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Edwin Bruce Williams

Male 1878 - 1963  (84 years)


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  • Name Edwin Bruce Williams  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Born 29 Jul 1878  Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    Gender Male 
    Died 11 Jan 1963  [6
    Buried Almena, Norton County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I12011  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 18 Dec 2022 

    Family Bertha C. Benkelman,   b. 1 Aug 1883, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1929, Almena, Norton County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years) 
    Married 11 Dec 1912  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 7
    • Cass City Chronicle
      December 13, 1912

      Benkelman-Williams

      Miss Bertha Benkelman Married to Young Man from the West

      The house of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel G. Benkelman, decorated with carnations and yellow chrysanthemums, was the scene of a pretty wedding Wednesday noon, Dec. 11, when their daughter, Bertha, was united in marriage with Edwin B. Williams of Orleans, Nebraska. Rev. J.A. Schweitzer of the Cass City Evangelical church performed the ceremony after which a delicious wedding dinner was served.

      The bride was attired in a pretty gown of beaded netting over white silk. Her travelling suit was of gray and the hat of red velvet trimmed with a large black plume. The couple was unattended.

      In Miss Benkelman Cass City loses an accomplished and popular young lady. For the past three years she has filled the position as bookkeeper for J.A. Caldwell and formerly, for several years, was employed as a compositor for the Chronicle. It was while filling a similar position on a newspaper in St. Francis, Kansas, that she met Mr. Williams, her future husband.

      Mr. and Mrs. Williams left on the afternoon train for Orleans, Nebraska, where they will make their home. Mr. Williams has a position as mail clerk on trains running from Orleans to St. Francis, Kansas, and from Orleans to Oberlin, Kansas.

      Besides the family residing at home, Mrs. Louisa Schwegler and daughter, Miss Kate, and Rev. and Mrs. J.A. Schweitzer were guests at the wedding.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007)

      Name Edwin B Williams
      Race (Original):
      Age (Expanded) 34 years
      Birth Year 1878
      Birthplace Jefferson Co., P
      Spouse's Name Bertha C Benkelman
      Spouse's Race (Original):
      Spouse's Age (Expanded) 29 years
      Spouse's Birth Year 1883
      Spouse's Birthplace Cass City, Mich
      Event Date 11 Dec 1912
      Event Place Cass City, Tuscola, Michigan
      Father's Name David K William...
      Mother's Name Frances E. Mitchell
      Spouse's Father's Name Samuel Benkelman
      Spouse's Mother's Name Lydia Streffler
      Marital Status:
      Previous Wife's Name:
      Spouse's Marital Status:
      Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
      GS Film number 2342698
      Frame Number:
      Digital Folder Number 4209169
      Image Number 619
      Reference ID v 5 p 24 rn 290

      Citing this Record:
      "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N32R-RJL : accessed 17 Oct 2013), Edwin B Williams and Bertha C Benkelman, 11 Dec 1912.
    Last Modified 18 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F5031  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 11 Dec 1912 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Almena, Norton County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.

    2. [S483] 1920 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the NARA web page. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1920 United States Federal Census, the Fourteenth Census of the United States. It includes all states and territories, as well as Military and Naval Forces, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the Panama Canal Zone. The census provides many details about individuals and families including: name, gender, age, birthplace, year of immigration, mother tongue, and parents? birthplaces. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1920 Federal Census.).

    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/, Friday, May 24, 1929 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S783] FamilySearch.org, Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925.

    5. [S1060] person ID LCSY-PSH. (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S1060] ); LCSY-PSH. (Reliability: 3).

    7. [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/, December 13, 1912 (Reliability: 3).