffler-Benkelman Reunion, 1954, featuring Cass City's Main Street. At the fiftieth Striffler-Benkelman Reunion in 1981, Ruth Schenck Esau recalled a time when on Main Street, the owners of the newspaper, a farm implement store, both meat markets, the grocery store, paint store, insurance agency, funeral home, and photography studio were all members of the Striffler-Benkelman clan; not to mention a bank teller, many clerks, the music teacher, and many of the town's farmers.
    Striffler-Benkelman Reunion Photo, 1961
    Striffler-Benkelman Reunion Photo, 1961
    Group Photo fromthe 30th Striffler-Benkelman Reunion, held September 4, 1961 at the Cass City Evangelical Church, founded by members of the Striffler and Benkelman families

  • Sources 
    1. [S498] Marchetti, Ruth Marie (jmarchetti@acsalaska.net) "Marchetti" Ver. Oct 31 19:05:54 2001 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1505327&id=I70122389.