Family: Leonard Josiah Benkelman / Friedericke "Rieka" Koch (F2984)

• Father | Male Leonard Josiah Benkelman

  
  

  Born	12 Oct 1872	Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin
  Died	8 Feb 1952	Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin
  Buried
  Married	12 Jun 1894  [1, 2]	Columbia County, Wisconsin  [1, 2]
  Father	Johannes "John" Benkelman | F5022 Group Sheet
  Mother	Sarah Jane Keech | F5022 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Friedericke "Rieka" Koch

  
  

  Born	Jul 1866	Wisconsin
  Died	20 Nov 1904	Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin
  Buried
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  Child 1 | Male John Leonard Benkelman

  
  

  Born	25 Oct 1895	Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin
  Died	29 Jan 1947	Wood County, Wisconsin
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Myrtle Benkelman

  
  

  Born	24 Sep 1899	Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin
  Died	Apr 1984	Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan
  Buried
  Spouse	Frank X. Marx | F2610
  Married	12 Jun 1923	Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin

  
  

• Notes

  Married: BonnieMargaret Jacobs writes that Leonard and Fredericka established their home in Portage after their marriage.

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San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. 108 (Reliability: 3).