Family: Jacob Joos / Rosine "Rosina" Benkelman (F5211)

• Male Jacob Joos

  
  

  Birth	1 Sep 1844	W?rttemberg, Germany
  Death	14 May 1934	Tuscola County, Michigan
  Burial		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Marriage	11 May 1879  [1, 2, 3, 4]	Saginaw County, Michigan  [1, 2, 3, 4]
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  Female Rosine "Rosina" Benkelman

  
  

  Birth	17 Mar 1855	Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany
  Death	17 Nov 1953	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Burial		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Father	Johann Friedrich "Fredrick" Benkelman | F5018 Group Sheet
  Mother	Rosine M?ller | F5018 Group Sheet

  
  

  Male William Frederick Joos

  
  

  Birth	15 Feb 1880	Saginaw County, Michigan
  Death	15 Jan 1970	Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan
  Burial		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Spouse	Harriet Christine "Hattie" Muck | F2708
  Marriage	17 Mar 1907	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan

  
  

  Male Fred Jacob Joos

  
  

  Birth	16 Feb 1882	Buena Vista Township, Saginaw County, Michigan
  Death	12 May 1980	Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan
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  Spouse	Mary A. McLellan | F2734
  Marriage	25 Nov 1908	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan

  
  

  Female Lizette K. Joos

  
  

  Birth	28 Jan 1885	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Death	26 Nov 1978	Saginaw County, Michigan
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  Spouse	Laurence E. Hartman | F2733
  Marriage	14 Oct 1916

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Cass City Chronicle Volume 24, Number 5. Friday, May 17, 1929 Mr. and Mrs. Joos Married 50 Years Family Gathered Saturday Evening To Celebrate the Golden Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Joos celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Saturday evening when their family was present at a bounteous dinner given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Joos with whom they reside. Their daughter, Mrs. L.E. Hartman of Saginaw furnished a beautiful pyramid wedding cake, trimmed in gold and white, and the table was prettily decorated with flowers. The honored couple received congratulations and good wishes from their children and also gifts of gold from the family and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Hartmann and daughter, Ellen, of Saginaw, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Joos and daughter, Miss Katherine and Geraldine Striffler were the guests. Mr. and Mrs. Joos were married at Saginaw May 11, 1879, and came to Cass City in 1883 and purchased the farm that has since been their home. Mr. Joos has reached the advanced age of 84 years and his companion is 74. Both are still very active and their many friends wish them good health and happiness to the end of life's journey. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2008)

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S577] Dibean, Jack & Marianne "Michigan Marriage Index" http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/dibeanindex/. [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 17, 1929 (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. 162 (Reliability: 3).