Lillian E. Striffler

1886 - 1965  (79 years)

• Name	Lillian E. Striffler  [1, 2]
  Born	6 Nov 1886	Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	19 Nov 1965	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [2, 3]
  Buried	20 Nov 1965	Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Volume 59, Number 32 Thursday, November 25, 1965 Mrs. MacPhail Succumbs Friday Mrs. Lillian MacPhail, 79, pioneer of Cass City and wife of a former Cass City businessman, died Friday at Hills and Dales General Hospital. She had been in ill health for a year and suffered for many years from arthritis. She was born in Elkland township, Nov. 6, 1886, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Striffler. She married Angus MacPhail in Argyle Jan. 7, 1914. Mr. MacPhail started and operated a successful business as a funeral director in Cass City from 1920 until shortly before his death on Sept. 19, 1952 (sic). Mrs. MacPhail was a member of the Cass City Methodist Church. Surviving are: a son Dr. Albert MacPhail of Flint; two sisters, Mrs. Grace Sandham of Cass City and Mrs. Ruth Moreton of Detroit, and three grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Little's Funeral Home at 3 p.m. Saturday. The Rev. james Braid, pastor of the First Methodist Chruch, officiated. Burial was in Elkland cemetery. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2008) (Research):Census Listings: 1930 Census Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp, Cass City Village Enumerated 4 April 1930 ED 79-11 SD 11 Sheets 2A and 2B Stamped 185 40-41 McPhail, Angus Hd M W 49 M 33 Mich Scotland Scotland Mortician Undertaking McPhail, Lillian E Wife F W 41 m 25 Mich NY Ct McPhail, Albert A Son Adopted M W 3/12 S Mich Ohio Ohio
  Person ID	I28698	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Samuel W. Striffler,   b. Dec 1857, Lancaster, Erie County, New York ,   d. 13 Mar 1928, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Mother	Pauline Ahr,   b. 2 Oct 1860, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut ,   d. 4 Nov 1920, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 60 years)
  Married	9 May 1882	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Family ID	F9283	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Angus MacPhail,   b. Abt 1881, Argyle, Sanilac County, Michigan ,   d. 19 Sep 1942, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Married	7 Jan 1914	Argyle, Sanilac County, Michigan   [2]
  Children	1. Albert Angus MacPhail, M. D.,   b. 7 Dec 1929, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan ,   d. 11 Oct 2012, East Orleans, Barnstable County, Massachusetts  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2009
  Family ID	F9285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 6 Nov 1886 - Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Married - 7 Jan 1914 - Argyle, Sanilac County, Michigan Died - 19 Nov 1965 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Buried - 20 Nov 1965 - Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Striffler, Uncle John's Farm The family gathered at Uncle John's farm after the felling of a particularly large pine tree on March 8, 1905. The tree was 112 feet tall and 4 feet, 7 inches in diameter. Lena Mark Schwegler identified the women standing to the left as Esther Striffler, Miss Klump, Lillian Striffler and Mattie Striffler. Just to their right, with the long white beard, is John Stiffler, the family partriarch. The youngest boys are Stanley, Paul and Will Bien. PLEASE EMAIL IF YOU KNOW WHICH OF THE TWO LILLIAN STRIFFLER'S THIS IS (they were cousins, close in age) OR IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY ANYONE ELSE IN THE PHOTO.

  
  

• 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, Sanilac County, Argyle, SD 7, ED 113, Sheet 10A , Stamped 10 (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, November 25, 1965 (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.), Volume 26, September 5, 1966 (Reliability: 3).