Cora Lavinia Helwig

1888 - 1984  (96 years)

• Name	Cora Lavinia Helwig  [1, 2]
  Born	30 Sep 1888	Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	21 Oct 1984  [2]
  Buried	23 Oct 1984	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [2]
  Person ID	I29085	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	George Wilhelm Helwig,   b. 1 Apr 1847, Lancaster, Erie County, New York ,   d. 24 Jan 1917, Michigan  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Catherine Warner,   b. 14 Jan 1851, Lancaster, Erie County, New York ,   d. 4 Jan 1917, Michigan  (Age 65 years)
  Married	10 Feb 1870	Lancaster, Erie County, New York   [2]
  Family ID	F9386	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harvey Klinkman,   b. 6 Jun 1889, Lancaster, Erie County, New York ,   d. 8 Dec 1947, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 58 years)
  Married	10 Feb 1914	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [3]
  Children	1. Dorus "Dutch" Klinkman,   b. 20 May 1916,   d. 2 Jul 1987  (Age 71 years)   2. Keith Klinkman,   b. 10 Mar 1922,   d. 8 Oct 1973  (Age 51 years)
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2010
  Family ID	F10999	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 30 Sep 1888 - Tuscola County, Michigan Married - 10 Feb 1914 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Buried - 23 Oct 1984 - 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		Live Wire Bible Class of the Evangelical United Brethern Church Sunday School, Cass City Michigan, ca 1917 FRONT ROW, l to r, Grant McConnell, class leader; UNKNOWN Clergyman, UNKNOWN class member, William Schwegler, Sam Helwig, George Burg SECOND ROW, l to r, Hattie Helwig McConnell, Janet "Jennie" Gardner Buehrly, Minerva Helwig Sherman, Mary Buehrly Striffler, Mary Mark Buehrly THIRD ROW; l to r, Alma Striffler Schenck holding her baby Ruth, Lena Helwig Jaus, Lillian Striffler Ricker, Minnie Jesse Benkelman, Mary Schwegler Jaus, Jacob Hiller. Note: Alma Striffler Schenck's three year old son, Donald, was said to be asleep in the Model T Ford just to the left of the group at the time this photo was taken FOURTH ROW: l to r, Elsie Buehrly, Mary Striffler Helwig, Cora Helwig Klinkman, Laura McConnell Hiller, Alice Ross Schwegler, Mary McLellan Joos, Ed Helwig FIFTH ROW, l to r, Art Ricker, Erwin Kercher, Ed Buehrly, Harvey Klinkman, UNKNOWN Class Member, Fred Buehrly, Fred Joos TOP ROW, l to r, Sol Striffler, Clayton Schenck, Fred Jaus, William Ackerman, Sam Jaus It appears that at least 33 of the 36 adults in this Sunday School class were directly related, through either blood or marriage, to the Striffler, Benkelman and Helwig families who emigrated together from Erie County, New York to Tuscola County, Michigan beginning in the 1860's. PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY THE UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS.
  		Cass City, Michigan "Kill Kare Klub" Gathering A postcard from the collection of Lena Mark Schwegler. Back row, l to r, Dan McRea, Alma Striffler, Clayton Schenck, Elizabeth Beebeheyser, Alma Mark (in a dark colored dress) Middle row, l to r, UNKNOWN, Mary Gulick, Harvey Klinkman, Cora Helwig (who would later marry Harvey), and standing in white, holding Cora's hand, Minerva Helwig Front row, l to r, Martha Mark, Millard Spurgeon, Lena Mark Minerva Helwig was identified by her granddaughter, Shelly de Beaubien. Marjory Schwegler Battel had instead thought this was Ethel Striffler. The Kill Kare Klub was a social group with chapters throughout the midwest, whose members gathered monthly to participate in skits, games, and lively conversation.

  
  

• 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, Elkland Twp, SD 8 ED 110 Sheet 5B (Reliability: 3). [S722] Elkland (Twp, Tuscola Co, MI) Cemetery Records ; http://elkland.rawson.lib.mi.us/. [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/.