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Family: Johann Leonhard "Leonard" Benkelman / Jane McCormick (F5021)

m. 19 Feb 1855


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  • Johann Leonhard "Leonard" BenkelmanFather | Male
    Johann Leonhard "Leonard" Benkelman

    Born  5 Jul 1828  Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 May 1913  Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  19 Feb 1855  [1, 2, 3]  Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin  [1, 2, 3] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Johann Leonhard Benkelmann | F35 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Maria Dorothea St?hle | F35 Group Sheet 

    Jane McCormickMother | Female
    Jane McCormick

    Born  13 May 1830  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  21 Aug 1894  Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  23 Aug 1894  Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Child 1 | Male
    William Richard Clancey Binkelman

    Born  2 Mar 1848  Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Mary Ann Ramsdell | F9378 
    Married  28 Mar 1871  Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Female
    Mary Jane Clancey

    Born  8 Feb 1852  Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  3 Jul 1916  Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  6 Jul 1916  Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  John E. Horne | F3165 
    Married  Bef 1871   
    Spouse  William Clark | F5216 
    Married  2 Sep 1882  Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Male
    Friedrich Benkelman

    Born  Between 1856 and 1857  Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Emma Ella BenkelmanChild 4 | Female
    Emma Ella Benkelman

    Born  18 Feb 1860  Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  14 Jan 1937  Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mishicot, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  John Bodwin | F3100 
    Married  22 May 1877  Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes  Married:
    • BENKELMANN: Leonhard (also Leonard Benkelman) b: Wurtenburg, Germany res: Manitowoc p: Leonhard and Toladea Benkelmann m: 19 Feb. 1855 at Manitowoc to: Jane (McCormick)Clancey (a young widow from Chicago) p: John and Cath. McCormick

      source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tomanitowoc

      Jane Zimmerman writes that Leonard was quite easygoing, whereas Jane was hard to please.

  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.

    2. [S690] Zimmerman, Jane-Family Researcher (zimnero@tm.net).

    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. 102 (Reliability: 3).