Family: Alvin Carlton Benkelman, Sr. / Katherine Lynn Ayres (F624)

• Male Alvin Carlton Benkelman, Sr.

  
  

  Birth	8 May 1895	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Death	9 Sep 1987	Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia
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  Marriage	5 Nov 1927  [1, 2]	Sudley, Prince William County, Virginia  [1, 2]
  Other Spouse	Olive Porter Scott | F625
  Marriage	1 Jun 1944	Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland
  Father	John Adam Benkelman | F617 Group Sheet
  Mother	Augusta Catherine Freidrika Krehl | F617 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Katherine Lynn Ayres

  
  

  Birth	14 Jan 1901	Sudley, Prince William County, Virginia
  Death	27 Oct 1940	Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia
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  Mother

  
  

  Male Alvin Carlton Benkelman, Jr.

  
  

  Birth	1 Jul 1929	Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan
  Death	21 Aug 2012	Virginia
  Burial
  Spouse	Carol Macomber | F633
  Marriage	3 Mar 1951	Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Cass City Chronicle Cass City, Michigan, October 28, 1927 Page Four Local News Invitations have been received to the wedding of Miss Katherine Lynn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hawks Ayres, of Manasses, Virginia, and Alvin Carlton Benkelman, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Benkelman of Cass City. The ceremony will take place in the Sudley M.E. Church, South, at Manasses on Saturday, Nov. 5. The newleyweds will be at home to their friends after Nov. 20 at the Strathmore, 2501 18th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007)

  
  

• Sources

  [S337] Benkelman, Hilda Jane Stickley THE MEMOIRS OF JOHN A. BENKELMAN (Privately Published, 1966). [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/, Cass City, Michigan, October 28, 1927 (Reliability: 3).