Family: Edwin Bruce Williams / Bertha C. Benkelman (F5031)

• Male Edwin Bruce Williams

  
  

  Birth	29 Jul 1878	Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
  Death	11 Jan 1963
  Burial		Almena, Norton County, Kansas
  Marriage	11 Dec 1912  [1, 2, 3]	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  [1, 2, 3]
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  Female Bertha C. Benkelman

  
  

  Birth	1 Aug 1883	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Death	16 May 1929	Almena, Norton County, Kansas
  Burial
  Father	Samuel G. Benkelman | F618 Group Sheet
  Mother	Lydia Striffler | F618 Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Cass City Chronicle December 13, 1912 Benkelman-Williams Miss Bertha Benkelman Married to Young Man from the West The house of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel G. Benkelman, decorated with carnations and yellow chrysanthemums, was the scene of a pretty wedding Wednesday noon, Dec. 11, when their daughter, Bertha, was united in marriage with Edwin B. Williams of Orleans, Nebraska. Rev. J.A. Schweitzer of the Cass City Evangelical church performed the ceremony after which a delicious wedding dinner was served. The bride was attired in a pretty gown of beaded netting over white silk. Her travelling suit was of gray and the hat of red velvet trimmed with a large black plume. The couple was unattended. In Miss Benkelman Cass City loses an accomplished and popular young lady. For the past three years she has filled the position as bookkeeper for J.A. Caldwell and formerly, for several years, was employed as a compositor for the Chronicle. It was while filling a similar position on a newspaper in St. Francis, Kansas, that she met Mr. Williams, her future husband. Mr. and Mrs. Williams left on the afternoon train for Orleans, Nebraska, where they will make their home. Mr. Williams has a position as mail clerk on trains running from Orleans to St. Francis, Kansas, and from Orleans to Oberlin, Kansas. Besides the family residing at home, Mrs. Louisa Schwegler and daughter, Miss Kate, and Rev. and Mrs. J.A. Schweitzer were guests at the wedding. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007) Name Edwin B Williams Race (Original): Age (Expanded) 34 years Birth Year 1878 Birthplace Jefferson Co., P Spouse's Name Bertha C Benkelman Spouse's Race (Original): Spouse's Age (Expanded) 29 years Spouse's Birth Year 1883 Spouse's Birthplace Cass City, Mich Event Date 11 Dec 1912 Event Place Cass City, Tuscola, Michigan Father's Name David K William... Mother's Name Frances E. Mitchell Spouse's Father's Name Samuel Benkelman Spouse's Mother's Name Lydia Streffler Marital Status: Previous Wife's Name: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: GS Film number 2342698 Frame Number: Digital Folder Number 4209169 Image Number 619 Reference ID v 5 p 24 rn 290 Citing this Record: "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N32R-RJL : accessed 17 Oct 2013), Edwin B Williams and Bertha C Benkelman, 11 Dec 1912.

  
  

• Sources

  [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/, December 13, 1912 (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/, Friday, May 24, 1929 (Reliability: 3). [S783] FamilySearch.org, Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925.