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Family: Glen Frederick Benkelman / Maud McFadden (F622)

m. 18 Jun 1921


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  • Male
    Glen Frederick Benkelman

    Birth  20 Jan 1891  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  26 Dec 1970  Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage  18 Jun 1921  [1, 2]  Evanston, Cook County, Illinois  [1, 2] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  John Adam Benkelman | F617 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Augusta Catherine Freidrika Krehl | F617 Group Sheet 

    Female
    Maud McFadden

    Birth  9 Nov 1891  Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  26 Dec 1970  Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Male
    William "Bill" Glen Benkelman

    Birth  24 Nov 1923  Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  28 Oct 1999  Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Spouse  Sylva B. Carter | F628 
    Marriage  27 Jun 1953  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Female
    Ruth Benkelman

    Birth  21 Mar 1926  Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Dec 1986  Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Spouse  Carl Simmelink | F629 
    Marriage  5 May 1951  Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes  Married:
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Vol 7, Number 10
      July 22, 1921

      Married at Evanston

      Miss Maude McFadden Is Bride of Glen F. Benkelman

      On June 18 the marriage of Miss Maude McFadden and Glen F. Benkelman was solemnized at Evanston, Illinois in the presence of a few friends.

      The bride's home has always been Evanston, where she attended Northwestern University. She also attended the University of Toronto, Canada.

      Mr. Benkelman, who had many friends and acquantinces in Cass City, attended the Cass City schools, later obtaining training in electrical engineering at Purdue University and the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. He is located in Chicago with Becker Bros., electrical engineers.

      Mr. and Mrs. Benkelman will have their home at 529 Kedzie Street, Evanston, Illinois. After taking a lake trip of a few days, the arrived at the home of John A. Benkelman on July 5, and having spent a pleasant two weeks vacation, left for Chicago, Monday, July 18.


      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007)

  • Sources 
    1. [S337] Benkelman, Hilda Jane Stickley THE MEMOIRS OF JOHN A. BENKELMAN (Privately Published, 1966).

    2. [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/, July 22, 1921 (Reliability: 3).