Edwin Bruce Williams

1878 - 1963  (84 years)

• Name	Edwin Bruce Williams  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	29 Jul 1878	Jefferson County, Pennsylvania   [2, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Jan 1963  [6]
  Burial	Almena, Norton County, Kansas
  Person ID	I12011	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2022

  
  

  Family	Bertha C. Benkelman,   b. 1 Aug 1883, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 16 May 1929, Almena, Norton County, Kansas (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	11 Dec 1912	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [3, 4, 7]
  	Cass City Chronicle December 13, 1912 Benkelman-Williams Miss Bertha Benkelman Married to Young Man from the West The house of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel G. Benkelman, decorated with carnations and yellow chrysanthemums, was the scene of a pretty wedding Wednesday noon, Dec. 11, when their daughter, Bertha, was united in marriage with Edwin B. Williams of Orleans, Nebraska. Rev. J.A. Schweitzer of the Cass City Evangelical church performed the ceremony after which a delicious wedding dinner was served. The bride was attired in a pretty gown of beaded netting over white silk. Her travelling suit was of gray and the hat of red velvet trimmed with a large black plume. The couple was unattended. In Miss Benkelman Cass City loses an accomplished and popular young lady. For the past three years she has filled the position as bookkeeper for J.A. Caldwell and formerly, for several years, was employed as a compositor for the Chronicle. It was while filling a similar position on a newspaper in St. Francis, Kansas, that she met Mr. Williams, her future husband. Mr. and Mrs. Williams left on the afternoon train for Orleans, Nebraska, where they will make their home. Mr. Williams has a position as mail clerk on trains running from Orleans to St. Francis, Kansas, and from Orleans to Oberlin, Kansas. Besides the family residing at home, Mrs. Louisa Schwegler and daughter, Miss Kate, and Rev. and Mrs. J.A. Schweitzer were guests at the wedding. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007) Name Edwin B Williams Race (Original): Age (Expanded) 34 years Birth Year 1878 Birthplace Jefferson Co., P Spouse's Name Bertha C Benkelman Spouse's Race (Original): Spouse's Age (Expanded) 29 years Spouse's Birth Year 1883 Spouse's Birthplace Cass City, Mich Event Date 11 Dec 1912 Event Place Cass City, Tuscola, Michigan Father's Name David K William... Mother's Name Frances E. Mitchell Spouse's Father's Name Samuel Benkelman Spouse's Mother's Name Lydia Streffler Marital Status: Previous Wife's Name: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: GS Film number 2342698 Frame Number: Digital Folder Number 4209169 Image Number 619 Reference ID v 5 p 24 rn 290 Citing this Record: "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N32R-RJL : accessed 17 Oct 2013), Edwin B Williams and Bertha C Benkelman, 11 Dec 1912.
  Family ID	F5031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2022

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 11 Dec 1912 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Burial - - Almena, Norton County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S483] 1920 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the NARA web page. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1920 United States Federal Census, the Fourteenth Census of the United States. It includes all states and territories, as well as Military and Naval Forces, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the Panama Canal Zone. The census provides many details about individuals and families including: name, gender, age, birthplace, year of immigration, mother tongue, and parents? birthplaces. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1920 Federal Census.). [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 24, 1929 (Reliability: 3). [S783] FamilySearch.org, Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925. [S1060] person ID LCSY-PSH. (Reliability: 3). [S1060] ); LCSY-PSH. (Reliability: 3). [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/, December 13, 1912 (Reliability: 3).