Family: Archibald "Archie" Mark / Emeline Striffler (F2865)

• Father | Male Archibald "Archie" Mark

  
  

  Born	22 Mar 1862	Whitby Township, Ontario, Canada
  Died	25 Aug 1934	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Buried		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Married	23 Dec 1886  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Father	Walter Roach Mark | F9530 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elizabeth McLean | F9530 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Emeline Striffler

  
  

  Born	5 Sep 1860	Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Died	21 Oct 1939	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Buried		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Father	John "Uncle John" Striffler | F5023 Group Sheet
  Mother	Anna Maria "Mary" Benkelman | F5023 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Edward Albert Mark

  
  

  Born	1 Jan 1889	Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Died	13 Jan 1982	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Buried		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Spouse	Mary Jane Leitch | F2344
  Married	15 Jul 1908	Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Mark

  
  

  Born	29 Jul 1890	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Died	5 Jul 1987	Ubly, Huron County, Michigan
  Buried		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Spouse	Fred Leonard Buehrly | F2349
  Married	22 Dec 1915	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan

  
  

  Child 3 | 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
  Spouse	Benjamin Adam Schwegler | F2339
  Married	11 May 1915	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Martha Alice Mark

  
  

  Born	16 Nov 1893	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Died	16 Jan 1983	Marlette, Sanilac County, Michigan
  Buried		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Spouse	Owen W. Darling | F2336
  Married	19 Apr 1916	Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Alma May Mark

  
  

  Born	31 Aug 1895	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Died	16 Jun 1980	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Buried		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Spouse	Louis Krahling | F2335
  Married	5 Nov 1927	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Spouse	Andrew J. Seeger | F2337
  Married	18 Jun 1939	Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

  
  

• Photos

  The Kolb and The Mark Sisters, Cass City, Michigan From the postcard collection of Lena Mark Schwegler of Cass City. She had labeled it "Kolb Sisters, Mark Sisters, Elsie Buehrly, Fred Buehrly and Clarence Kolb The Kolb's were children of George Kolb and Maria Katharina Benkelman. The Mark's sisters were daughters of Archie Mark and Emeline Striffler. PLEASE EMAIL IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY WHO IS WHO

  
  

  Headstones

  Mark, Emeline (Striffler) and Archie

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S577] Dibean, Jack & Marianne "Michigan Marriage Index" http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/dibeanindex/. [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. 157 (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/, August 31, 1934 Page 5 (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.), # 101513256 (Reliability: 3).