Laura Schwegler

1878 - 1961  (83 years)

• Name	Laura Schwegler  [1, 2]
  Birth	30 May 1878	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	24 Dec 1961	Puslinch, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Burial	Crown Cemetery, Puslinch, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Friday, May 19, 1911 Page Four Local Items Mrs. Charles Gregor of Crieff, Ontario, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Louisa Schwegler, and other relatives and friends here. In the same column it was noted that Louisa had undergone an operation at Pleasant Home hospital the prior week, and was improving quite rapidly. Cass City Chronicle Friday, May 12, 1916 Page Four Local Items Mrs. Louisa Schwegler and Mrs. M. M. Schwegler went to Crieff, Ont., Thursday to spend a few weeks with the former's daughter, Mrs. Charles Gregor. Cass City Chronicle Thursday, December 28, 1961 Page Four Mrs. Gregor, 83, Dies in Ontario Funeral services were to have been held Wednesday at 2 p.m. for Mrs. Laura Gregor, 83, of Puslinch, Ont. Mrs. Gregor died Sunday at her home in Puslinch. The former Laura Schwegler, she was the wife of Charles Wesley Gregor. The Gregors would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Christmas Day. Those surviving, besides her husband, are a daughter, Mrs. James (Donelda) McDonald of Puslinch, two sons, Gordon of Hespeler, Ontario and Lincoln of Whitby, Ontario, and a sister, Mrs. Orton KLINKMAN of Decker. The late Ben Schwegler was her brother. The services were at the Geo. Wall Funeral Home in Guelph and burial was in Crown Cemetery, Puslinch, Ontario.
  Person ID	I11998	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Andreas "Andrew" Schwegler,   b. 9 Jan 1849, Breech, B?rtlingen Parish, G?ppingen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany d. 25 Dec 1899, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Louisa Benkelman,   b. 9 Apr 1853, Bowmansville, Town of Lancaster, Erie County, New York d. 11 Sep 1924, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	12 Apr 1874	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Headstones		Schwegler, Andrew and Louisia (Benkelman), and son Andrew Schwegler Andrew and Louisa's son, Samuel, predeceased them at age 11; his parents later sharing his marker
  Family ID	F615	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles Wesley Gregor,   b. Aug 1873, Canada d. 10 Jun 1964 (Age ~ 90 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1901	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  	The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Volume 15, September 1, 1952, noted that "The Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gregor was observed by their friends and family in their farm home near Puslinch, Ont., on Christmas Day.
  Children	1. Donelda Helena Gregor,   b. Abt 1902, Michigan d. Yes, date unknown   2. Gordon Gregor,   b. Abt 1906, Michigan d. 16 Jan 1983, Hespeler, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 77 years)   3. Lincoln Charles Gregor,   b. Abt 1908, Puslinch, Ontario, Canada d. Jan 1997, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 89 years)   4. Katherine Gregor,   b. Aft 1910, Canada d. Jul 1949, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 38 years)
  Photos		Gregor and Schwegler Gathering, ca 1920's This snapshot was labeled by Lena Mark Schwegler as "Schwegler Folks at Laura Gregor's Farm near Puslinch, Ontario." Maggie Bethel had the following comments about this snapshot: "Woman on the right - Louisa Benkelman Schwegler, 5th woman - Alice Ross Schwegler, 6th woman from right - Kate Schwegler Klinkman. I'm thinking a couple of the men are Will and Ben Schwegler -- either the two sitting in front or the man standing between them, but the shadows from the hats are such that I can't tell who is who. Will might be holding one of his sons? I don't see Lena in the picture and since Alice is there, it is a safe bet Will has the boy. The pose of the first man reminds of Fred Gregor -- but I suppose that is too much to assume." PLEASE EMAIL IF YOU CAN HELP US POSITIVELY IDENTIFY ANY MORE INDIVIDUALS IN THIS PHOTO
  Documents		Schwegler, Laura and Charles Gregor Invitation to the 1901 wedding of Laura Schwegler to Charles W. Gregor
  Family ID	F3076	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2014

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 30 May 1878 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Marriage - 25 Dec 1901 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Schwegler, Andrew ca 1883 and Family Andrew Schwegler and wife Louisa Benkelman, with children William (b. 1879), Laura (b. 1878), Sam (b. 1875) and Mary (b. 1881), Cass City, Michigan. Marjory Schwegler Battel verified both the identity and order the children were standing in.
  		Schwegler, Laura ca 1900 B. 1878 Michigan D. 1961 Ontario, Canada Wife of Charles W. Gregor This photo appears to have been taken when Laura was still a younger girl, around 1900 or so?
  		Schwegler, Laura and Esther Striffler ca 1890's Laura Schwegler (l) with her first cousin, once removed, Ester Striffler (r). Both were descendants of Leonhard and Dorothea Benkelman of B?rtlingen, W?rttemberg (Germany). They were likely classmates in Cass City, Michigan as well, as both were born in May 1878.
  		Schwegler Siblings ca 1955 Ben with his sisters, Laura Schwegler Klinkman (l) and Kate Schwegler Gregor (r)
  		Schwegler, Benjamin Adam ca 1957 with sisters Laura and Kate l to r, Ben Schwegler, Laura Schwegler Klinkman, and Kate Gregor The siblings after a visit to the Gregor's home in Ontario
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [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/, Thursday, December 28, 1961 Page Four (Reliability: 3). [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, September 19, 1924 (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. 133 (Reliability: 3).