Family: Samuel G. Benkelman / Mary Striffler (F619)

• Father | Male Samuel G. Benkelman

  
  

  Born	26 Aug 1857	Bowmansville, Town of Lancaster, Erie County, New York
  Died	22 Dec 1940	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Buried	25 Dec 1940	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Married	28 Nov 1888  [1, 2, 3]
  Other Spouse	Lydia Striffler | F618
  Married	17 Oct 1882	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Father	Johann Adam Benkelman | F28 Group Sheet
  Mother	Anna Catharina Schaufele | F28 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Mary Striffler

  
  

  Born	8 Dec 1860	Madison, Monroe County, Missouri
  Died	5 Aug 1952	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Buried		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Father	Joseph Striffler | F8093 Group Sheet
  Mother	Rosina Margaretha Ballbach | F8093 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Joseph A. Benkelman

  
  

  Born	5 Oct 1889	Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Died	11 Jun 1968	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Buried		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Spouse	Esther Selma Ackerman | F5032
  Married	10 Jun 1911	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Ward William Benkelman

  
  

  Born	15 Feb 1894	Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Died	3 Feb 1989	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Buried	6 Feb 1989	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Spouse	Anna Steinman | F5033
  Married	8 Dec 1925	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Lorraine Smith Benkelman transcribed the following letters from Salome to her brother, George Albert November 29, 1888 Today is Sam and Mary's wedding day. Rev. N. Wienderlich performs the ceremony. I was not invited....

  
  

• 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/, Friday, December 27, 1940 (Reliability: 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 [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San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. 133 (Reliability: 3).