Lydia Striffler

1859 - 1887  (~ 28 years)

• Name	Lydia Striffler  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	Jan 1859	Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Michigan   [1, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	16 May 1887	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Person ID	I12006	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Christian Striffler,   b. 8 Dec 1827, Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany d. 6 Feb 1911, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Anna Maria "Mary Anna" Rommel,   b. 8 Dec 1837, B?nzwangen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany d. 31 Oct 1911, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	3 Jul 1856	White Pigeon, St. Joseph County, Michigan
  Family ID	F5028	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Samuel G. Benkelman,   b. 26 Aug 1857, Bowmansville, Town of Lancaster, Erie County, New York d. 22 Dec 1940, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	17 Oct 1882	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Children	1. Bertha C. Benkelman,   b. 1 Aug 1883, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 16 May 1929, Almena, Norton County, Kansas (Age 45 years)   2. Benjamin Frederick Benkelman,   b. 12 Apr 1885, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 28 Sep 1885, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F618	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2013

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Jan 1859 - Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Michigan Marriage - 17 Oct 1882 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Death - 16 May 1887 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Burial - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones		Benkelman, Lydia (Striffler) Lydia, wife of Adam and Catherine's son Samuel, died in 1887. Her name was engraved same marker later used by her parents-in-law, along with her sister-in-law, Rosina Wahl Benkelman
  		Benkelman, Adam and Catherine Family Plot This marker was engraved on all four sides, with trees planted eight to ten feet out on either side of the marker. The engraving on the granite is very difficult to read, however, the four names engraved upon it are still legible, and are for Adam Benkelman, his wife, Catherine, and two of their daughters-in-law who died shortly after marriage, Lydia Striffler, the wife of Samuel Benkelman and Rosina Wahl, the wife of John Adam Benkelman. This marker was likely erected in 1886, when Rosina died.

  
  

• 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/, Friday, December 27, 1940 (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). [S577] Dibean, Jack & Marianne "Michigan Marriage Index" http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/dibeanindex/.