Family: Johann Georg "George" Benkelman / Christina "Christine" Rommel (F1283)

• Male Johann Georg "George" Benkelman

  
  

  Birth	25 Jun 1830	Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany
  Death	16 Jan 1908	Denver, Denver County, Colorado
  Burial		Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado
  Marriage	Abt 1861  [1, 2]	Lancaster, Erie County, New York  [1, 2]
  Father	Johann Leonhard Benkelmann | F35 Group Sheet
  Mother	Maria Dorothea St?hle | F35 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Christina "Christine" Rommel

  
  

  Birth	3 Mar 1831	B?nzwangen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany
  Death	10 Jan 1903	Denver, Denver County, Colorado
  Burial		Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado
  Father	Michael Rommel | F1284 Group Sheet
  Mother	Maria Barbara Frey | F1284 Group Sheet

  
  

  Male George W. "Denver George" Benkelman

  
  

  Birth	23 Sep 1862	Blackhawk, Colorado Territory
  Death	28 Dec 1925	Denver, Denver County, Colorado
  Burial		Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado

  
  

  Male Frank B. Benkelman

  
  

  Birth	May 1864	Denver, Colorado Territory
  Death	14 Dec 1875	Denver, Colorado Territory
  Burial		Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado

  
  

  Male Charles A. Benkelman

  
  

  Birth	7 Feb 1866	Blackhawk, Colorado Territory
  Death	17 Jun 1917	Denver, Denver County, Colorado
  Burial		Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado
  Spouse	Florence Elliott | F1285
  Marriage	Abt 1909	Denver, Denver County, Colorado

  
  

  Male Henry J. "Harry" Benkelman

  
  

  Birth	6 Nov 1867	Blackhawk, Colorado Territory
  Death	11 Dec 1915	Denver, Denver County, Colorado
  Burial		Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado

  
  

• Notes

  Married: In the 1981 unpublished manuscript, BonnieMargaret Jacobs stated that George Benkelman and Christina Rommel were married in Lancaster, New Yorkafter George had returned their from California for a short visit. The families had lived in close proximity in Germany, and BonnieMargaret theorized that "George's plan (to marry her) was well formulated" prior to his trip back to New York. "When she arrived in America, we don't yet know, but she was there and waiting and willing when George returned." Art Peck instead lists the location of their marriage as in Sturgis, Michigan. Christina's father, Michael Rommel, was assesed taxes in Michigan in 1863 and 1864, and younger sister Mary Rommel was married to Christian Striffler in St. Joseph County, MI "prior to returning to Lancaster"...so it appears possible that George and Christina could have been married in either location. In the footnotes to her chapter on Johann Georg Benkelmann, BonnieMargaret also notes that newspaper biographies of George varied in the account of the location of his marriage, one stating he married Christine on his return to New York, another saying he went to Lancaster and then on to Michigan to marry Christine before heading back west.

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982, He shows that they were married in Sturgis, Michigan. (Reliability: 3). [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. 117 (Reliability: 3).