Calvin J. Striffler

1885 - 1961  (75 years)

• Name	Calvin J. Striffler  [1, 2]
  Born	1 May 1885	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Mar 1961	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [2, 3, 4]
  Buried	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [2]
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle December 23, 1910 Mr. and Mrs. Calvin J. Striffler, Mrs. J.H. Striffler, Phillip and the Misses Lena and Emma Muck visited at the home of O.W. Nique at Shabbona Sunday. Cass City Chronicle March 10, 1939 Local Happenings, Page Four Mrs. G. W. Miller and daughter, Jean, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Zemke and little daughter, Ann Maureen of Colwood, Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Kercher and two sons and John H. Kercher were Sunday dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Striffler. Cass City Chronicle Friday, August 16, 1957 Re-elect officers at Farm Produce Annual meeting of the stockholders of Farm Produce was held. The following officers were re-elected for another year: Joe Crawford, President, Audley Rawon, Vice President, D.W. Benkelman, Treasurer, and C.J. Striffler, Secretary. Cass City Chronicle Thursday, March 23, 1961 Calvin J. Striffler Dies Thursday Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Little's Funeral Home for Calvin J. Striffler. Rev. S.R. Wurtz officiated and burial was in Elkland cemetery. Mr. Striffler died in Hills and Dales Hospital Thursday evening. He had been in ill health the past three years. Mr. Striffler was born in Cass City May 1, 1885, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Striffler. He married Rose Bixby January 3, 1907 (sic) in Syracuse, New York. He had held the office of Justice of the Peace of Cass City for a number of years and was the present city assessor. He was also a member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church. Survivors are his wife; four sisters, Mrs. Ida NIQUE and Mrs. Lillian RICKER, both of Cass City, Mrs. F.A. (Margaret) SMILEY of Drayton Plains, Michigan, and Mrs. A.W. (Laura) WEAVER of Flint. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007) (Research): Census Information: Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp Enumerated 10 and 11 May 1910 by John A. Benkleman SD 8 ED 112 Sheet 10A Stamped 130 196-199 Striffler, Calvin J Hd M W 25 M1 1 Mich NY NY Farmer Striffler, Rose F Wife F W 25 m1 1 0/0 Mich NY NY Silvernail, Paul Hired Man M W 16 S Ohio Ohio Ohio Laborer 1920 Census Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp Enumerated 17 and 20 January Sheet 4B 89-92 Striffler, Calvin J Hd M W 34 M Mich New York State New York State Farmer Striffler, Rosa F Wf F W 35 M Mich New York State New York State Bixby, Marion E Boarder F W 15 S NY Mich New York 1930 Census Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp Enumerated April 21, 1930 ED 79-12 SD 11 Sheet 9A Stamped 20 204-204 Striffler, Calvin J Hd M W 22 M 23 Mich NY NY Farmer Striffler, Rose F Wif F W 45 M 23 Mich NY NY Striffler, Sofia Mother F W 69 Wd 19 NY Germany Germany
  Person ID	I28692	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	Jacob H. Striffler,   b. 6 Jan 1851, Lancaster, Erie County, New York ,   d. 31 May 1925, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Sophia Helwig,   b. 17 Apr 1860, Lancaster, Erie County, New York ,   d. 1 Aug 1946, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 86 years)
  Married	22 Jan 1880	Lancaster, Erie County, New York
  Photos		Striffler, Jacob and Sophia (Helwig) Jacob and Sophia were both born in New York before the Civil War, moving to Michigan to start their family
  Family ID	F9282	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rose Fannie Bixby,   b. 4 Nov 1884, New York ,   d. 2 Mar 1976, Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 91 years)
  Married	4 Jan 1909	Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York   [2, 4]
  	Although both of their obituaries show they were married in 1907, they were actually married in 1909 per the article below, courtesy of Carole Benkelman: Cass City Chronicle Jan. 5th, 1934, page 8. In the "25 years ago" section. Jan. 8th, 1909 Calvin J. Striffler of this city and Miss Rose Bixby were united in marriage at Syracuse, N. Y on Monday. This also matches the 1910 census, which indicates they had been married 1 year.
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2014
  Family ID	F9621	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1 May 1885 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Married - 4 Jan 1909 - Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York Died - 16 Mar 1961 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Buried - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Striffler, Calvin before 1890 A photo of Calvin, the son of Jacob Striffler and Sophia Helwig, taken when he was a toddler
  		Striffler, Lillian ca 1880's with brother Calvin and sister Ida The eldest children of Jacob Striffler and Sophia Helwig

  
  

  Documents

  Striffler-Benkelman Annual Labor Day Family Reunion, 1936 Newspaper article In the mid 1850's, in Erie County, New York, two sons of Jacob & Otilla Striffler married two Benkelman sisters. Shortly after their marriages, the couples moved to the Michigan frontier, many of their brothers and sisters following them. The two families remained intertwined for subsequent generations. At a reunion of the Henry Striffler family in 1930 it was decided to enlarge the scope of the reunion to include descendants of Henry, Jacob, Joseph, Christian, John and Susan Striffler. Members and "in laws" of these families first gathered at the Assembly grounds in Sebewaing for a reunion in 1932. As the Benkelman-Striffler family had remained very close over the years, all branches of the Benkelman family were invited to their Sixth Reunion, and since that time it remained a joint event. This articles from the 1936 "Cass City Chronicle" details one of the earliest joint reunions. Attended by over 170 family members, the reunion was held on the John Striffler homestead northeast of Cass City, with attendees travelling from Ontario, Ohio and many places in Michigan. President W.D. STRIFFLER presided at a business meeting in 1936, and Harry HUNT, Mrs. S.G BENKELMAN (the former Mary Striffler), and Mrs. Ben SCHWEGLER (the former Joanna Mark) were elected officers for the ensuing year. The first volume of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST was published for the September 1936 reunion.

  
  

  Headstones

  Striffler, Calvin J.

  
  

• Sources

  [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Michigan, Tuscola County, Cass City, SD 8, ED 111 Sheet 3A (Reliability: 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/, Thursday, March 23, 1961 (Reliability: 3). [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). [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/, Thursday, March 11, 1976 (Reliability: 3).