Family: Leonard Josiah Benkelman / Friedericke "Rieka" Koch (F2984)

• Male Leonard Josiah Benkelman

  
  

  Birth	12 Oct 1872	Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin
  Death	8 Feb 1952	Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin
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  Marriage	12 Jun 1894  [1, 2]	Columbia County, Wisconsin  [1, 2]
  Father	Johannes "John" Benkelman | F5022 Group Sheet
  Mother	Sarah Jane Keech | F5022 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Friedericke "Rieka" Koch

  
  

  Birth	Jul 1866	Wisconsin
  Death	20 Nov 1904	Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin
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  Mother

  
  

  Male John Leonard Benkelman

  
  

  Birth	25 Oct 1895	Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin
  Death	29 Jan 1947	Wood County, Wisconsin
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  Female Myrtle Benkelman

  
  

  Birth	24 Sep 1899	Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin
  Death	Apr 1984	Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan
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  Spouse	Frank X. Marx | F2610
  Marriage	12 Jun 1923	Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin

  
  

• Notes

  Married: BonnieMargaret Jacobs writes that Leonard and Fredericka established their home in Portage after their marriage.

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San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. 108 (Reliability: 3).