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Olla Estelle "Ollie" Binkelman

Female Abt 1872 - Bef 1915  (~ 42 years)


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  • Name Olla Estelle "Ollie" Binkelman  [1, 2
    Nickname Ollie 
    Born Abt 1872  Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died Bef 1915 
    Buried Dupont Cemetery, Marion, Waupaca County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • (Research):
      Census Listings:

      1910 Census
      Wisconsin, Lafayette County, Shullsburg City, Ward 2
      Enumerated 22 Apr 1910
      SD 1 ED 52 Sheet 7B
      45-45
      Vischer, Eldert G. Head H M W 51 M/12 NY NY NY Clergyman Methodist
      Vischer, Ollie E Wife F W 38 M/12 1/0 Wisc Wisc Wisc
      Binkelman, Luella Sister-in-law F W 34 S Wisc Wisc Wisc
    Person ID I29875  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father William Richard Clancey Binkelman,   b. 2 Mar 1848, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Mary Ann Ramsdell,   b. Sep 1849, Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 28 Mar 1871  Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    • There is perhaps no more prominent businessman in the northern part of Waupaca County than Mr. Binkelman. He has been a farmer, schoolteacher, and merchant, and, on his upward to a comfortable competence, he has also engaged in various other vocations. His present mercantile establishment is the largest in the village of Marion. Mr. Binkelman was born in Joliet, ILL, in 1849, son of Leonard and Jane (McCormick) Binkelman, the father a native of Germany, the mother of Irish extraction. Leonard Binkleman was a ship builder by trade, and for many years was a resident of Joliet, removing thence in 1852 to Manitowoc, Wis., where he also followed his trade. Mrs. Binkelman died in 1894, and he now resides with his son, W.R. at Marion. Their children were: W.R., Mary Jane, wife of William Clark, of Manitowoc; Fred, and Emma E., wife of John Bodwin, of East Gibson, Manitowoc County. W.R. Binkelman was reared in Manitowoc, and after leaving the schools there, clerked in a grocery store for some time, after which for about ten years he was engaged in the confectionery business of Manitowoc. In 1872 Mr. Binkelman moved to Shawano County, and there engaged in farming, teaching school and speculating in land for several years, teaching in Grant and Belle Plaine Townships, and also in Dupont Township, Waupaca County. In 1876, he removed to the later township, locating on a tract of land one and a half miles distant from Marion. Three years later he opened a hardware store at Marion, where he has since been continuously in business. There was only one store in the village when he located there, that of McDonald and Ramsdell, a firm that has since gone out of business. The village contained but three houses, Mr. Binkelman erecting the fifth building, but there is now a population of 800, and it is still growing rapidly. He erected his present building, a good two-story frame, in 1881, and carries of full line of hardware and farm machinery, the most valuable stock of goods in Dupont Township. He is a notary public, and for thirteen years, up to January 1, 1895, he was in the insurance business. In earlier life Mr. Binkelman filed cross-cut saws, and adopted various other honest and honorable means of obtaining a start in life, and he began business in Marion with only $350, his present extensive trader testifying to his abundant, perhaps unequalled, success at this point. Mr. Binkelman was married, in 1871, to Miss [Mary] Ann Ramsdell , who was born in Manitowoc Rapids, daughter of Erastus Ramsdell, an early pioneer of Manitowoc country, who subsequently moved to Dupont Township, where he died in 1890. To Mr. and Mrs. Binkelman came 6 children, five of whom are now living: Olla A., Irvine, Luella, Lindon J., and Murrell. Mark died at the age of eight years. In politics Mr. Binkelman is a Republican, and socially he is a charter member of Marion Lodge No. 256, I.O.O.F., in which he has passed all the Chairs, and is now serving as Chaplain. He attends the M.E. Church, and his eldest daughter, Olla A., is Superintendent of Sunday School at the flourishing Church. In January, 1895, Mr. Binkelman was elected Chairman of Dupont Township; he was Clerk of the Courts of Waupaca County from 1884 to 1888; was Postmaster at Marion under President Harrison from 1888 to 1892, resigning in the later year; he was Town Clerk of Dupont for five years; In January, 1895, was appointed chairman of the town board, and, in the spring of that year was elected chairman, receiving 241 votes out of a total of 307, a fact which testifies better than words his popularity. He is well known throughout Waupaca County, and commands the esteem and good fellowship of all who know him.

      From "Commemorative Biological Record of the Upper Wisconsin Counties of Waupaca, Portage, Wood, Marathon, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Langlade and Shawano" by Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1895. (Courtesy of Lorraine Smith Benkelman)
    Family ID F9378  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eldert G. Vischer,   b. Abt 1859, Saratoga County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 28 Apr 1897  Marion, Waupaca County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Leigh Jones emailed the following marriage record from Family Search

      Name:Eldert G. Vischer
      Birth Date:
      Birthplace:Vischers Ferry, Saratoga, N.Y.
      Spouse's Name: Ollie Estelle Binkleman
      Spouse's Birthplace:Manitowoc, Wisconsin
      Event Date: 28 Apr 1897
      Event Place:Marion, Waupaca, Wisconsin
      Father's Name: Grandis Vischer
      Mother's Name:Ann Maria Vandenby [Van Denburgh]
      Spouse's Father's Name:William R. Binkleman
      Spouse's Mother's Name:Mary M. Ramsdall

      Wisconsiin, Marriages, 1836-1930," index, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR2Q-BQY> : accessed 30 Apr 2013), Eldert G. Vischer and Ollie Estelle Binkleman, 28 Apr 1897.


      They appear to have had at least one child:

      Name: Vischer
      Gender: Male
      Baptism/Christening Date:
      Baptism/Christening Place:
      Birth Date: 01 Apr 1901
      Birthplace:
      Death Date:
      Name Note:
      Race:
      Father's Name: E.G. Vischer
      Father's Birthplace:
      Father's Age:
      Mother's Name: Ollie Binkelman
      Mother's Birthplace:
      Mother's Age:
      Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01799-1
      System Origin: Wisconsin-EASy
      Source Film Number: 1299485
      Reference Number: 503
      Collection: Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926
    Last Modified 2 May 2013 
    Family ID F10571  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1872 - Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 28 Apr 1897 - Marion, Waupaca County, Wisconsin Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Dupont Cemetery, Marion, Waupaca County, Wisconsin Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S813] Ramsdell, D. A. "Reminscences of Old Times" MARION ADVERTISER, Marion, WI, 18 May 1917, (http://www.wigenweb.org/waupaca/News/waupnews1917.htm).

    2. [S481] 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. This database is an index to the head of households enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information recorded in the census includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single, married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and more.), Wisconsin, Lafayette County, Shullsburg City, Ward 2 Enumerated 22 Apr 1910 SD 1 ED 52 Sheet 7B 45-45 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S690] Zimmerman, Jane-Family Researcher (zimnero@tm.net).

    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. 103, she cites Manitowoc County Marriage Records, Vol. 4, pg. 44 (Reliability: 3).