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Frances M. Benkelman

Female 1892 - 1961  (68 years)


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  • Name Frances M. Benkelman  [1
    Born 10 Sep 1892  Grayling, Crawford County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 2 Mar 1961  Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Notes 
    • Art Peck instead shows her date of death as March 1, 1961.
    Person ID I12017  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father William Frederick Benkelman,   b. 10 Feb 1862, Bowmansville, Town of Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1932, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Alice Mary McDougall,   b. Aug 1868, London, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1933, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Married 23 Jul 1886  [3, 4
    • BonnieMargaret Jacobs instead shows the location of their marriage as in Middlesex County, Ontario.
    Family ID F620  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edwin Stuart Symington,   b. 4 Jul 1888, Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 17 Jan 1921  [5
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F5034  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 Sep 1892 - Grayling, Crawford County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Mar 1961 - Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan 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. [S595] Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, (Family Publication, published sporadically to record family milestones in connection with the annual Striffler-Benkelman Family Reunions, with Vol. 1, Number 1, published Sept. 7, 1936. Issues on file at the Rawson Memorial Library in Cass City, Michigan include Vol. 5 (1941), Vol. 7 (1944) and Volumes 8 (1945) through Vol. 28 (1968). Issues published from 1961 through 1964 were not assigned volume numbers, and 1963 appears to be missing. Xeroxes of the existing issues were also made by Melinda McLemore Strong in 2007. According to a article published by the Cass City Chronicle on August 6, 1981, commemorating the Fiftieth and Final Striffler-Benkelman Reunion, the final issue of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST appears to have been Volume 28, published in 1968.), 1961 Issue, not assigned a volume number (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982, location of marriage: Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Reliability: 3).

    4. [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. 134 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S469] Williams, Dorothy Ball--Family Researcher (dotwfl@comcast.net) 3331 Southwest Villa Place, Palm City, FL 34990 ; based in part on BonnieMargaret Benkelman Jacob's unpublished typescript, THE FAMILY BENKELMAN.