Family: Glen Frederick Benkelman / Maud McFadden (F622)

• Father | Male Glen Frederick Benkelman

  
  

  Born	20 Jan 1891	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Died	26 Dec 1970	Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  Buried		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Married	18 Jun 1921  [1, 2]	Evanston, Cook County, Illinois  [1, 2]
  Father	John Adam Benkelman | F617 Group Sheet
  Mother	Augusta Catherine Freidrika Krehl | F617 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Maud McFadden

  
  

  Born	9 Nov 1891	Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
  Died	26 Dec 1970	Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  Buried		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
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  Child 1 | Male William "Bill" Glen Benkelman

  
  

  Born	24 Nov 1923	Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  Died	28 Oct 1999	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  Buried
  Spouse	Sylva B. Carter | F628
  Married	27 Jun 1953	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Ruth Benkelman

  
  

  Born	21 Mar 1926	Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  Died	Dec 1986	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  Buried
  Spouse	Carl Simmelink | F629
  Married	5 May 1951	Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Cass City Chronicle Vol 7, Number 10 July 22, 1921 Married at Evanston Miss Maude McFadden Is Bride of Glen F. Benkelman On June 18 the marriage of Miss Maude McFadden and Glen F. Benkelman was solemnized at Evanston, Illinois in the presence of a few friends. The bride's home has always been Evanston, where she attended Northwestern University. She also attended the University of Toronto, Canada. Mr. Benkelman, who had many friends and acquantinces in Cass City, attended the Cass City schools, later obtaining training in electrical engineering at Purdue University and the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. He is located in Chicago with Becker Bros., electrical engineers. Mr. and Mrs. Benkelman will have their home at 529 Kedzie Street, Evanston, Illinois. After taking a lake trip of a few days, the arrived at the home of John A. Benkelman on July 5, and having spent a pleasant two weeks vacation, left for Chicago, Monday, July 18. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007)

  
  

• Sources

  [S337] Benkelman, Hilda Jane Stickley THE MEMOIRS OF JOHN A. BENKELMAN (Privately Published, 1966). [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/, July 22, 1921 (Reliability: 3).