Family: Benjamin Adam Schwegler / Joanna Magdalena "Lena" Mark (F2339)

• Father | Male Benjamin Adam Schwegler

  
  

  Born	15 Feb 1886	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Died	27 May 1961	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Buried		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Married	11 May 1915  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Father	Andreas "Andrew" Schwegler | F615 Group Sheet
  Mother	Louisa Benkelman | F615 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Joanna Magdalena "Lena" Mark

  
  

  Born	27 Feb 1892	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Died	24 Jun 1983	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Buried		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Father	Archibald "Archie" Mark | F2865 Group Sheet
  Mother	Emeline Striffler | F2865 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Mildred "Mid" Mary Schwegler

  
  

  Born	29 Oct 1916	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Died	8 Apr 1976	Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan
  Buried	10 Apr 1976	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Spouse	Joseph Forest "Jack" Klein | F2320
  Married	9 Feb 1942	Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Marjory Magdalene Schwegler

  
  

  Born	26 Apr 1918	Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Died	20 Apr 2008	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Buried	24 Apr 2008	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Spouse	Arthur William Battel | F2319
  Married	19 Nov 1942	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Alma Fern Schwegler

  
  

  Born	8 Sep 1920	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Died	30 Sep 1965	Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee
  Buried		Oak Ridge Memorial Park, Anderson County, Tennessee
  Spouse	Philo E. Howe | F2318
  Married	20 Mar 1948	Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee

  
  

• Photos

  Schwegler, Benjamin Adam ca 1930's with wife, Lena Benjamin Adam Scwegler and his wife, Joanna Magdalena "Lena" Mark, in a formal portrait taken at the Maier Studio in Cass City. They were the parents of three daughters, Mildred, Marjory and Alma.

  
  

  Headstones

  Schwegler, Benjamin A. and Joanna "Lena" (Mark)

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Name Benjamin A. Schwegler Birth Date 1886 Birthplace Cass City Age 29 Spouse's Name J. Magdalene Mark Spouse's Birth Date 1893 Spouse's Birthplace Cass City Spouse's Age 22 Event Date 11 May 1915 Event Place Cass City, Tuscola, Michigan Father's Name Andrew Schwegler Mother's Name Louisa Benkleman Spouse's Father's Name Archie Mark Spouse's Mother's Name Emeline Striffler Race White Marital Status Single Previous Wife's Name: Spouse's Race White Spouse's Marital Status Single Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number M01095-0 System Origin Michigan-EASy GS Film number 983955 Reference ID p 412 rn 94 Citing this Record: "Michigan, Marriages, 1822-1995," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC4F-878 : accessed 29 Jul 2013), Benjamin A. Schwegler and J. Magdalene Mark, 11 May 1915.

  
  

• 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/, June 8, 1961 (Reliability: 3). [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/, Thursday, June 30, 1983 Obituaries Page 4 (Reliability: 3). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 110862479 (Reliability: 3). [S1643] FamilySearch.org, Michigan, Marriages, 1822-1995.